Front Five - 10.04.20

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

Couldn't agree more with Paul Rees, been saying that on these pages since Harpin began

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"I don't miss the pressure, in so much as I didn't really enjoy the pressure in those matchday circumstances."

Joe Schmidt stops and smells the roses - for now

RTÉ Rugby

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The playing calendar in Europe is a compromised mish-mash, a product of the drive for cash, which serves neither club nor country well.

Shutdown gives rugby union an unmissable opportunity to reset

Paul Rees - The Guardian

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"Probably the biggest thing from rugby that’s relevant to working in medicine...is the ability to think and work under pressure in that fast-paced environment."

The former Munster centre now helping to fight Covid-19 as a doctor in Cork

Murray Kinsella - The42.ie

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The 37-year-old stepped up from his position as attack and backs coach to replace the outgoing Dai Young

Lee Blackett named Wasps head coach on permanent basis

SkySports.com

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While it is hard to imagine a scenario where an audacious pass like this would ever be necessary in a match, it is still mightily impressive all the same.

Saints flyhalf joins the trick pass action and may have even outdone Quade Cooper

RugbyDump

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