Front Five - 05.09.19

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

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Schmidt is not expected to take any unnecessary risks with Joey Carbery, who is still working his way back to full fitness

Murray and Sexton set to return as Schmidt recalls big guns

Cian Tracey - Irish Independent

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Fraser Brown, John Barclay, Greig Laidlaw, Finn Russell and Stuart Hogg will all be rested

Jonny Gray returns as Townsend rings changes for final warm-up

The42.ie (via AFP)

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Pisi is the only Manu Samoa survivor from the team who stunned a largely second-string Wallabies team 32-23 in 2011.

Samoa's 37-year-old flyhalf Pisi returns to chase second upset win over Wallabies

RugbyPass.com

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Vunipola is the only member of Eddie Jones' 31-man squad who will have started all four Tests this summer

England happy to risk Billy Vunipola against Italy

SkySports.com

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The convoluted rankings system – the mathematics – makes cricket’s Duckworth Lewis looks like child’s play and there is not enough space to explain it fully, plus life is too short.

Agustin Pichot is right to question his own world rankings

Brendan Gallagher - The Rugby Paper

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