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Michael Scully

Tadhg Furlong to be fit to face Springboks as Ireland boss Andy Farrell waits on stars

Tadhg Furlong is expected to be fit to start for Ireland against South Africa at the start of the Autumn Series on Saturday week.

Leo Cullen believes Furlong will be OK after he rolled his ankle in the build-up to last weekend's win over Munster, but the Leinster boss cautioned that he was not privy to how the star tighthead will go in training over the next couple of weeks.

"That’s crystal ball stuff," he said. "We thought he was going to be fine last week, he rolled his ankle on Thursday, on Friday we thought he’d be OK.

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