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Liam Heagney

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.

Stuart Hogg has described Rob Baxter as 'a very, very scary man'

Scotland and Lions full-back Stuart Hogg has admitted that he is scared of Rob Baxter, the Exeter Chiefs director of rugby who sig…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Oct 2022, 6:35

Diamond makes bolshy 'USP' claim about his Worcester takeover bid

Steve Diamond has made an eye-catching claim about the unique selling point in his consortium bidding to take over the financially…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Oct 2022, 5:25

Wasps' Dan Frost has found himself a new Premiership club

Another out-of-work Wasps player has quickly found himself a new club as Exeter have snapped up Dan Frost, who will go with them t…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Oct 2022, 11:06

Shock mid-season exit to France on cards for Dan Biggar - report

Just weeks after he confirmed that he would leave Northampton at the end of the 2022/23 season, injured Wales out-half Dan Biggar …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Oct 2022, 10:32

Scotland name team for Australia that shows six XV changes

Gregor Townsend has named a Scotland XV to face Australia this Saturday at BT Murrayfield that has six changes from the team that …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Oct 2022, 9:43

Steve Diamond announces his consortium bid to take over Worcester

Steve Diamond has unveiled his ambitious bid to take over the financial-stricken Worcester, who were suspended by the RFU from pla…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Oct 2022, 8:07

Hooper recalled as Wallabies make five changes for tour opener

Dave Rennie has made five changes to his Australia team for Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series game versus Scotland following the …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Oct 2022, 7:16

Koch and Odogwu become the latest Wasps players to get a new club

Springboks prop Vincent Koch and one-time England prospect Paolo Odogwu have found a new club ten days after they were among the 1…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Oct 2022, 5:17

The Sale verdict on their live scrum/maul session with Argentina

Alex Sanderson has given his verdict after Sale hosted a 29-man Argentina squad at Carrington ahead of the Pumas' Test versus Engl…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Oct 2022, 4:45

12 changes for All Blacks, including a first Tuivasa-Sheck start

The All Blacks have made a dozen changes to their starting XV to face Japan on Saturday, Brodie Retallick, Richie Mo’unga and Ca…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Oct 2022, 3:55

Sale explain their Tuesday meeting with free agent Vincent Koch

Sale have reacted to speculation they are in the market to sign Springboks tighthead Vincent Koch, Sharks director of rugby Alex S…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Oct 2022, 12:52

Bath's Dave Attwood banned 'for losing my s***, I crossed a line'

Ex-England lock Dave Attwood has been banned after he was cited for punching/striking in last Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership w…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Oct 2022, 12:06

Jake Armstrong has left Bristol Bears with immediate effect

Tighthead prop Jake Armstrong has exited Pat Lam’s Bristol Bears with immediate effect. A club statement read: “Jake Armstrong…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Oct 2022, 11:25

Saracens sign a Wasps prop but it isn't a return for Vincent Koch

Gallagher Premiership leaders Saracens have signed a prop from Wasps - but it isn’t their old StoneX Arena crowd favourite Vince…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Oct 2022, 10:37

Brad Shields becomes latest Wasps player to find new club

Former England international Brad Shields has become the latest ex-Wasps player to find a new club, the 31-year-old agreeing to sw…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Oct 2022, 10:01

'Joining in the prime of his career': Bulls celebrate Louw signing

Jake White’s big-name recruitment at the Bulls continued on Wednesday with the Pretoria-based URC franchise confirming the signi…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Oct 2022, 9:22

Cockerill's England squad update zeroes in on hooker situation

England assistant Richard Cockerill has given his assessment of how Eddie Jones’ squad have fared in the early part of their Aut…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Oct 2022, 7:39

The Erasmus verdict on Libbok, Mngomezulu after Springboks camp

Rassie Erasmus has given his thoughts on how newcomers Manie Libbok and Sacha Mngomezulu fared during this week’s Springboks tra…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Oct 2022, 6:58

'If he has picked on form, f*** me it was a great 20 minutes'

Former Scotland second row Jim Hamilton and ex-England out-half Andy Goode have engaged in a lengthy discussion about the controve…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Oct 2022, 4:37

The upside to why Jones thinks 'rugby is a s*** sport sometimes'

Harlequins assistant Adam Jones has explained why he thinks rugby is a crap sport at times but even that negative aspect has its u…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Sep 2022, 5:20
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