Monday, February 12, 2018

Front Five - 12.02.18

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

What an amazing weekend of rugby
even Leinster's defeat was enough
to put them back to top of the table


It was and still is still frowned upon to say how good you are at something, anything, here in this country. The usual type of comment is he'd lick himself if he was an ice cream.


Billy Keane - Irish Independent

Ireland were vying to secure a Donnybrook debut victory for head coach Adam Griggs. And they got what they came for.


Emma Duffy - The42.ie

The returning Greig Laidlaw, aka “Rugby Jesus” in some circles, booted over 22 points


Iain Hay - Scottish Rugby Blog

It was their third defeat in 14 championship fixtures this season and allowed Leinster to stay top of Pool B


Andy Howell

Larmour made them disappear then destroyed Leonardo Ghiraldini for pace. A sensational try on debut was denied by Tommaso Allan


Gavin Cummiskey - Irish Times

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Taken by JLP from RDS press box on Nov 16, 2019