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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.

Hefty ban is given to Worcester's red-carded Chris Ashton with lesser suspensions for Bath duo Tom Dunn and Will Muir

England pair Chris Ashton and Tom Dunn were respectively red-carded for Worcester and Bath while Dunn's teammate Will Muir was cit…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
01 Apr 2021, 10:44

Leinster make four Champions Cup changes for Toulon following their latest PRO14 title success

Ambushed by Saracens at home in September, Leinster have named the team they hope can make Champions Cup amends versus Toulon.

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
01 Apr 2021, 7:52

Gloucester make one change as they prepare to host 'seriously big man' Will Skelton and La Rochelle

Ex-Saracens forward Will Skelton is on a European mission this Friday with La Rochelle against a Gloucester XV containing one chan…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
01 Apr 2021, 7:25

Stuart Lancaster has commented on the pressure his England successor Eddie Jones is now currently under

Stuart Lancaster knows what it is like when the media in England ramp up the pressure and he has reflected on the Eddie Jones situ…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
31 Mar 2021, 13:08

Double champions Exeter issue warning to trophy rivals

With six wins in nine Premiership games and their Six Nations players back, Rob Baxter reckons double champions Exeter are perfect…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
31 Mar 2021, 7:23

'Social media shot up after the Scotland game. I got 70,000 people following me... it was very weird'

Louis Rees-Zammit has told The Rugby Pod what it was like becoming an overnight sensation as part of the 2021 Wales Six Nations ti…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
31 Mar 2021, 6:39

'He has got such X-factor... when he has a seven out of ten he is not happy with that'

Alfie Barbeary, the 20-year-old December Premiership player of the month and an England training call-up, is back fit and buzzing …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
31 Mar 2021, 4:42

'I had him and scrubbed him out': Shock Lions XV calls as Rugby Pod co-hosts agree on only nine picks

With the 2021 Six Nations over and Wales crowned champions, Rugby Pod co-hosts Andy Goode and Jim Hamilton have picked their Lions…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
30 Mar 2021, 14:15

Former All Blacks midfielder Malakai Fekitoa has his say on speculation linking him and Charles Piutau to Tonga switch

There has been much speculation about whether former All Blacks pair Malakai Fekitoa and Charles Piutau can qualify to play for To…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
30 Mar 2021, 13:51

'Very surprised with the process of Wayne Barnes... but in France you don't get all the pictures'

Wayne Barnes gave Scotland an awful Six Nations fright with his red card for Finn Russell near the end of last Friday's win over F…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
30 Mar 2021, 7:46

Fans' poll picks Lions Test team featuring 5 English, 4 Welsh, 3 Irish and 3 Scottish while Billy Vunipola doesn't even make the plane

A Lions app has been taking votes on the squad for the July tour and the collated information doesn't make good reading for Billy …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
30 Mar 2021, 5:26

'When I first arrived at Sarries I had broken my arm and I was 156, 157kgs... my playing weight is about 140'

Will Skelton was a casualty of Saracens' salary cap drama but life at La Rochelle is sweet and he is maintaining his good habits f…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2021, 7:24

'I'm going to play for England one day, what are you going to do?': How Zoe Harrison dealt with her name-calling secondary school bullies

Zoe Harrison always wanted to become an England rugby star and no amount of name-calling at school was going to ruin her dream.

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2021, 6:00

'Sometimes he is coming up with five scrum penalties on his own': Leinster pay trophy-lifting tribute but coy on future of Bent, Fardy and Toner

Lifting the PRO14 trophy usually only means one thing for a player at Leinster, that he is leaving the club at the end of the seas…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2021, 5:45

'Winning can make you a little bit week, soft, whatever it is, and we need to ensure that doesn't happen for us next week'

Leinster were beaten by Saracens after last year's PRO14 final win and Leo Cullen is intent Toulon won't do the same after the lat…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2021, 4:55

'Borthwick is a good fit... but it's going to probably be five years until Leicester are anywhere near competing at that top table'

Leicester were serial trophy winners when Neil Back was in his pomp but he feels there is long wait to go before Tigers can dream …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2021, 4:00

'They are a phenomenal rugby team... but that is not good enough for us to lose in a final'

Munster fell to their latest inevitable defeat to Leinster in Dublin and it left Johann van Graan in awe of the repeat PRO14 champ…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Mar 2021, 16:24

Incurable Munster travel sickness in Dublin strikes again as Leinster make it a deserved PRO14 title four-peat

Numerous pundits had predicted a Munster upset but they were proven wide of the mark as the Leinster monopoly of the PRO14 continu…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Mar 2021, 15:16

'I'm about 92, 93kgs... I don't like feeling too heavy when I'm not strong enough to move it quickly'

Set to turn 22 in early April, England midfield prospect Fraser Dingwall feels he is now at his best fighting weight for Northampt…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Mar 2021, 6:30

'My parents rang worried': It's now a year since the last Bristol vs Harlequins Ashton Gate clash was followed by lockdown

54 weeks after Bristol hosted Harlequins in the last game before the first lockdown, Pat Lam and Adam Jones reflect on an extraord…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Mar 2021, 6:15
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