Saturday, October 29, 2016

Front Five - 29.10.16

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

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It is the first case of its kind to be taken in Ireland concerning a death due to Second Impact Syndrome


Johnny Watterson, Gavin Cummiskey - Irish Times

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Mike Ross...once the first name on Joe Schmidt's team sheet, his name has, it seems, been rolled up and tossed in the bin.


Irish Independent

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Munster’s pack, with the back-row of O’Mahony, O’Donoghue and O’Donnell covering acres of ground, set much of the pattern


Rod Nawn - Irish Examiner

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The All Blacks have shown the ability to score plenty of points on tour but there is often one fixture in which they struggle.


Digging the data: The gap between the All Blacks and Six Nations champions isn't as big as you think

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...if he's unable to tell the difference between a tackler and a player being tackled then perhaps he's in the wrong business.


Darragh Murphy - SportJoe.ie

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