Thursday, February 02, 2017

Front Five - 02.02.17

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

ICYMI click here for
a look ahead to the Six Nations by Keego



"Someone of Johnny's experience and calibre, you hope he is going to get back fit and get a number of games under his belt, potentially in the Six Nations and towards the end of the season."


Ruaidhri O'Connor - Irish Independent



It’s not so much just about having Croke Park available, but [it is] also about other many regional stadiums and communities that would benefit from an involvement in a Rugby World Cup


Barry Coughlan - Irish Examiner



By the end, they did it with a good deal in hand as two tries in four minutes early into the second half put a seal on the four tries-to-one victory.


Irish Times



The incident happened during the European Champions Cup encounter against Leinster at RDS Arena


Matthew Wood - Talking Rugby Union



“I won’t say it grew on me, it still wouldn’t be my listening of choice, but I’d become used to it and I know now that it means an awful lot to an entire generation who’ve grown up with it." - Jim Glennon


Sinead Farrell - The42.ie



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