Front Five - 03.02.19

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

Some of the over reaction by

both Irish and English "fans"

has been beyond laughable

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...given the choice between being the hunters or the hunted, Irish rugby players instinctively prefer the underdogs’ basket.

Ireland’s Johnny Sexton fails to lift wilting shamrock against England

Robert Kitson - The Guardian

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“You have got to be prepared to give as good as you get, I don’t think we did that tonight."

CJ Stander leads walking wounded as Schmidt admits Ireland ‘got bullied’

Gavin Cummiskey - Irish Times

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...thousands decided to abandon their team and flood for the exits. After the high of Fields of Athenry, only 13 weeks ago, this was a grim spectacle.

Ireland let down by the thousands that abandoned them before the end

Patrick McCarry - SportsJoe.ie

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“Is the jersey mine to keep now? No, not at all. It goes week by week."

Hat-trick hero Blair Kinghorn fears he may be dropped

The Scotsman

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Henry Slade scored a great try...but it hasn’t stopped Gordon Darcy...suggesting there was a forward pass in the lead up

Claims of forward pass in lead up to crucial England try

Rugby Onslaught

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