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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.

'It's not a good look for those clubs because they are kind of endorsing his beliefs by saying come play with us'

Media speculation linking Israel Folau to a rugby union return with Toulon in the Top 14 has horrified Simon Zebo, Racing 92's Iri…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
14 Jan 2021, 14:21

'Alex Sanderson is the biggest loss at Saracens bar an Owen Farrell or a Maro Itoje'

Ex-England back row Alex Sanderson has become a massively respected part of the furniture at Saracens since he retired from playin…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
14 Jan 2021, 10:28

'It's f***in' bleak... Saracens will get a shock': Gary Graham on what life will be like for the relegated Londoners in the Championship

Gary Graham has a Championship warning for Saracens after emerging at Jersey and then experiencing the second-tier again with Newc…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
14 Jan 2021, 9:23

Referee JP Doyle still in dark over exactly why he was singled out for RFU redundancy

It is now five months since it emerged that popular Premiership referee JP Doyle was made redundant by the Twickenham-based RFU in…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
14 Jan 2021, 6:24

Exeter react to Tomas Francis exit, outline who they are looking at to replace him

Tomas Francis has been on the books at Exeter since 2014 but he has now been forced to leave by being 8 caps short of the WRU's 60…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
14 Jan 2021, 4:52

Baxter does Premiership fixtures U-turn, issues update on Simmonds injury

Exeter boss Rob Baxter voiced a call last Saturday asking Premiership officials to bring forward fixtures to fill the void left by…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
13 Jan 2021, 14:09

Six Nations to kick-off as scheduled, but women's and U20s tournaments shelved until later in 2021

Fears the 2021 men's Six Nations could be delayed have been allayed, meaning England will play Scotland at Twickenham on February …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
13 Jan 2021, 9:55

Kyle Sinckler banned for F-bomb, will miss England's Six Nations opener

England prop Kyle Sinckler was cited following Bristol's win at Exeter, threatening his availability for the start of the 2021 Six…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
13 Jan 2021, 5:54

'It ain't on': Yellow carding of 2 props at same time in Exeter versus Bristol game criticised by Ellis Genge

The top of the table Premiership meeting between Exeter and Bristol struggled for first-half momentum due to a malfunctioning scru…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Jan 2021, 12:57

Nemani Nadolo can't get his head around criticism of 11-try Bath vs Wasps thriller

The online reaction to the Friday night Gallagher Premiership try-fest featuring Bath and Wasps has bemused Leicester winger Neman…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Jan 2021, 7:51

'It would be a lie if I didn't say there were some markers we wanted to put down'

There were fears the 2020/21 Premiership could suffer without the Exeter versus Saracens rivalry but Chiefs versus Bristol can fil…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Jan 2021, 6:29

'He's a tough bugger': Bristol's verdict on the progress of 79kg scrum-half Harry Randall

Bristol boss Pat Lam was smitten when he first saw scrum-half Harry Randall play for Hartpury against the Bears in the 2017/18 Cha…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 Jan 2021, 5:05

'Not enough games disrupted for that to be a reason to force a ring-fencing'

There have been calls for Premiership relegation to be scrapped but the message coming out of Bath is very different to that.

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
08 Jan 2021, 11:40

'Snowball fight to decide the winner, Gloucester?'

The pandemic has done much to affect the Premiership but bad weather is the latest headache ahead of the Gloucester visit to Newca…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
08 Jan 2021, 6:15

'The main thing for me at Sale is I can't really slag anyone off, I probably wasn't all there myself'

Bath had to pay a fee in excess of £100,000 to Sale last February to recruit Cameron Redpath and they seem to now be reaping the …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
08 Jan 2021, 5:34

'You could see some ridiculous celebrations'

London Irish have scored just three tries in the Premiership but Declan Kidney has predicted what may happen after a clampdown on …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
08 Jan 2021, 4:00

The Bath verdict on Ben Spencer after 14 appearances since his switch from Saracens

Ben Spencer won a load of trophies with Saracens and the scrum-half is now bringing that experience into the mix at ambitious Bath…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
07 Jan 2021, 13:45

'I don't think it's really appropriate when people are quite ill'

Irish got four points despite being to blame for two Premiership cancellations but Declan Kidney deems it inappropriate to talk ab…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
07 Jan 2021, 8:49

'For me to sit here now and say it should shut up shop, I just couldn't do that and be honest with myself'

It was 2010 when Exeter first joined the Premiership and Rob Baxter has now shared his thoughts on the current ring-fencing debate…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
07 Jan 2021, 7:51

'Bath is a massive club and rugby is in the fabric of the city... I love it here'

Girvan Dempsey is invigorated by his current challenge of igniting the Bath attack, but the former Leinster coach remains acutely …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Sep 2019, 13:10
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