Thursday, April 30, 2020

Front Five - 30.05.20

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

ICYMI click here for our latest
#RetroRugby podcast where we look back 
at AUSvIRE from #RWC2011 with Kristian Ross

"Sexton's probably sending assassins over to my place for not giving him much of a run in the early days - I’d always get that look from the bench, the dirty eyes."

Michael Cheika believes Johnny Sexton's competitive drive comes from playing with Felipe Contepomi

Michael Scully - Irish Mirror
...the event organisers have announced the inclusion...the likes of Gordon D'Arcy, Dominic Ryan, Malcolm O'Kelly and Shane Jennings.

Host of rugby legends sign up for Feed The Heroes virtual relay

Patrick McCarry - SportsJoe.ie
"...there has been a lot of self-protection from existing players versus those of us, particularly the SANZAAR nations, who want to see the game grow."

New Zealand Rugby hits out at Six Nations self-interest, demands change at World Rugby

Liam Napier - NZ Herald
"We have...understood the commitment to progress but also stability and the steady hand provided by Bill."

WRU announces its support for Bill Beaumont in World Rugby election race

The Rugby Paper
On realising the extent of Charvis’ injury the All Blacks centre did something truly incredible.

The day Tana Umaga shocked the rugby world

Rugby Onslaught
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

PODCAST : Ep 47 : #RetroRugby 6 - AUSvIRE from #RWC2011 featuring Kristian Ross


Listen to the pod via the player above or even better,  
why not subscribe we're on Apple Podcasts and most major platforms

For the sixth instalment of the series I was joined by Kristian Ross who was keen to talk about one of Ireland’s best outings at a Rugby World Cup, that against the Wallabies to kick off our campaign in 2011.  Trust me, this is the best chat on Irish rugby between a Yank and a Geordie you’ll hear today.

Match stream (part 1 of 4 videos) > https://youtu.be/2FxSD0BkSpY 

Match stats > https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/lineups?gameId=93473&league=164205

Harpin writeup > http://www.harpinonrugby.net/2011/09/ireland-15-australia-6.html
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Front Five - 29.04.20

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"It's hard to argue that Leinster, unbeaten all year, miles in front of the competition, it's hard to not just award them the comp."

Leinster should be declared champions, says Glasgow coach Dave Rennie

SkySports.com
...given the clamour to play international matches ahead of anything else when rugby eventually returns, the shape of next season remains up in the air.

CVC to meet this week to evaluate PRO14 investment plans

The Rugby Paper
"If we are told we can’t play in front of spectators before January, it will be catastrophic for professional clubs."

EPCR insists it will do utmost to complete the 2019/20 Champions Cup

Murray Kinsella - The42.ie
"If people need advice on severance packages or any contract advice - and obviously the agents do that - but it's always good to have more support."

England rugby star Ellis Genge starts new players union after coronavirus lessons

Stuff.co.nz
"Maybe it’s a part of Fortnite; maybe you have a warrior that is dressed with the RFU rose and he combats an All Black."

Agustin Pichot plans to take rugby to the fields of Fortnite

Irish Examiner
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Front Five - 28.04.20

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

This week's #RetroRugby will feature
Australia v Ireland at RWC2011
I'll be recording with Kristian Ross Tues eve

Pichot is seen as something of a revolutionary, and a potentially dangerous one at that

Beaumont and Pichot battle highlights hemisphere divide

Gerry Thornley - Irish Times
"The danger is that everyone tries to put everything into a very small window or into a window that extends for a whole 12-month period."

Lancaster: 'Compromise' the way forward when rugby returns

RTÉ Rugby
It is understood the proposal was being considered before the coronavirus pandemic but the disruption could accelerate the move when rugby returns.

Women's Six Nations looks to move in rugby calendar to increase exposure

Gerard Meagher - The Guardian
If I'm a Rebels member...I get...five against teams that I know, two or three against teams that I don't know or don't care abou

Wallabies playmaker Matt To'omua calls for major revamp of 'outdated' Super Rugby

Stuff.co.nz
The IRFU hasconfirmed the final lists of top points scorers and try scorers for Division 1A of the Energia All-Ireland League

Ex-Munster lock Hayes finishes joint-top try scorer in AIL's Division 1A

Murray Kinsella - The42.ie
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Monday, April 27, 2020

Front Five - 27.04.20

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It's like whenever the Welsh rugby press
gets bored they float the whole notion of
"regions pulling out of the Pro14"

Reports on Saturday suggested the Irish and Welsh unions were on the brink of a shock U-turn, but those have proved wide of the mark.

IRFU set to back Beaumont to stay in lead role despite U-turn speculation

Ruaidhri O'Connor - Irish Independent
...the fact that the sponsorship market in Ireland only suffered a €14m dip through the three worst years of the financial crash is a source of optimism...

Sponsors and TV companies scrambling to comb through contracts

Brendan O'Brien - Irish Examiner
Robbie Henshaw – Played with Connacht from 2012 to 2016. Making 77 appearances. Joined Leinster in 2016.

List of Connacht rugby players that represented Ireland in the professional era

Anthony Redmond - SportsNews Ireland
The news that CVC may have a rethink on their PRO14 investment makes the situation more concerning again for the Welsh teams.

The Sunday morning rugby headlines amid reports financial future of Wales' regions and PRO14 on the line as CVC make call on £120m investment

Paul Abbandonato - WalesOnline
"These guys are freakishly big and it takes a lot of work, from a training and nutritional point of view, to maintain it."

Top rugby physiotherapist warns that players could lose up to 20kg during coronavirus shutdown

RugbyPass.com
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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Front Five - 25.04.20

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From Leinster Rugby :
We'll be streaming ‘as-live' the 2018 Champions Cup semi-final win over Scarlets at Aviva Stadium on the Leinster Rugby Facebook page and YouTube channel (Saturday) from 3.30pm. Subscribe to Leinster Rugby TV on YouTube and Like our Facebook page to make sure you’re notified when the match goes ‘live’!

“...it is understood that both the Irish and Welsh are considering the option of aligning with counterparts in the Southern Hemisphere by supporting the Argentine”

Late drama in World Rugby election countdown as two nations set to ditch Bill Beaumont

RugbyPass.com
Therefore, Marler's initial ban of 10 weeks was actually a 12-week break, accounting for two weekends when he was not due to play.

Joe Marler won't miss a game despite long ban for grabbing Alun Wyn Jones' testicles as 'secret' Six Nations meeting emerges

Matthew Southcombe - Wales Online
It's understood that professional players in England...feel that the RPA is compromised because of its reliance on Premiership Rugby for funding.

Premiership players poised to break away from RPA and form new union

Charlie Morgan - Irish Independent
Grace has...launched...Pro Rugby Academy, which aims to provide “a second chance” for aspiring players who might have missed out on contracts...

'It's easy to get toxic. You're with other lads who can also be in a negative zone'

Murray Kinsella - The42.ie
“The most cows we ever milked was 30, which by today’s standards would be tiny. It wouldn’t even register.”

Tadhg Furlong ‘happy out’ back on the farm, back in the centre of his universe

Gerry Thornley - Irish Times
(possibly behind paywall)
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Friday, April 24, 2020

Front Five - 24.04.20

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

ICYMI click here for our latest podcast
where I discuss the 2nd Lions test from 2017
with Michelle Tobin who was there in Wellington

The perception is that I went to Munster to get more game time, but Munster then had Simon Zebo, Keith Earls, Felix Jones and Doug Howlett

Switching from blue to red a lifetime ago

Andrew Conway - Irish Times
Health experts have warned that contact sports like rugby could present an extra risk even if Covid-19 restrictions begin to be relaxed.

IRFU exploring possibility of Ulster training in Dundalk if restrictions ease

Murray Kinsella - The42.ie
(EPCR)...is looking at staging the closing stages of its tournaments in mid-October on the weekends allocated for the first two rounds of the 2020-21 campaign

European clubs on collision course with World Rugby over 'unacceptable' plans

Rob Kitson - The Guardian
Castle had lost the trust of some fans, many Australian legends, and, most importantly, the board.

Raelene Castle loved rugby ‘on every level’. It just didn’t love her back

Jacob Polychronis - FoxSports.com.au
Despite two bits of information being redacted...the devil of the detail in Cronin’s escapade should worry players the world over.

The fatal IRFU systems flaw exposed by James Cronin's doping breach

Liam Heagney - RugbyPass.com
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Thursday, April 23, 2020

PODCAST : Ep 46 : #RetroRugby 5 - #2ndNZLvBIL2017 featuring Michelle Tobin (@CorkSeashell)



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 For the fifth instalment of the #RetroRugby series I was joined by Michelle Tobin who did 12 great blogs for us back in 2017 outlining her experiences following the Lions around New Zealand.  Today our focus is on the second test but she also shares some stories from the trip as a whole and it was a great rugby chat all round.
Match stream (highlights) >  https://youtu.be/KF0s-qiMyLY
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Front Five - 23.04.20

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Recorded the latest #RetroRugby pod
Wednesday with Michelle Tobin
discussing the 2nd Lions Test from 2017
should post Thursday evening

Rob Kearney and Devin Toner, as well as Wallaby Joe Tomane, all have contracts coming to an end at the end of the current PRO14 season

Future unclear for Ireland duo

Ian Cameron - RugbyPass
“We had a real point to prove, almost to ourselves – that we weren’t just a one-off, that our squad was consistent and that we were the standard-setters of that time”

Heaslip hails Leinster’s ‘standard-setters’

EPCRugby.com
"It's probably the best mid-season review period that they're ever going to get”

Break from action 'invaluable' for new Munster coaches — Murphy

Simon Lewis - Irish Examiner
"It was pretty funny hearing the accents of all my grandparents when they were talking together. A good mixture."

Auckland native Dominic Robertson-McCoy is in his fourth season with Connacht.

Murray Kinsella - The42.ie
"...the issue is Moore does not share the same house as the O'Connors and therefore should not have been exercising near them."

Ulster trio must learn to set a better example as top professional rugby players

Cian Tracey - Irish Independent
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Front Five - 22.04.20

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

Click here to catch my guest appearance
on Ciarán Duffy's PostToPost podcast

“This might be an opportunity to prove summer rugby could work”

Rory Best says virus can lead to global rugby alignment

The42.ie
"...they’re just not at the end level of the top two or top three in Europe...Racing, Toulouse, Saracens and Leinster."

(Johne) Murphy : Springbok spice may be Munster’s missing ingredient

Simon Lewis - Irish Examiner
Currently on a hiatus from Italian side Zebre...Nagle will be in his hometown for the foreseeable future.

Ian Nagle News Interview On Zebre & Cork Constitution

DaireWalsh.com
"...the sequence of opening up (borders) is likely to be domestic first, then into transtasman, then into Asia Pacific"

Hopes rise on Bledisloe Cup return for All Blacks and Wallabies this year - report

NZ Herald
The plans involve a month of training before the first match and would build to a final...on 15 August.

Premiership clubs working towards resuming 2019-20 season in July

Laura Scott - BBC Rugby
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Front Five - 21.04.20

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How do you ban someone for a number
of weeks during COVID19???

"A lot of younger players will get promoted from the academy and...there are going to be a few players who retire at the end of the season."

Cullen confirms Leinster haven't made any new signings for next season

Murray Kinsella - The42.ie
The Judicial Officer accepted evidence that the banned substances in the player's sample were due to a dispensing error by the pharmacy

Cronin case serves as reminder to all players of where buck stops on medication

David Kelly - Irish Independent
Munster outhalf JJ Hanrahan joins Duncan Casey and Duncan Williams.

JJ Hanrahan on life in lockdown and his journey to becoming a Munster 10

Irish Examiner
"We got criticised a lot for playing like Tom Curry, who can play six, seven and No 8, but they are the sort of players you’re going to need to have"

England's Eddie Jones says coronavirus crisis will lead to rise in hybrid players

Gerard Meagher - The Guardian
"There is still room for the Lions. It is a traditional thing but we can still add a modern look to it."

Wales were only Six Nations side to give a courtesy reply to Agustin Pichot

Matthew Wood - Talking Rugby Union
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Monday, April 20, 2020

Front Five - 20.04.20

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

How rugby proceeds post-COVID
is entirely down to its investors

Byrne has the potential to develop into a genuine triple threat of run/kick/pass in attack.

The emerging stars of the 2019/20 season: Harry Byrne

Murray Kinsella - The42.ie
Ireland may get an earlier-than-expected chance to avenge their humiliating defeat to England at Twickenham

Six Nations could be played again in full this autumn as rugby considers Covid-19 options

Rúaidhrí O'Connor - Irish Independent
A deal worth around £120m for a stake in the Guinness Pro14 is expected to be passed in the coming weeks...

CVC’s Six Nations investment could be delayed

Robert Rees - Last Word On Rugby
The campaign between Beaumont, 68, and rival Agustin Pichot, 45, is expected to go down to the wire

World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont exploring loophole that would allow Manu Tuilagi to play for Samoa

Tom Kershaw - The (English) Independent
The newspaper heard and published “graphic recordings” of Kean while in charge of the Fiji prison service.

World Rugby to investigate allegations of homophobia against Fiji chairman

Gavin Cummiskey - Irish Times
(possibly behind paywall)
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Saturday, April 18, 2020

Front Five - 18.04.20

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

ICYMI click here for our
latest #RetroRugby podcast

"At the very first mauling session, I went in for a hit and spasmed my neck. So I had that for the rest of the week."

Sean O'Brien had five surgeries in final 12 months in Ireland

Pat McCarry - SportsJoe.ie
"It would be a different competition, played at a different time of year – so much of the history and tradition, style and winter resonance would be lost."

Ex-Ireland international explains why Six Nations won't budge from February/March slot... and the reason isn't money

RugbyPass.com
The ballot takes place at a council meeting on 12 May.

Bill Beaumont backed by Italy in World Rugby chairman re-election bid

Chris Jones - BBC Rugby
"We’re like the hobos of Knocknacarra mate. We go walking the streets looking for left over firewood and bring it home and burn it."

Connacht boss Andy Friend bringing a touch of Canberra to Knocknacarra

Gerry Thornley - Irish Times
The lawsuit relates to a radio appearance by the recently retired sports star in January, in which he expressed regret at having attended the high-profile trial.

Ex-Ireland captain Best sued for libel by trial lawyers who acted for Paddy Jackson

Shane Phelan - Irish Independent
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Friday, April 17, 2020

PODCAST : Ep 45 : #RetroRugby 4 - #RSAvJPN2015 featuring Ciarán Duffy (@PostToPostSport)


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For the fourth instalment of the series I was joined by Ciarán Duffy from PostToPost Sport to feature one of the greatest World Cup matches of all time, South Africa v Japan from 2015.  We discuss the amazing timeline from the match and also the way the fixtures from the pool stages made it all but impossible for the Brave Blossoms to build on their famous victory.   

Ciarán Duffy's PostToPost site > https://posttopost.sport.blog/
...and the mental health charity link > https://posttopost.sport.blog/mental-health/

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