Tadhg Furlong embracing the pressure ahead of Scotland clash

DO-OR-DIE: Tadhg Furlong during an Ireland training session at Complexe de la Chambrerie in Tours. Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

There may be jeopardy in the offing for Ireland at Stade de France this weekend but Tadhg Furlong feels a do-or-die occasion such as Saturday night’s World Cup pool clash with Scotland will have a positive effect on him and his team-mates.

Qualification for the quarter-finals and a chance to make history as the first Irish team to go beyond the last eight is on the line when the Six Nations rivals meet in Saint-Denis but amid all the permutations that spell doom for Andy Farrell’s team at the hands of a Scotland team they have not lost to since 2017, Furlong is firmly in favour of embracing the pressure.