Beaten Saracens explain how pre-game injury has retired Sean Maitland
Mark McCall has sifted through the ashes of a terrible Saturday for Saracens where not only did a limp 10-20 defeat to Sale cost t…
Liam Heagney
18 May 2024, 14:10
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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.
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Sale's Alex Sanderson: 'The anxiety, the irritation, the stress...'
It was January 2021 when the former England forward said his farewells, bringing the curtain down on more than a decade of assista…
Liam Heagney
18 May 2024, 2:31
Seven leavers confirmed by Gloucester, five seniors and two academy
The Cherry and Whites will next Friday look to add the EPCR Challenge Cup to the Premiership Rugby Cup they won in March.
Liam Heagney
17 May 2024, 11:41
Skivington makes 10 Gloucester changes after their 0-90 humiliation
The Cherry and Whites were blown away by 14 tries at Franklin’s Gardens, the 0-90 loss igniting massive criticism about the coac…
Liam Heagney
17 May 2024, 10:15
Saracens, Sale make two changes each; Farrell-Ford go head-to-head
Saturday’s round 18 match at the StoneX will be crucial in determining the end-of-season semi-final line up.
Liam Heagney
17 May 2024, 7:51
Harlequins confirm the 11 players leaving at the end of the season
The London club are currently in sixth place in the Gallagher Premiership ahead of Saturday’s final-round home match versus Bris…
Liam Heagney
17 May 2024, 4:25
Coventry agree to three extensions, including Patrick Pellegrini deal
Alex Rae’s side finished third last season, 11 points behind champions Jersey, and they are currently placed second, four points…
Liam Heagney
16 May 2024, 11:00
Connacht confirm 11 end-of-season leavers, name nine new arrivals
The Irish URC side have also confirmed their squad of 43 for the 2024/25 campaign, slightly down in size from 2023/24.
Liam Heagney
16 May 2024, 9:03
George Skivington on his online critics, CEO’s vote of confidence
The Cherry and Whites were humiliated last Saturday at Northampton, losing 0-90 in a damaging 14-try defeat.
Liam Heagney
16 May 2024, 8:04
Exeter statement: Henry Slade contract extension confirmed
Rob Baxter’s double-winning Premiership and Champions Cup squad of 2020 has been broken up in recent times, with numerous mainst…
Liam Heagney
16 May 2024, 7:15
Edinburgh make official their list of seven end-of-season leavers
A hip injury kept scrum-half sidelined for the whole 2023/24 campaign and his name was the final addition to an exit list that had…
Liam Heagney
15 May 2024, 16:18
Northampton sign legend's son to add a 'massive physical presence'
Former Tonga international Soane Tonga’uiha spent seven seasons at Franklin’s Gardens, the giant marrying his power to a reput…
Liam Heagney
15 May 2024, 10:27
Ex-Saracens tighthead Titi Lamositele is back in the Premiership
The confirmation comes in the same week that Harlequins admitted that Will Collier, the academy graduate who made a first-team deb…
Liam Heagney
15 May 2024, 8:22
Ulster confirm a nine-strong leavers list that includes Dave Ewers
The 33-year-old, a one-time England hopeful when Eddie Jones was in charge, joined the Irish province last summer following the ma…
Liam Heagney
15 May 2024, 8:03
EPCR name referees for Leinster-Toulouse, Sharks-Gloucester finals
There had been a suggestion, namely from the likes of pundit Andy Goode, that Luke Pearce should be the English official entrusted…
Liam Heagney
15 May 2024, 6:29
Stuart McCloskey explains his online bust-up with Stephen Ferris
Following Ulster’s 14-53 EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-final hammering at Clermont on April 13, the 2009 Grand Slam winner posted a…
Liam Heagney
15 May 2024, 6:04
Alex Sanderson recalls a booze-fuelled fight with Billy Vunipola
Now working as the Sale director of rugby, Sanderson is due to bring his Sharks to the StoneX this Saturday looking for a result a…
Liam Heagney
15 May 2024, 4:55
Exeter statement: Immediate effect retirement of Rory O’Loughlin
The 2023 Premiership Rugby Cup winner played his last match for the Chiefs in January, but that start in the Investec Champions Cu…
Liam Heagney
15 May 2024, 2:50
Ospreys name seven end-of-season leavers, including Alex Cuthbert
Cuthbert joins fellow departing Wales internationals George North and Nicky Smith. But unlike North and Smith, who have secured …
Liam Heagney
15 May 2024, 2:44
What George Skivngton discovered 'watching that game back four times'
Set to play the Durban-based Sharks in the EPCR Challenge Cup final on May 24 at Tottenham, the Kingsholm outfit sent their second…
Liam Heagney
14 May 2024, 13:40
