Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby received a boost on Monday with the news that front row duo Tadhg Furlong and Andrew Porter have both signed two-year contract extensions with the IRFU and Leinster.

The extension means Furlong will be contracted to the Irish RFU until the summer when Ireland will start to prepare for the next 2027 World Cup, when he will be 35. "To get the chance to continue my playing career in Ireland with my home province is a dream come true," said Furlong.

Tadhg Furlong and Andrew Porter have signed two-year contract extensions with the IRFU that will keep them at Leinster until the end of the 2026/27 season.

THE IRFU HAS announced that Tadhg Furlong and Andrew Porter have signed contract extensions with Ireland and Leinster which will run until the end of the 2026/27 season. Three-time Six Nations winner Furlong made his Ireland debut against Wales in 2015,

Tadhg Furlong has signed a two-year contract extension with Ireland and Leinster until the end of the 2026/27 season, the Irish Rugby Football Union announced on Monday. The contract extension will take Furlong to the middle of 2027 -- just a few months before the start of the next Rugby World Cup.