Ronan O'Gara slapped with heavy ban at Top 14 disciplinary hearing
Heineken Champions Cup-winning coach Ronan O’Gara has been banned for six weeks by officials in France following his latest brus…
Liam Heagney
22 Sep 2022, 3:17
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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.
The 'clocking off' Worcester post that won Twitter Wednesday night
Worcester were lauded on Wednesday night for posting what numerous people described as the tweet of the season during their Premie…
Liam Heagney
22 Sep 2022, 3:09
Wasps statement: Club's 138-word response to administration reports
Wasps have issued a 138-word statement following reports on Wednesday that the financially stricken Gallagher Premiership club had…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2022, 14:12
Wasps going into administration and facing relegation - reports
Financially troubled Wasps are poised to enter administration, a development that will leave them vulnerable to relegation from th…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2022, 13:17
'All parties remain concerned': Worcester given two RFU deadlines
The continued participation of Worcester in the 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership has been thrown into yet more doubt after the RFU is…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2022, 8:51
'Incredible': Erasmus tweets about smart tactics' of Sexton, Steyn
South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has tweeted praise for veteran pair Johnny Sexton and Frans Steyn and the way they a…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2022, 7:33
French trial prosecutors want Laporte and Altrad to serve jail time
The prosecution team in the high-profile French rugby trial has outlined at the Paris Criminal Court the punishments it wants to b…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2022, 6:39
'Big leg day' video shows free agent Jack McGrath is fighting back
Ex-Ireland loosehead Jack McGrath - who featured in all three 2017 Lions Test matches versus the All Blacks - has been charting hi…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2022, 5:01
22-man Worcester squad includes assistant coach and retired player
Stricken Worcester have finally confirmed their team for Wednesday night’s first-round match as they begin their defence as Prem…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2022, 4:17
Easter slams 'false promises' and retweets damning Worcester story
Former England back-rower Nick Easter has tweeted his frustration over the ongoing saga of broken promises at crisis club Worceste…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2022, 3:49
Interview
'It's incredible that he is back and fighting, he is revved up'
Gloucester boss George Skivington has described the incredible fightback that Jake Polledri has gone through to get back into prof…
Liam Heagney
20 Sep 2022, 11:27
The car park call that has Gloucester hopeful Worcester will turn up
Gloucester boss George Skivington is hopeful that a request from Worcester for car parking spaces to be reserved at Kingsholm is a…
Liam Heagney
20 Sep 2022, 10:30
The 'mental health' reason why Springboks resisted Jantjies recall
Springboks boss Jacques Nienaber has explained why he opted not to bring seasoned fly-half Elton Jantjies back into the fold this …
Liam Heagney
20 Sep 2022, 9:42
Fit-again Jake Polledri named to play his first match in 22 months
Gloucester back-rower Jake Polledri will play for his first match in nearly two years when he lines out for his club in Wednesdayâ…
Liam Heagney
20 Sep 2022, 6:50
Leiua secures URC contract seven weeks after Pro D2 deal torn up
Former Samoan international Alapati Leiua has secured a deal at the Stormers for the new URC season seven weeks after he had a two…
Liam Heagney
20 Sep 2022, 6:24
Irish bolster squad with two front rowers and a back from Scotland
London Irish have bolstered their Gallagher Premiership front row resources by bringing in two short-term signings from Edinburgh,…
Liam Heagney
20 Sep 2022, 5:42
Red-carded Sale prop Schonert banned after head-on-head charge
Sale prop Nick Schonert has been banned for three matches following his first-half red card last Saturday versus Bath in the Galla…
Liam Heagney
20 Sep 2022, 5:05
Two changes to Springboks team and bomb squad is also beefed up
Jacques Nienaber has named a Springboks team showing two changes for this Saturday’s Rugby Championship finale versus Argentina …
Liam Heagney
20 Sep 2022, 4:46
Interview
'I've learned recently to be more self-deprecating than arrogant'
Spotting the lesser spotted things has become a trademark of Healey since he swapped the boots for commentary booth, going on to b…
Liam Heagney
18 Sep 2022, 3:00
Interview
'We're kind of like a fat, overweight, totally unfit rugby team...'
When RugbyPass caught up with Nick Mullins on September 7 when he was high up in the BT Tower overlooking the kaleidoscopic London…
Liam Heagney
17 Sep 2022, 3:15
