Sunday, May 19, 2019

Front Five - 19.05.19

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

Not sure if there's ever a good time
to make a football reference for rugby
but that certainly wasn't one


It was the only negative on what was an otherwise hugely positive day for Leinster


Cian Tracey - Irish Independent

Munster just weren’t good enough.
I won’t qualify that with “on the day” because that feels like a bit of a let off.


Three Red Kings

With no Welsh teams qualifying automatically for the top tier of Europe, it fell to the two west Wales teams to fight it out


Simon Thomas - WalesOnline

Rhys Priestland’s dramatic late conversion completed a stirring comeback for Bath, who clinched sixth place


Gerard Meagher - The Guardian

Irish Celtic fans are already anticipating the Scottish Cup Final against Hearts which takes place on the same day as the Pro14 final.


Maurice Brosnan - Balls.ie

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