Leicester statement: Chris Ashton has joined with immediate effect
Steve Borthwick’s Leicester have signed former England international Chris Ashton on a short-term deal eight days after the free…
Liam Heagney
09 Feb 2022, 11:50
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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 right thing': How the Tuilagi, Jones call unfolded on Monday
Alex Sanderson has shed light on the conversation that was had between England boss Eddie Jones and fit-again midfielder Manu Tuil…
Liam Heagney
09 Feb 2022, 11:25
'Cockers has been giving me the eyes of, 'Any danger this week?'
Loosehead Joe Marler has explained he has been busy on the England training ground at Pennyhill this week to ensure he won’t eve…
Liam Heagney
09 Feb 2022, 9:18
What Exeter made of the yellow-carded Cowan-Dickie England error
Rob Baxter has claimed that if there was any front-rower he would have backed to catch a crossfield kick it would have been Luke C…
Liam Heagney
09 Feb 2022, 5:20
Danny Cipriani wades into debate over Marcus Smith substitution
Ex-England out-half Danny Cipriani had waded into the red-hot debate about the decision by Eddie Jones to remove on-song No10 Marc…
Liam Heagney
09 Feb 2022, 4:03
Video: What Itoje said in beaten England Murrayfield changing room
The latest episode in the weekly RFU video series on the England team has revealed that Maro Itoje was the player who rallied his …
Liam Heagney
09 Feb 2022, 3:03
The Wallabies lesson helping Eddie Jones coach England this week
Eddie Jones has revealed that a chastening experience he endured nearly 20 years ago as head coach of the Wallabies will ensure he…
Liam Heagney
09 Feb 2022, 1:48
Jones: No regrets over 'gut feeling' subs policy that hurt England
England boss Eddie Jones has insisted he has no regrets regarding his decision-making at Murrayfield during last Saturday’s Guin…
Liam Heagney
08 Feb 2022, 16:10
England name 36-man squad that includes uncapped Irish back row
England boss Eddie Jones has confirmed following a Tuesday evening training session at Pennyhill Park that he has a 36-man squad w…
Liam Heagney
08 Feb 2022, 13:43
Jones: 'We left 15 points out there at least from our calculation'
Eddie Jones has suggested England should have been comfortable winners of last Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations, claiming his tea…
Liam Heagney
08 Feb 2022, 7:28
England pick Joe Launchbury but there is no call for Manu Tuilagi
England boss Eddie Jones has recalled fit-again Joe Launchbury to his squad for next Sunday's round two Guinness Six Nations match…
Liam Heagney
08 Feb 2022, 6:23
Watch: The bonkers two-balls-on-pitch Top 14 finish at Biarritz
The Top 14 has a habit of throwing up some of the most bizarre sights you will ever see anywhere in rugby and what unfolded with t…
Liam Heagney
08 Feb 2022, 4:00
Bakkies Botha hits out at Toulon for hitting rock bottom in France
Legendary Springboks second-rower Bakkies Botha has taken to Twitter to mourn the weekend Top 14 result that has left Toulon - the…
Liam Heagney
08 Feb 2022, 3:21
Some of the best grassroots rugby photos you will ever see...
With the Twickenham World Rugby Museum currently playing host to a wonderful exhibition showcasing the excellent work of the first…
Liam Heagney
08 Feb 2022, 2:39
Townsend: What Scotland must now do to 'deliver something special'
There was a time when Scotland beating England was the be-all and end-all for them but not anymore judging by the composed manner …
Liam Heagney
06 Feb 2022, 5:04
The five nastiest Murrayfield takeaways that most sickened England
Defeat for England in the opening round of the 2022 Guinness Six Nations will be sickening for them. They were coasting midway thr…
Liam Heagney
06 Feb 2022, 4:40
Interview
'The U15s from my club in Manchester would beat us at the moment'
New boss Steve Diamond has accepted he needs to act quickly on the training ground if there is to be an upward swing in the fortun…
Liam Heagney
06 Feb 2022, 4:20
The 'smallest budget' reminder Pat Lam has on Bristol office wall
Don’t talk to Bristol boss Pat Lam about the alleged hardships of Gallagher Premiership clubs with reduced budgets struggling to…
Liam Heagney
06 Feb 2022, 4:00
'Wait for the video... I have got the production team on it now'
Eddie Jones managed to find some room for levity in the wake of Saturday’s 20-17 loss to Scotland, the beaten England coach quip…
Liam Heagney
05 Feb 2022, 13:58
Opinion
Whoops, Eddie Jones, it's happened again as England implode
Whoops, Eddie Jones, it happened again. Whereas the Australian’s reign as England coach started out with some extravagance when …
Liam Heagney
05 Feb 2022, 13:19
