Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Front Five - 27.10.21

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



"...we are playing against teams that are battle-hardened, so it will be a challenge but we have to set our standards high and expect performances of ourselves."


Cian Tracey - Irish Independent

"The Six Nations has added to and reduced its number of teams in very few moments during its 140 years, so it's something that we'd be very cautious of doing."


SkySports.com

"...we need to make sure that all the unions benefit... in a sufficient way to promote the game in their own country while being compatible with player welfare."


Gerry Thornley - Irish Times

Toulon, who lost 39-6 to La Rochelle on Sunday, are second from bottom after taking just two wins from their eight games so far.


Paul Dollery - The42.ie

The 26-year-old’s content has largely been cake related so far, but he branched out on Tuesday to compare himself to a hippo running. 


Rugby Onslaught

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