Interview
'To have an owl follow you around, I feel that would be quality'
Ollie Hassell-Collins can't disagree with the description of him that London Irish boss Declan Kidney delivered to RugbyPass in Ja…
Liam Heagney
01 May 2022, 4:57
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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.
Interview
'You have a drink, the veils drop and they get to shoot at me'
With a big Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final on the horizon next weekend away to Racing, Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson …
Liam Heagney
01 May 2022, 4:25
'Disgraceful what we saw today, disrespectful to the occasion'
Ugo Monye has described Saturday's Bath display as disgraceful - they were humiliated 64-0 at Gloucester and stay bottom of the Pr…
Liam Heagney
30 Apr 2022, 12:54
'Unbelievable': Early Chris Ashton strike breaks Premiership try record
Former England winger Chris Ashton needed just four minutes of Saturday's Leicester versus Bristol game to score the try that made…
Liam Heagney
30 Apr 2022, 11:01
'More surgeries this year than I've seen in 22 years in the sport'
Stuart Hooper has claimed he has never seen a team suffer as many surgeries as Bath have this season in his 20-plus years in rugby…
Liam Heagney
30 Apr 2022, 6:21
'One hell of a journey': Ex-Wasps back row Thompson calls it quits
Ex-Wasps and Leicester back row Guy Thompson has announced on social media that he will retire from playing at the age of 35 when …
Liam Heagney
30 Apr 2022, 5:34
'I never turned into an alcoholic, I can't give you that headline'
Second-year head coach George Skivington has candidly spoken about his coping mechanisms when it comes to handling the immense pre…
Liam Heagney
30 Apr 2022, 4:23
'Feels like a natural fit': Redpath appointed London Scottish DoR
Ex-Scotland scrum-half Bryan Redpath has jumped back into frontline rugby coaching, agreeing to become director of rugby at Londo…
Liam Heagney
30 Apr 2022, 4:03
'You respect anyone playing at that age, Johnny, Smith, Thorn'
Bristol boss Pat Lam has suggested he wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to see John Afoa play Gallagher Premiership rugby nex…
Liam Heagney
30 Apr 2022, 3:45
Cipriani statement: 'My last games in England are fast arriving'
Danny Cipriani has confirmed he will finish up at Bath at the end of the current season and embark on a different rugby experience…
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2022, 12:09
The Wasps message for England about 'ultimate team guy' Robson
Lee Blackett reckons it would be great to see Dan Robson back in an England shirt following his impressive form in recent weeks fo…
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2022, 9:56
'He's another Antoine example, we found him playing in Ebbw Vale'
Pat Lam has described Toby Fricker - last weekend's Bristol match-winner against Gloucester in the Gallagher Premiership - as anot…
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2022, 8:52
Exeter statement: Defence coach Salvi exits with immediate effect
The difficult season that Exeter have experienced has had a casualty, defence coach Julian Salvi exiting the Chiefs with immediate…
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2022, 7:54
'We do get overlooked quite a bit, the RFU, RPA, agents, whatever'
Long-serving Newcastle boss Dean Richards has touched on the isolation within rugby that is felt by the Falcons and Sale, their no…
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2022, 7:05
The England 'rabbit hole' Sale opted not to go into with Tom Curry
Alex Sanderson has explained why he took the decision not to talk too much with Tom Curry about his latest Six Nations with Englan…
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2022, 5:40
Bath rate Ewels' response to 'huge moment in a young man's career'
Bath boss Stuart Hooper has given his take on how skipper Charlie Ewels has coped with the enormity of the red card he shipped wit…
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2022, 4:32
Prop's forged passport sees Spain kicked out of the 2023 World Cup
Spain have been thrown out of the 2023 World Cup in France after a disciplinary hearing found that they had played an ineligible p…
Liam Heagney
28 Apr 2022, 9:15
Bath respond to speculation that Watson to Leicester is done deal
Bath boss Stuart Hooper has reacted to media speculation this week that Anthony Watson, the England and Lions player, will definit…
Liam Heagney
28 Apr 2022, 6:52
Interview
'If it was up to me I'd live on a little island and fish all day'
Out of favour England winger Adam Radwan was quick out of the blocks this week when quipping to RugbyPass that he had the perfect …
Liam Heagney
27 Apr 2022, 14:04
Interview
'To get cancer kind of put a whole new twist on everything'
Worcester forward Joe Batley sounds like he has got it sussed at the age of 25. It has been another season of strife at Sixways bu…
Liam Heagney
23 Apr 2022, 4:55
