Front Five - 24.08.14

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

Leinster battled back with tries from Cian Kelleher, Dan Leavy and Mick McGrath but two scores from George North sealed a 33-21 win for the Saints.

Bad day for the provinces as Leinster Munster and Connacht go down

Will Slattery - The Score

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Big girl with a big smile, she immediately strikes you as being warm and engaging

Sophie Spence - Game-changer with a clear vision for rugby's future

Brendan Fanning - Sunday Independent 

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Dual contracts are thought to involve a 60-40 WRU-region split

Welsh regions and WRU finally thrash out a peace deal with dual contracts for 10 players  

Steve James - Telegraph 

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South Africa are now top of the Rugby Championship standings ahead of New Zealand 

Morne Steyn strikes late for South Africa to deny Argentina famous victory 

The Guardian (via Reuters) 

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"He'll tell you himself he's not the most mobile"

 

Adam Jones told to lose some weight by Blues coach

Gary Williams - Oval Zone Rugby 

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