Neville Furlong Neville Furlong Neville Furlong (10 June 1968 – 26 September 2017) was an Irish rugby union international player who played as a winger. Furlong initially played Gaelic football, and was selected at both minor and under-21 levels for Wexford. He attended University College Galway, where he developed an interest in rugby and played for the university team as well as for Connacht. He was an Irish Army captain. Furlong played for the Ireland team in 1992, winning 2 caps during the 1992 Ireland tour of New Zealand. He scored one try for Ireland in his second test match against New
Furlong United Kingdom, which define the furlong in terms of the international yard of exactly 0.9144 metres, a furlong is 201.168 m. Australia does not formally define the furlong, but it does define the chain and link in terms of the international yard. In the United States, which defines the furlong, chain, rod, and link in terms of the U.S. survey foot of exactly metre, a furlong is approximately 201.1684 m long. The United States does not formally define a "survey yard". The difference of approximately two parts per million between the U.S. value and the "international" value is insignificant for