Front Five - 10.03.20

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

Hopefully it won't be long before

we're back talking about rugby that

is being played instead of what isn't

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Leinster are expected to bring a number of their front-line players to South Africa next week to get them game-time against the Cheetahs...

Leinster fret over Saracens game

Rúaidhrí O'Connor - Irish Independent

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"The reaction of the players when we've come off the back of a good morning's work was one of deflation."

Ireland players deflated after Six Nations match with France was postponed, says coach Andy Farrell

SkySports.com (via Reuters)

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 ...any more build-up of games would potentially ensure the Pro14 would have to resort to recording the cancelled fixtures as 0-0 draws. 

Pro14 facing cancelled games as Italy gets set to suspend all sport

Murray Kinsella - The42.ie

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The player in question is reported to be Kiwi Joel Everson for alleged cocaine use

Top League suspended after arrest

RugbyPass.com

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...as long as...the four-man team of officials allow all others to escape scot free...the disciplinary process is not working.

Rugby needs to tackle the agents provocateurs

Gerry Thornley - Irish Times

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Front Five - 09.03.20

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

On again off again...

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The French government decree comes after the number of deaths in the country rose from 11 on Saturday to 19 on Sunday...

Saturday’s Six Nations game between Ireland and France now unlikely

Gerry Thornley - Irish Times

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After an age of delay the Kiwi referee Paul Williams flashed the most blatant red card you could see in a game of rugby.

Brilliant Scots dash France's Grand Slam after crazy red card for Les Bleus.

Duncan Smith - The Scotsman

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"I never enjoy coaching. Winning is a relief. Anyone who tells you they enjoy coaching is lying."

Eddie Jones remains tight-lipped over whether he wants to stay on

Gerard Meagher - The Guardian

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"Bollocks, absolute bollocks"

Joe Marler responds to outcry over his genital grab of Alun Wyn Jones

Stuff.co.uk

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Two bonus point wins guarantees Ireland will win the Six Nations.

Here's The Six Nations Permutations After France's Loss To Scotland

Gary Connaughton - Balls.ie

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Front Five - 08.03.20

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

Currently reading a book by former US Eagle

Link Wilfley and will be reviewing it soon

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This defeat was nowhere near as close as a three-point deficit might suggest.

Welsh flair falls short in the face of England’s ferocity despite late surge

Michael Aylwin - The Guardian

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"And I’m like, ‘I’m allowed to, eh… take her down, am I? Jesus, great.’  So I loved it straight away."

'Ireland need to qualify for a World Cup and I wanted to be a better player'

Sean Farrell - The42.ie

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"This is a game of rugby at the end of the day. If we can offer anything, any support, all they need to do is pick the phone up."

Dan Biggar asks to end radio interview with moving offer of support to Matthew J Watkins' family

Matthew Southcombe - WalesOnline

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“People were talking about the grand slam from the moment that we had three wins...But they haven’t done anything yet”

Scotland v France: ‘Les Bleus are operating at only 40 percent of potential’

 Colin Renton - The Offside Line

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World Rugby regulation 9.27...states that “grabbing, twisting, or squeezing"...can be punished by a 12 week ban at the lower end.

Alun Wyn Jones reacts to fondling incident with Joe Marler

Rugby World

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