Start your day with five eye-catching egg-chasing quotes & links from around the ruggersphere.
Who needs "pizzazz" in the land where craic was born?
Who needs "pizzazz" in the land where craic was born?
There isn’t a question whether a small, rather irrelevant nation can host a World Cup – New Zealand already did it in 2011 – but Ireland doesn’t really possess any sort of pizzazz that makes it stand out.
Nick Hartman - Green and Gold Rugby
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"It's a difficult decision but rugby is a business and these decisions have to be made." - Tommy Bowe
Cian Tracey - Irish Independent
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"Stacey is someone we’ve been looking at for a while now. He is an exciting and skillful player who will complement the game we want to play." - Pat Lam
Vodacom Rugby
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Saili has already been ruled out of the first four rounds of the Champions Cup, but now faces a race against time to break back into the team for rounds five and six
Declan Rooney - The42.ie
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The Guinness Pro12, Aviva Premiership and French Top 14 are being proposed to start in October, with a finish at the end of June, which would bring them into sync with Super Rugby.
Duncan Smith - The Scotsman
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