Leinster and Ireland tighthead prop Tadhg Furlong has spoken about the phone call that stopped him from joining Munster and sent his career down a different path. He remembered that the people on the other end of the line sorted a few things out for him, and off to Dublin he went. Furlong treats the episode as a sliding-doors moment in his life. Early failures at prop also played a part, and together with that turning point they helped forge the player he became for club and country.