Sunday, September 11, 2016

Front Five - 11.09.16

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

Leinster have been called "in crisis" in the past
after a pair of opening matches that went a lot better
 than Connacht's this time around
but you can rest assured Pat Lam's men will be back


Leinster, after impressing against Treviso in round one, will be disappointed that they handed Glasgow a couple of scores


Alan Lorimer - Irish Independent

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Connacht were left reeling after conceding 73 points in their opening two games.


Linley MacKenzie - Irish Times

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...in spite of a hard push for the bonus point try, it was Treviso who had the final say with a try for Tommaso Benvenuti.


Richard Mulligan - Belfast Newsletter

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The Mail on Sunday has reported that the British and Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand in 2017 will be the highest-paid in rugby history.


Stuff.co.nz

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Yoann Huget shoulders then shoves Dan Carter before 'apologising'


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