Start your day with five eye-catching egg-chasing quotes & links from around the ruggersphere.
Spineless.
— Jenny Murphy (@jennymurphy045) November 9, 2021
I honestly wish I was more surprised at this take from Eddy but I'm not.
Is this the voice of someone who cares about the women's game in this country?
Utterly deflating and I can only imagine what current players are feeling. https://t.co/xjviQTGnje
"The IRFU has appointed an independent consultant...to conduct an independent review into the preparation, participation and performance of the Ireland Women's XV during the recent RWC 2021 qualifying campaign."
Ruaidhri O'Connor - Irish Independent
"...if it’s raining or conditions are really bad and they play a different type of defence to what Japan showed us, well then we will play the right options that we see fit."
Gerry Thornley - Irish Times
"There were statistics that you wouldn't associate at all with an Irish team."
PJ Browne - Balls.ie
"I’m going in with no expectations of playing or anything but I’ll be doing my best to impact where I can."
Matthew Wood - Talking Rugby
"That’s the level of expectation we’ve got in this group just now, that we know we can knock over the number three team in the world."
Anthony Brown - The Independent (UK)
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