Start your day with five eye-catching egg-chasing quotes & links from around the ruggersphere.
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All of rugby will be with you #RIPAxel
ICYMI click here for our
Montpellier v Leinster preview
Stay tuned for our "live-blog"
of Leinster A v Nottingham from 2:45pm
“Fortunately for me, my influences are Shannon, Munster and Ireland, so you can guess what way I’d like a forward pack to play.”
Kieran Shannon - Irish Examiner
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...the chance to leave the hopes of a main pool rival hanging by the thread after two games must be tempting for the three-time champions, who could do with making a statement of intent.
Ruaidhri O'Connor - Irish Independent
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Kieran Marmion is back at scrum-half after being used off the bench in last weekend’s stirring home victory against Toulouse
Murray Kinsella - The42.ie
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"The focus for this weekend is that we get the points we need to stay in the hunt.”
John O'Sullivan - Irish Times
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“They were these kind of comic book moments, and it was a lot of serious stuff, but the idea that we planned all of this stuff up was absolute nonsense."
Jack O'Toole - Pundit Arena
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