Monday, February 29, 2016

Front Five - 29.02.16

Start your day with five eye-catching egg-chasing quotes & links from around the ruggersphere.
 
Later today on HarpinOnRugby…
our England v Ireland writeup is titled
“Putting The Boot In”
 
ps – kudos to both the Indo & Irish Times
for resisting the urge to use the phrase
“Italian job” in their reports
 
 

"We settled down a bit in the second half; it was just difficult to play so we are happy to have ground out a win and get the bonus point right at the very end," said coach Leo Cullen.
 
 
Irish Independent

Alarm bells were ringing when the visitors had prop Dave Kilcoyne yellow-carded with three minutes left on the clock, but they managed to hang on for victory.
 
 
Irish Times

The Blues’ bid to end a run of two straight defeats was boosted when Ulster’s influential centre Luke Marshall was forced off with a suspected knee injury.
 
 
Anthony Woolford - WalesOnline

Eddie Jones says all his one-liners with a mischievous glint in his eye but this one is so out of touch with the spirit of the game, not to mention the attitude around player welfare, that it beggars belief.
 
 
Will Slattery - Balls.ie

The streaker reportedly required stitches after the incident.
 
 
Stuff.co.nz

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Taken by JLP from RDS press box on Nov 16, 2019