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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.

'What an absolute binfire': Ex-employee's brutal Wasps verdict

A former long-serving Wasps employee has labelled the Gallagher Premiership club “an absolute binfire” in a bruising tweet pos…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
11 Aug 2022, 8:23

Argentina team shows four changes for rematch with the Wallabies

Michael Cheika has made four changes to his Argentina team for this Saturday’s Rugby Championship round two meeting with Austral…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
11 Aug 2022, 7:46

Confirmed: Run-on Tomahawk Chop chant gets the chop at Exeter

Exeter have announced that their Tomahawk Chop chant will no longer be played at games. The chant was a familiar sound on matchday…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
11 Aug 2022, 6:03

When 'riot police came and pepper sprayed everybody' at Leicester

The infamous occasion when Leicester lost the 2007 Heineken European Cup final to Wasps at Twickenham and the riot police turned u…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
10 Aug 2022, 10:53

Ex-Springboks midfielder assaulted following last Saturday's win

Former Springboks midfielder Grant Esterhuizen has taken to social media in an effort to track down two men who allegedly assaulte…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
10 Aug 2022, 7:20

'Ashamed': Ex-All Blacks player defends Ian Foster on Twitter

Former All Blacks winger Julian Savea has jumped to the defence of Ian Foster, stating that he is ashamed of how the coach is curr…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
10 Aug 2022, 5:53

'Still motivated to perform': Sale sign free agent Jason Woodward

Ten weeks after Gloucester announced that one-time England prospect Jason Woodward was leaving them at the end of the 2021/22 seas…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
10 Aug 2022, 4:38

Wasps statement: Coventry City pitch damage criticism

Wasps CEO Stephen Vaughan has fired back at Coventry City following criticisms by the football club about the state of the Coventr…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
10 Aug 2022, 4:14

Training ground injury sees Springboks parachute rookie into XV

Jacques Nienaber’s Springboks have been forced into making a change to the starting XV to face the All Blacks next Saturday, rep…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
10 Aug 2022, 3:55

'I heard Julian White berate Manu for not punching properly'

Former Leicester CEO Simon Cohen has revisited the infamous 2011 occasion when Manu Tuilagi ignited a media storm after wildly pun…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Aug 2022, 11:43

Colomiers statement: Contract terminated after failed doping test

Hooker Youssef Saaidia has been sacked by Colomiers just weeks before the start of the new Pro D2 season in France. The 27-year-ol…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Aug 2022, 9:57

A 12-word Ngani Laumape tweet has whipped up his online followers

Former All Blacks midfielder Ngani Laumape has ignited an online debate with his first Twitter message since suddenly exiting Stad…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Aug 2022, 9:11

'Belittled': Woodward fires back at Jones' 'insulting' comments

Clive Woodward has yet again verbally blasted Eddie Jones, branding the current England head coach’s comments on English rugby's…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Aug 2022, 6:23

'A great addition to our squad': Saracens sign a Championship prop

Beaten finalists Saracens have added to their squad ahead of the new 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership season by signing James Flynn, …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Aug 2022, 5:27

Vermeulen back as Springboks make five team changes for All Blacks

Jacques Nienaber has named a Springboks team showing five changes for next Saturday’s Rugby Championship rematch with the All Bl…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Aug 2022, 4:46

Leicester Tigers statement: The departure of Nemani Nadolo

Gallagher Premiership champions Leicester have issued a statement after it emerged overnight from Australia that Fijian winger Nem…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Aug 2022, 3:33

Sam Cane's 'small margins' reaction to 16-point All Blacks defeat

Under-fire All Blacks skipper Sam Cane has refused to write off his team’s two-match series in South Africa, alleging that the f…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
06 Aug 2022, 13:36

Springboks red: 'It's a quickly made decision, the right decision'

The match-winning Springboks finished their round one Rugby Championship victory with 14 players after rookie winger Kurt-Lee Aren…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
06 Aug 2022, 12:36

Faf de Klerk knocked out in horror first-minute collision

Seasoned Springboks scrum-half Faf de Klerk was knocked out just 34 seconds into Saturday’s Rugby Championship match at home to …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
06 Aug 2022, 10:51

Ex-England coach takes a swipe at 'contact skills' coach adverts

Ex-England boss Brian Ashton has had a pop at the number of recruitment adverts for contact skills coaches in rugby, grumbling tha…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
06 Aug 2022, 5:18
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