Thursday, May 14, 2020

Front Five - 14.05.20

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

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Some 96 percent of revenue is generated by the currently inactive professional men’s game.


Gavin Cummiskey - Irish Times
(possibly behind paywall)

"The worst-case scenario is there's no rugby at all. The immediate consequence to that is the financial one, which affects all parts of the game."


Jon Doel - WalesOnline

The IRFU were keen to move him away from the eastern province where...Tadhg Furlong and Andrew Porter...reside


Ruaidhri O'Connor - Irish Independent

“The worst thing would be to play behind closed doors. Because it cuts pretty much the whole of our income."


The42.ie (via AFP)

...this isn’t a new playing strip for the Irish province, but instead a limited edition shirt that has been produced by Connacht to honour the work of frontline heroes


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Feel free to share any interesting links you spot yourself about t’internet by email, Twitter, Facebook, blog comment or carrier pigeon – whatever works for you. JLP

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