Front Five - 03.07.20

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

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Ryan Baird, Harry Byrne, Jack Dunne, Tommy O’Brien and Dan Sheehan have all signed senior contracts for the coming year.

Meet five of the newest graduates from the Leinster Academy

Ryan Corry - LeinsterRugby.ie

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"Ireland have benefitted from Irish qualified players with Bundee Aki and CJ Stander, they've only strengthened the team"

Jacob Stockdale: Ireland wing on lockdown, learning curves and James Lowe

BBC Rugby

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“As a player you look over enviously thinking: ‘There they are, enjoying their champagne and canapes, and here we are, butterflies and stomachs rumbling, and we’ve got to go out and play a game.’”

RFU Corporate Ticket Allocation Policy Would Be Worrying Precedent For Ireland

Donny Mahoney - Balls.ie

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The timeline means Barrett will miss the entire Super Rugby Aotearoa campaign, and...it is doubtful whether he will be able to pull on the black jersey in 2020.

All Blacks and Crusaders standout Scott Barrett ruled out long-term due to foot injury

NZ Herald

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One thing for sure is that Furlong is built and has enough physicality to take on the Boks on home soil

The Tadhg Furlong monster fends that put New Zealand powerhouses on their backsides

Stephen Brundson - RugbyDump

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