Thursday, March 03, 2016

Front Five - 03.03.16

Start your day with five eye-catching egg-chasing quotes & links from around the ruggersphere.
 
Of COURSE tackling in junior rugby shouldn’t be banned
BUT…what say we go a bit easier on the doctors.
They will always discourage us from pushing our limits
especially when they see some of the consequences
on their treatment tables.  JLP
 
 

"The IRFU and those who look after us unbelievably well are taking every measure to make sure player welfare is top of the list,"
 
 
Harry Clarke - Irish Independent

I console myself that he’s in the 2nd XV who, allegedly, are like a bunch of elderly ladies playing croquet
 
 
Anna Mexted - Telegraph

“The move to Edinburgh is a good challenge for me at this point in my career. I think they’re a team on the up and that I, personally, can bring something to the squad, and I’m really looking forward to coming over and getting to work
 
 
The Scotsman

Nominations for the new leader have to be presented by 12 March with Bill Beaumont, head of the English Rugby Union, touted as a likely candidate.
 
 
The42.ie (via AFP)

 
Rugby Onslaught

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