Saturday, March 12, 2016

Front Five - 12.03.16

Start your day with five eye-catching egg-chasing quotes & links from around the ruggersphere.
 
 
by Big Joe Shep
 
Tune in to our liveblog
of Leinster A v London Welsh
here on the site tonight from 6:45pm
 
 

...if (Italy) are not put away handsomely, they can drag you into an unseemly arm wrestle; and it’s usually been one or the other, with little in between, when these two have met.
 
 
Gerry Thornley - Irish Times

It was a poor game overall, but a number of Irish players stood out as Nigel Carolan’s side produced a good second-half performance to clinch the victory.
 
 
Murray Kinsella - The42.ie

Since retiring as an active referee, Rolland has been working closely with the Competitions and Performance department of World Rugby as a consultant
 
 
RugbyReferee.net

Try-scoring chances will be at a premium on Saturday, with Wales having conceded just four in the tournament and England a very miserly one.
 
 
Dean Ryan - The Guardian

"There's a situation when you're angry, when you're hurt and when you're offended you should really count up to 10, but I didn't get past one."
 
 
Irish Independent

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