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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.

Ellis Genge reveals England squad's heaviest bench presser after Maro Itoje is quizzed online

Maro Itoje broke up his week by asking England fans to tweet questions but he needed help from Ellis Genge on who bench presses th…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Feb 2021, 5:00

'I have no doubt there is going to be some altercations'

Wales assistant Neil Jenkins has shot back after England boss Eddie Jones made mischievous comments about Alun Wyn Jones' tactics.…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Feb 2021, 10:32

'You're never going to find me at a lower ebb than I am right now... and I don't feel that low'

Six weeks into life as a new director of rugby, ex-Saracens assistant Alex Sanderson has reflected on his settling-in period at Sa…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Feb 2021, 7:49

'There is a lot of kick, kick, run, kick, kick, kick, run, kick, run sort of scenarios'

England boss Eddie Jones believes he has got the recent Wales revival under Wayne Pivac all worked out ahead of Saturday in Cardif…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Feb 2021, 5:19

'If you want to tidy up and make the game safer you have to call these': Bristol react to Bedlow ban

The Bristol squad is getting light on numbers for various reasons but Pat Lam won't argue with the three-game ban for Sam Bedlow. …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Feb 2021, 4:53

'I don't know too much about his celebrity status, I haven't checked his Instagram of late'

Louis Rees-Zammit was largely subdued when he first faced England 13 weeks ago but he is now firmly poster boy of the recent Wales…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Feb 2021, 4:07

Banned Scotland prop Fagerson could have a part to play yet in the Six Nations

Suspended Zander Fagerson was set to miss the remainder of the Six Nations with Scotland but he argued his case at an appeal heari…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Feb 2021, 12:29

Farrell defends picking an all-Leinster backline in an Ireland XV containing 11 players from the PRO14 champions

All seven Ireland backs for Saturday's game in Rome are from Leinster and Andy Farrell has included four more PRO14 champions in h…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Feb 2021, 11:08

Why Wales are backing a 184-cap duo that have started together just once before in their midfield

George North and Jonathan Davies have 184 Wales caps between them but they have only ever started once together as the No13/12 par…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Feb 2021, 9:40

'He slipped over': England explain Lawes training ground mishap that sees 19-year-old rookie Martin making the bench

Courtney Lawes was expected to start this weekend for England but a training ground injury has forced Eddie Jones into making a re…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Feb 2021, 7:38

Wales opt for five changes against England, four alterations coming in their backline

Having beaten Ireland and Scotland in their opening Six Nations games, Wales have now unveiled the XV for their Cardiff clash with…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Feb 2021, 7:09

Ireland change seven for their Italian job

Andy Farrell will seek to draw a line under the worst Ireland start to a championship since 1998 following successive Six Nations …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Feb 2021, 6:23

England change two of their starting pack to face Wales

Defending Six Nations champions England face a trip to Wales having got their title defence back on track with a round two win ove…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Feb 2021, 6:07

England bat away derogatory claims by legendary cricketer Ian Botham that they 'don't look a happy camp'

It was taking a while for the build-up to England versus Wales to turn spicy, but legendary cricketer Ian Botham has duly obliged.…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Feb 2021, 17:00

'Fingers crossed': Bristol still in the dark on the full extent of Harry Randall's England injury

It's been two days since Harry Randall withdrew from the England Six Nations squad and Bristol haven't been able to provide an inj…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Feb 2021, 12:23

'That is something that sits in the back of my head': The mental scar driving England's Proudfoot on against Wales

Forwards coach Matt Proudfoot helped England to two 2020 wins over Wales but past Welsh scars with South Africa have him on edge t…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Feb 2021, 8:27

'He's a horrible person to run into if you're an attacker': Why Cowan-Dickie should keep his England place against Wales

The round two England win over Italy was only the fourth time in his 28-cap career that Luke Cowan-Dickie was chosen to start a ga…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Feb 2021, 5:32

The fallout at Exeter three days on from that bizarre Joe Simmonds conversion gaffe

The latest Exeter Premiership defeat was sealed in bizarre fashion and Rob Baxter has revisited the botched Joe Simmonds conversio…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
23 Feb 2021, 14:35

'I realised when I went to Toulon I'd been stuck in a rut... I didn't love what I did to get out of bed in the morning'

Funny how it has all turned out for veteran Bristol lock Dave Attwood. Having fallen out of love with the game some years ago the …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
21 Feb 2021, 4:00

Where are they now? The last Ireland team of the amateur era 25 years after their 1995 World Cup exit

June 10 is the 25th anniversary of the last Ireland team to play in the amateur era, Terry Kingston's side losing to France in the…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
10 Jun 2020, 13:35
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