Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Front Five - 28.04.21

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

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Irish rugby club profile by Mark Strange

Ross Byrne replaced Sexton against Exeter and is likely to play against La Rochelle at the Stade Marcel Deflandre

Johnny Sexton ruled out of Leinster’s Champions Cup semi final

The Rugby Paper

"It’s not going to be multi-phase, I think it’s going to be more of a power-based game."

Leinster plan to keep La Rochelle’s man mountains on the move in semi-final

Gerry Thornley - Irish Times
(possibly behind paywall)
"He delivers in the areas Warren Gatland loves. He's big, he's physical and he carries really, really well." 

Best: Ronan Kelleher has a really big Lions chance

Anthony Pyne - RTÉ Rugby
Scottish Rugby’s Director of High Performance, Jim Mallinder, will also join the tour to support the new coaching group.

Mike Blair to coach Scotland in European summer tour

David Barnes - The Offside Line
...they have also been informed that a “limited numbers of spectators” may be able to attend test events in the summer.

Leinster Rugby's proposal to have 2,000 fans at RDS rejected while Level 5 restrictions remain

Sinead Farrell - The42.ie
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Taken by JLP from RDS press box on Nov 16, 2019