Big and strong. Stylish and graceful.
It's not often you see a big man with dainty feet and rolex wrists. It's not often you'll find a rugby player with the all-encompassing skill-set of Ireland's tighthead prop Tadhg Furlong. We'll call him the big easy.
The Wexford number three isn't long back from injury and so his Six Nations campaign has been more stop-start than all-go but Furlong looked back to his best on Sunday in Murrayfield, as he thundered into the Scots from the first whistle.
Ireland made a strong start in Edinburgh, and could have had a try with their very first attack. They wouldn't have to wait long however, with a fired-up Robbie Henshaw scoring his 8th international try not long after.
The try was scrappy, only arriving after a mix-up in the Scottish back-line and scrappy was the theme of that first half. Ireland were much too slow in possession, with captain Johnny Sexton twice spotted urging his teammates to speed up their decision making.
But if Henshaw was moving the scoreboard, it was that man Furlong who was doing the damage. When he received the ball deep in Scottish territory, Finn Russell and Hamish Watson couldn't have known that they were in for the run-around of their lives but Furlong's greatest skill is his deception.
Get out of here.
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That was, unfortunately, as good as it would get for Ireland with Andy Farrell's side conceding an unforgivable try just moments later. First it was Garry Ringrose's blind kick into Stuart Hogg's stomach and then there was James Lowe, caught out of position and making Finn Russell's job very easy.
Indeed, it is up for debate whether the Scottish fly-half actually touched the ball down. What's not up for debate is that he should never have gotten the chance.
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