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Published 19:14 17 Mar 2018 GMT
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"He could just as easily have been an outhalf," O'Brien said. "He could just as easily have been a number 8. But he ended up being an excellent prop."Well, as Ireland claimed the country's third ever Grand Slam win, in Twickenham, on St. Patrick's Day, Tadhg Furlong was man of the match. Of course he was.
It wasn't just that the Wexford native was impossible to move even one step back as he annihilated anything that came close to him, it was how good he was on the ball too and that wasn't better displayed than that mouthwatering second try that saw CJ Stander barge to the foot of the post.
With a trick play which, as Furlong said afterwards, was invented by Joe Schmidt and worked on in the training field, Ireland sliced through England like a roasting knife sliding through melting butter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ8r2Xvu6UA
It was a frightening line break from Bundee Aki but it was only made possible by the graceful wrecking ball that is Tadhg Furlong.
Conor Murray starts the thing.
Johnny Sexton offloads to Aki once he can see the play is set up.
Furlong's line will split the two white jerseys and Aki will have the chance to drive.
Sexton fakes as if he's going for the return off Furlong which makes one defender think twice about coming so narrow.
A pirouette from the prop and some soft hands and Aki is through.
Of course, he still had to make a timed and accurate pass and CJ Stander still had a hell of a lot to do thereafter too but it all came about because Ireland had a front row player able to interact with his outhalf and centre with such beautiful telepathy.
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