Sunday, June 27, 2021

Front Five - 27.06.21

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

Terrible news for AWJ, Tips & Ryan
I have to say the Murray call was a surprise
but of course I wish him all the best


A crowd of 16,500 – rugby’s biggest since the pandemic began – witnessed a rout brimming with positives


Duncan Bech - Irish Independent

Murray, who turned 32 in April, is a veteran of two previous Lions tours and is favourite to form a half-back partnership with Dan Biggar


RTÉ Rugby

The second-row from Dublin made it clear...that he is not "coming out", but rather speaking openly about it for the first time.


Eoin Harrington - Balls.ie

...in this era of the comeback, who should be crowned as the English champions but a team that had seemed in pieces only a few months ago...?


Michael Aylwin - The Guardian

Over an hour queue pre game for a beer, then 10 mins in to the game the whole stadium has “run out of alcohol” £150 for a ticket


Rugby World

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Taken by JLP from RDS press box on Nov 16, 2019