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Liam Heagney
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A seasoned rugby journalist, Liam hails from Limerick and has covered World Cups, Lions tours, Six Nations Championships and European Cup campaigns since 2000. He became a content editor at RugbyPass in 2019 after joining from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday in Ireland.
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Ehren Painter: ‘I’ve had some PBs. Do they humble you? Absolutely’
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Jonny Wilkinson: 'From the very beginning, I was driven by huge fear'
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Levan Maisashvili: 'Everyone was joking, you still like South Africa!'
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Interview
Rob Baxter: 'There's a few good years left in me yet hopefully'
It would be understandable if the prospect of a 16th consecutive season as the Devon club’s director of rugby is wearying on the…
Liam Heagney
26 Dec 2024, 9:00
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Matt Ferguson: 'A player said I was a disgrace, let the school down'
The unsung assistant coach had just spent 40 minutes the other day with RugbyPass discussing the captivating resurgence of Northam…
Liam Heagney
26 Dec 2024, 7:00
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Alex McHenry: 'It was shocking, lives turned upside down'
Harry Viljoen’s squad were brutally told that the business had gone into liquidation, that they no longer had jobs and that the …
Liam Heagney
26 Dec 2024, 5:00
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Asher Opoku-Fordjour: 'You want to be the one that dominates'
Marler is not alone in liking the look of Asher Opoku-Fordjour. Alex Sanderson, the youngster’s boss at the Sharks, is constantl…
Liam Heagney
25 Dec 2024, 11:00
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Jacob Stockdale: 'That was a turning point, that really got to me'
Exclusion drove Stockdale daft and it needed the lay-off that came with a January 2022 ankle operation for him to finally realise …
Liam Heagney
25 Dec 2024, 9:00
Analysis
World Rugby U20 Championship: The RugbyPass team of the tournament
England flew out of South Africa last Saturday evening to Heathrow as the rightful champions, the consistency of their potent scru…
Liam Heagney
25 Dec 2024, 7:00
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David Ribbans: 'It's the reason why I'm here, not still in England'
Toulon is now home, not Northampton, and it’s all about doing his very best in the Top 14, not perspiring over whether his effor…
Liam Heagney
25 Dec 2024, 5:00
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Nemani Nadolo: 'Now I cut grass, do gardens, cut hedges for a living'
It was at the Hong Kong 10s the other week when RugbyPass caught up with the 36-year-old who had pitched up in the Far East to rol…
Liam Heagney
24 Dec 2024, 20:00
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Wallace Sititi: 'No, not in a million years... just crazy to say'
After featuring 13 times in the run to an Auckland final against the Blues, Scott Robertson wanted a look and the rest is now hist…
Liam Heagney
24 Dec 2024, 17:00
'One of the deadliest wingers in rugby' has decided his future
It was in early December when RugbyPass reported that Ulster were likely to win the race to retain Stockdale, who had been sounded…
Liam Heagney
24 Dec 2024, 8:17
'It's love': Ronan O'Gara has made his peace with Christophe Urios
The pair were even sanctioned by league officials in France in 2022 for their tempestuous behaviour towards each other.
Liam Heagney
24 Dec 2024, 7:49
Kieran Read names his 2025 British and Irish Lions captain
The 39-year-old led New Zealand to their Test series draw versus Sam Warburton’s class of 2017.
Liam Heagney
24 Dec 2024, 7:12
Analysis
Where are they now? The 42-player 2021 British and Irish Lions squad
Gatland selected 42 players in total – 37 in his original squad with five more added along the way. Of the 13 English, 12 Welsh,…
Liam Heagney
15 Dec 2024, 4:36
A 22-word RFU statement has ended Felix Jones' time with England
It was last August when it emerged that the Irishman, a double Rugby World Cup winner assisting South Africa, wanted to leave just…
Liam Heagney
13 Dec 2024, 10:00
All 24 team selections for Investec Champions Cup round two
It was the French who caught the eye in round one with six of their eight teams winning, including Stade Rochelais and Toulon away…
Liam Heagney
13 Dec 2024, 9:28
Lawrence Dallaglio wades into the debate over Champions Cup status
The format of the 30-year-old tournament has changed in recent seasons, while teams from South Africa have also been permitted to …
Liam Heagney
13 Dec 2024, 8:34
O'Gara: '10-15 bottles of beer after the game is thing of the past'
The 21-year-old Jegou and French teammate Hugo Auradou were arrested in the aftermath of their July 6 Test debuts against the Pum…
Liam Heagney
13 Dec 2024, 6:31
'Dead solid' reason why Sale are liking well-travelled Irish hooker
The Dundalk-born hooker has been over and back across the Irish Sea ever since deciding to join the Saracens academy in 2017 as a …
Liam Heagney
13 Dec 2024, 6:03
Northampton release two, confirm immediate effect hooker signing
Thornbury and Spencer were both short-term signings, with Spencer already snapped up by Ospreys ahead of their round two EPCR Chal…
Liam Heagney
12 Dec 2024, 11:58
Sale explain why Jonny Hill is ready for first start since January
The 30-year-old, who is out of contract at the Gallagher Premiership outfit at the end of this season, suffered a serious knee inj…
Liam Heagney
12 Dec 2024, 10:38
