Blair Furlong Blair Furlong Blair Donald Marie Furlong (born 10 March 1945) is a former New Zealand cricketer and rugby player. At just 18, one year out of Dannevirke High School, Furlong played for Hawke's Bay in their midweek match against the touring 1963 England side. It was an immensely strong Bay side at the time and the game against England was comfortably won. In the next three seasons Furlong, 1.83m and nearly 90 kg, briefly played for Wellington B in 1966 and Bay of Plenty early in 1967 Furlong midway through the 1967 season began what was the most effective period
Rob Furlong Rob Furlong Rob Furlong (born November 11, 1976) is a Canadian former military sniper who at one time held the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at . Born on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Furlong taught himself to fire a rifle ambidextrously. Furlong enrolled with the Canadian Army and served with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. In March 2002, Furlong participated in Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot Valley. His sniper team included MCpl. Graham Ragsdale (Team Commander), MCpl. Tim McMeekin, MCpl. Arron Perry, and Cpl. Dennis Eason. A group of three Al-Qaeda fighters were moving