Tadhg Furlong hoping to play part in Paris mission

Mike Ross has, at least, another week rehabbing at Leinster, Marty Moore is out with a hamstring injury for the entire Six Nations stretch and Nathan White suffered horribly in the scrum during last Sunday’s draw with Wales.

Whatever way you cut it, Tadhg Furlong can’t be all that far away from a starting spot in Paris this weekend when Ireland take on the French and yet the feeling abroad is White’s greater experience will secure him a second start in successive weeks.

It’s a reasonable point of view.