Sunday, May 28, 2017

Front Five - 28.05.17

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

2015 - Glasgow win in Belfast
2016 - Connacht win in Murrayfield
2017 - Scarlets win in Dublin

A disappointing fortnight for Irish provinces but
overall, great news on the competitiveness
of a truly Celtic League aka Guinness Pro12

Could Parc y Scarlets sell out next season's final?



...the Scarlets stayed true to their philosophy, slicing open the Irish province with some sublime attacking rugby.


Rob Lloyd - WalesOnline



If you were to point at where it all went wrong, you’d run out of fingers fairly quickly.


Three Red Kings



"I said a prayer to my old man upstairs and he helped me with the last one I think, so I am delighted that went over."


Howard Lloyd - Devon Live



Clermont dominated for large periods with Van der Merwe's sending off – for a dangerous tackle on Teddy Thomas – having little impact on the game's outcome


All Out Rugby



Tadhg Beirne was deemed surplus to requirements by Leinster.


Patrick McCarry - SportsJoe.ie



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