Front Five - 12.10.18

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

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Jonathan Sexton returns to the out-half berth and will captain the side playing outside Luke McGrath at scrum half.

Front rank stars return for Leinster Champions Cup opener

RTÉ Rugby

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"When a world-class fly-half became available we jumped at the chance, as that doesn’t happen very often"

All Blacks’ loss is Wasps’ gain as summer signing Lima Sopoaga soars

Simon Collins - Irish Examiner

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Both Munster and Leinster 'A' come into the game with a 100pc record as well as having four try bonus points each.

Bleyendaal set for welcome return for Munster 'A'

Cian Tracey - Irish Independent

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So far, Andy Friend’s influence has been felt in only positive ways on Connacht.

Glamour aplenty in the Challenge Cup, but Connacht best served pushing hard in Pro14

Sean Farrell - The42.ie

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“I rate Danny, I just don’t think he is international class. He has too many holes in his game”

Luke Fitzgerald Labels Danny Cipriani A ‘Coward’

InTheLoose.com

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