Pro D2 club tweets the name of Vakatawa replacement at Racing
A Pro D2 French club has named the player that will replace Virimi Vakatawa at Racing after the shock Monday revelation that the F…
Liam Heagney
07 Sep 2022, 7:06
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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.
'He was playing in a lot of pain towards the end of last season'
Exeter have revealed the real reason why Stuart Hogg didn’t travel on the three-Test Scotland tour to Argentina in July was beca…
Liam Heagney
07 Sep 2022, 6:21
Interview
'The job has been very good, I was gone out of it for a few years'
Declan Kidney allowed himself a chuckle when it was put to the London Irish boss that he is now fourth on the list of current long…
Liam Heagney
07 Sep 2022, 5:00
Bath statement: Appointment of Ben Spencer as new club captain
Ben Spencer has been named Bath club captain for the 2022/23 season. The England scrum-half arrived at The Rec for the post-lockdo…
Liam Heagney
07 Sep 2022, 4:48
The new 'greater understanding of what breaks' Manu Tuilagi
Sale boss Alex Sanderson believes the Gallager Premiership club and England are now much better aligned in their quest to get Manu…
Liam Heagney
07 Sep 2022, 4:08
Marco van Staden names his new club 67 days after exiting Leicester
Springboks back-rower Marco van Staden has named his new club 67 days after it was confirmed by Leicester that they had agreed on …
Liam Heagney
06 Sep 2022, 13:09
'This is a sticky subject': Sale break silence on Marland Yarde exit
Sale boss Alex Sanderson has broken the club’s silence on its terminated relationship with Marland Yarde, the ex-England interna…
Liam Heagney
06 Sep 2022, 11:59
'I didn't feel any symptoms': Vakatawa explains shock retirement
France midfielder Virimi Vakatawa has explained the reason why he has retired from playing rugby with immediate effect at the age …
Liam Heagney
06 Sep 2022, 7:58
'It's non-negotiable, I'm playing that game, no one is stopping me'
Bristol boss Pat Lam has hailed the phenomenal impact of Ellis Genge around the club as he prepares to feature in Friday’s Galla…
Liam Heagney
06 Sep 2022, 7:22
'Something you dream of': Mercer to play against All Blacks XV
Zach Mercer, the likely 2023 World Cup call-up for England, will get an early chance to take on international opposition as he has…
Liam Heagney
06 Sep 2022, 7:04
Corruption trial against Bernard Laporte opens on Wednesday
French rugby president Bernard Laporte, the current World Rugby vice-chairman, will be in court this Wednesday in France to answer…
Liam Heagney
06 Sep 2022, 6:06
Erasmus tweets promise following criticism from Springboks legend
Rassie Erasmus has again been busy on Twitter, this time reacting to online criticism from a former Springboks back-rower about So…
Liam Heagney
06 Sep 2022, 5:23
Interview
'All of them are social animals, they are great craic'
Alex Sanderson is liking the altered feel of his Sale squad, believing it now adds great credence to how he believes the Mancheste…
Liam Heagney
05 Sep 2022, 6:25
Interview
'I was in denial I was missing it, I didn't admit it to myself'
It’s taken eight years but Brian O’Driscoll, the legendary Ireland midfielder who retired in 2014 after 15 years at the very t…
Liam Heagney
04 Sep 2022, 4:23
Interview
'I'm hoping I haven't changed, fame isn't a massive thing for me'
If Tommy Freeman is indicative of the level-headedness of the new breed of youngsters making their way with England a year out fro…
Liam Heagney
04 Sep 2022, 3:33
Video: The awkward All Blacks moment Jason Ryan snubbed Joe Schmidt
The All Blacks got their Rugby Championship title challenge back on track with a 53-3 thrashing of Argentina, but one of the main …
Liam Heagney
03 Sep 2022, 9:46
Video: Eben Etzebeth confronts Allan Alaalatoa in an angry bust-up
Saturday’s Rugby Championship encounter in Sydney had a feisty denouement when a mass scuffle that had Eben Etzebeth and Allan A…
Liam Heagney
03 Sep 2022, 8:29
Edinburgh statement: Stadium emergency results in abandoned match
Edinburgh have issued a statement after “an emergency situation inside the stadium” resulted in the abandonment of their home …
Liam Heagney
03 Sep 2022, 5:06
Marland Yarde tweets apology eight months after arrest by police
Former England international Marland Yarde has issued an apology eight months after his arrest by police which ended his five-year…
Liam Heagney
03 Sep 2022, 4:09
The post-tour change Irish have seen in new England cap Arundell
Declan Kidney had given his verdict on what becoming a newly capped England player has done for the teenage Henry Arundell now tha…
Liam Heagney
02 Sep 2022, 8:37
