Statement: Worcester co-owners put Morecambe FC up for sale
The precarious financial situation at Worcester has spilt over from the Gallagher Premiership into football’s League One in Engl…
Liam Heagney
02 Sep 2022, 14:39
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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.
'I'm honoured': Former Russia coach Lyn Jones starts a new job
Ex-Russia boss Lyn Jones has landed himself a new coaching job with the Netherlands ten months after he stepped away from the coun…
Liam Heagney
02 Sep 2022, 7:19
Benetton statement: Monty Ioane exits with 'mental health issues'
Italian URC club Benetton have revealed their contract with Monty Ioane has been terminated by mutual agreement just months after …
Liam Heagney
02 Sep 2022, 6:40
'We're really frustrated, we haven't been paid - we need answers'
Worcester players and staff have flooded Twitter with a coordinated series of video messages after it emerged on Friday morning th…
Liam Heagney
02 Sep 2022, 6:04
Christian Wade names the city where he expects to play his rugby
Ex-Wasps star Christian Wade has teased that his return to rugby is near four years after his last Gallagher Premiership appearanc…
Liam Heagney
02 Sep 2022, 4:50
Saracens statement: England lock Nick Isiekwe will undergo surgery
Nick Isiekwe will miss England’s Autumn Nations Series after Saracens confirmed that he will undergo an unspecified operation th…
Liam Heagney
02 Sep 2022, 4:27
All Blacks face a new rankings low if beaten again by Argentina
Ian Foster’s struggling All Blacks face a new world rankings low if they are beaten for the second successive Saturday at home b…
Liam Heagney
01 Sep 2022, 13:40
The new-season 'promise' Freddie Burns has made to Steve Borthwick
Steve Borthwick was in his element on Thursday, returning to Twickenham 75 days after his significant transformation of fallen gia…
Liam Heagney
01 Sep 2022, 10:55
'Worcester are not out of the woods yet, let's be frank about that'
Worcester boss Steve Diamond gave his London Irish counterpart Declan Kidney a massive handshake on his way out the door at Twicke…
Liam Heagney
01 Sep 2022, 9:39
'Positive energy' Diamond tweet will delight all Worcester fans
Worcester boss Steve Diamond has tweeted confirmation that all his players have been paid and that their Gallagher Premiership sea…
Liam Heagney
01 Sep 2022, 3:23
'Fantastic example' Matawalu takes up a Welsh Premiership deal
One of the most curious transfers of the summer was confirmed on Wednesday evening when Welsh Premiership club Pontypridd revealed…
Liam Heagney
31 Aug 2022, 19:47
'Unethical to play': Diamond tweet confirms Worcester game is off
The Gallagher Premiership future of financially stricken Worcester Warriors was plunged into further turmoil ahead of the new 2022…
Liam Heagney
31 Aug 2022, 12:16
Rassie Erasmus laughs off story about urinating Springboks player
Rassie Erasmus has laughed off a newspaper article claiming that a complaint was made against an unnamed Springboks player for uri…
Liam Heagney
31 Aug 2022, 9:18
'You just take it, maybe it is my bad, my mistake...'
Springboks prop Trevor Nyakane has addressed the issue of gamesmanship in rugby following last weekend’s incidents in his team 
Liam Heagney
31 Aug 2022, 8:46
Jesse Kriel sizes up task of replacing 'amazing rugby' Lukhanyo Am
Jesse Kriel has been speaking about the task of matching the impeccable recent form of Lukhanyo Am when he steps into the No13 Spr…
Liam Heagney
31 Aug 2022, 7:15
IRFU statement: Emerging Ireland tour to South Africa
Andy Farrell is looking to quickly build on the recent Ireland tour to New Zealand by sending an Emerging Ireland squad to South A…
Liam Heagney
31 Aug 2022, 6:32
The ex-Springboks' deal that ended the Wasps recruitment freeze
Wasps’ new deal for Francois Hougaard, the ex-Springboks scrum-half, was the moment that ended the recruitment freeze that hit t…
Liam Heagney
31 Aug 2022, 5:51
Springboks statement: Pollard and Am's Championship-ending injuries
Jacques Nienaber’s Springboks will finish out their Rugby Championship campaign without fly-half Handre Pollard and centre Lukha…
Liam Heagney
31 Aug 2022, 4:23
'It's not dog-eat-dog': Wasps' verdict on the crisis at Worcester
Wasps boss Lee Blackett has claimed he won’t look to sign players from troubled Gallager Premiership rivals Worcester even thoug…
Liam Heagney
30 Aug 2022, 11:25
Interview
'I hope and pray that rugby will get through this dark moment'
James Drake is feeling conflicted. He loves his rugby. Has done so ever since he was enchanted as a young boy playing at schools l…
Liam Heagney
21 Aug 2022, 3:47
