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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.

'The players mentioned exactly that': Why card trick left Sale flummoxed at Exeter

Sale in the Alex Sanderson era have shown they can play when a man down but they came unstuck when cards left them a man up at Exe…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
18 Jun 2021, 4:09

The logic behind Bristol switching 21-year-old rookie Kloska from hooker to prop

Bristol are busy trying to win this year's Premiership title but Pat Lam already has 2021/22 plans, including a switch for George …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
17 Jun 2021, 14:37

Lions verdict on training week pick Kelleher

Ireland hooker Ronan Kelleher is in an awkward situation this week, training with the Lions in Jersey but not being an official sq…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
17 Jun 2021, 14:08

'Trust us... we won't push you too far': Reassuring Lions message as injury scare dismissed

Assistant coach Robin McBryde has been speaking about the hectic Lions schedule on Jersey and has dismissed one early injury conce…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
17 Jun 2021, 9:36

'He obviously looked at the fine print and went for the weirdest outfits'

South African Stephan Lewies is revelling in the diversity that exists in the Harlequins squad, with special praise reserved for J…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
17 Jun 2021, 7:41

'Players aren't stupid... they're the most educated group we have ever had in the history of rugby'

Exeter boss Rob Baxter believe current policing trends in the Premiership are causing frustrations and players are feeling very ag…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
17 Jun 2021, 4:21

'We've got 94 per cent availability': Bristol's rude health 52 weeks into non-stop year

Pat Lam exuded pride in midweek that Bristol have arrived into the Premiership playoffs just two players down following 52 weeks o…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
16 Jun 2021, 15:11

'A really important skill to train': Why Proudfoot mirrors Jones by also coaching elsewhere

Eddie Jones has been hugely criticised for coaching elsewhere but England assistant Matt Proudfoot has explained the value gained …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
16 Jun 2021, 14:23

'It's created a new dynamic': The recent growth England have identified in Ellis Genge

England have given an update on Ellis Genge after the loosehead arrived into this week's 34-player training camp as the most cappe…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
16 Jun 2021, 11:10

Another rookie called up by Ireland as rotten injury run continues for Garry Ringrose

An injury-hit season for Garry Ringrose has had a cruel sequel as the midfielder has now pulled out of the Ireland summer series s…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
16 Jun 2021, 10:33

Leicester confirm 10 senior player departures but no word on Mike Ford's rumoured exit

Mike Ford joined Leicester in March 2019 but the ex-Bath boss has reportedly been cast aside 27 months later amid another revamp a…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
16 Jun 2021, 9:00

Injury rules one of Newcastle's uncapped contingent out of the England squad

Of the 21 uncapped players chosen by England for this week's training, Newcastle had the biggest representation with five rookies…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
16 Jun 2021, 6:27

'Everyone should get behind them... they have done their time': Rival boss salutes Saracens

With Saracens all but officially back in the Premiership after a 60-0 first leg Championship final win, a rival boss has hailed th…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
16 Jun 2021, 4:24

'He told me I'd never play for Wales': One coach's brutal put-down of a 16-year-old Rees-Zammit

Louis Rees-Zammit is set to tour with the Lions aged 20 but he hasn't forgotten what was brutally said to him as a 16-year-old in …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
15 Jun 2021, 14:08

The reason why ex-England prop Dan Cole insists rugby should remain a winter sport

The average points per Premiership game increased recently but Leicester prop Dan Cole doesn't believe it's enough to abandon wint…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
15 Jun 2021, 13:53

'A little Irish jockey, he rode the golden unicorn': The Sale update on injured MacGinty

Out-half AJ MacGinty was one of three key Sale players injured at Exeter last Saturday and Alex Sanderson has now provided an upda…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
15 Jun 2021, 12:44

What Warren Gatland inspiringly said when he first met up with his 2021 Lions players

It was last month in London when Warren Gatland first spoke to his 2021 Lions players and a new documentary has revealed what he s…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
15 Jun 2021, 9:06

'Where it stands at this moment...': Andy Farrell addresses rumours he will join Lions next month

Andy Farrell has been linked to a mid-tour Lions call-up next month and the Ireland boss has now reacted to those rumours.

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
15 Jun 2021, 7:32

Tom Homer has retired with immediate effect rather than take up French move

Tom Homer was set to swap London Irish for a stint in France next season but the 31-year-old has instead opted to retire.

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
15 Jun 2021, 7:21

'No poor brother in this scenario': Sanderson on the Curry twins and how he tells them apart

The return of Ben Curry to the Sale mix alongside twin brother Tom has challenged Alex Sanderson to make sure he identifies them c…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
15 Jun 2021, 5:40
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