Leo Cullen hopeful Tadhg Furlong will feature at some stage of Six Nations

FINAL FURLONG: Ireland’s Tadhg Furlong before the game. Pic Credit: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan.

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen believes Tadhg Furlong is “getting closer” to full fitness and remains hopeful that the tighthead prop will feature for Ireland before the end of the Six Nations.

Furlong has missed the opening wins over England and Scotland with a calf problem that is part of the reason for playing only 48 minutes of rugby, against La Rochelle in mid-January, in the last four months.