Front Five - 18.09.16

Start your day with five eye-catching egg-chasing quotes & links from around the ruggersphere.

Very sorry to learn of Niall Morris' forced retirement
we wish him all the best for the future.

“We probably did not manage the game particularly well at the start of the second half, and all credit to Edinburgh, they came back strongly"

Leo Cullen tells Leinster players to step up standards

Lewis Stuart - The42.ie

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Munster were well below par here to the point that it doesn’t even feel like a bonus point dropped.

The Wally Ratings :: Getting Out of Dodge

Three Red Kings

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Connacht might well believe the weather gods granted them a favour

Thunder and lightning sees Connacht game abandoned at half-time

Linley MacKenzie - Irish Times

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Northampton rugby director Jim Mallinder confirmed after the game that Saints prop Alex Waller said he had been bitten on the hand.

Chris Ashton's allegation sours Saracens' victory over Northampton

Sky Sports

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UCD head coach Andy Skehan...gave starts to Ireland Sevens international Harry McNulty and Ireland under 20 captain James Ryan, newly signed from Lansdowne.

Keogh's late penalty gives Clontarf the edge over students

Irish Independent

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