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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.

'He's going through a legal process at the minute... I hope he gets everything he is owed'

Last Saturday was the first Leicester game in 23 years without Geordan Murphy and The Rugby Pod have had their say on the situatio…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Nov 2020, 8:07

How the rugby world reacted to the tragic death of Christophe Dominici

Tragic news emerged from Paris on Tuesday that ex-France star Christophe Dominici was dead at 48, uniting the rugby world in grief…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Nov 2020, 16:39

'It just sucks watching it on TV': Nemani Nadolo on hotel quarantine life with Fiji in France

The Autumn Nations Cup hasn't turned out as Nemani Nadolo wanted, the Fiji squad in French hotel isolation following a mass virus …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Nov 2020, 14:56

Sale's reason for cheer after one weekend statistic improved radically from 30 to 80 percent

Sale scratched a 7-year Premiership opening weekend itch last Friday and one aspect of play particularly pleased boss Steve Diamon…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Nov 2020, 14:42
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Kicking up a storm

Dave Alred puts the boot in on critics who want to see more running rugby

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Nov 2020, 12:37

France great Christophe Dominici dead at 48

Christophe Dominici shot to fame as a try-scorer when France knocked the All Blacks out of the 1999 World Cup semi-finals in Londo…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Nov 2020, 11:27

'How s*** is some of the ruggers?': The Rugby Pod's blunt weekend verdict

England easily beat Ireland in last weekend's headline Autumn Nations Cup game but Andy Goode of The Rugby Pod didn't jump out of …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Nov 2020, 9:16

Jones quickly starts England build-up to Wales with Stereophonics reference and Llanelli 'stadium' quip

It hasn't taken Eddie Jones long to start the pre-Nations Cup game verbals ahead of next Saturday's trip by England to play Wales.…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
21 Nov 2020, 15:31

'I remember watching him in the 2015 World Cup and at one stage he was going to end up in Row K'

Jonny May lit up Twickenham against Ireland with a swashbuckling display that left Eddie Jones purring after the 18-7 England vict…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
21 Nov 2020, 13:52

Ireland player ratings vs England - Autumn Nations Cup

Ireland ran into an Autumn Nations Cup white wall against England in London, losing 18-7 after a display where their attack was to…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
21 Nov 2020, 12:35

Jones puts pressure on Saturday's referee Pascal Gauzere after England's stuttering Italian job with the Frenchman in charge

Three weeks after taking charge of England in Rome, ref Pascal Gauzere will officiate against Ireland with Eddie Jones playing min…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
20 Nov 2020, 14:05

'We went to Harlequins and we thought we were Real Madrid': Sale's disastrous 7-year opening day run:

Opening weekend in the Premiership has long been a horror show for Steve Diamond's Sale, their last win coming in September 2013. …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
20 Nov 2020, 12:32

England's bench is down 206 caps compared to RWC final, and the number gets worse if Ford is excluded

A year since England lost the World Cup final to South Africa, their squad evolution is evident in their Nations Cup bench inexper…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
20 Nov 2020, 8:17

The Bath squad update that should worry the 13 Barbarians players charged by the RFU

Rugby was a laughing stock last month when behaviour by a Barbarians squad that included Bath's Tom de Glanville led to a match ca…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
20 Nov 2020, 6:09

Four answers, no insight... how England skipper Owen Farrell kept mention of Ireland dad Andy under wraps ahead of Saturday's reunion

Saturday will see a Farrell family reunion at Twickenham but just don't as England captain Owen for insight into Ireland boss Andy…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
20 Nov 2020, 4:19

'To use the phrase, I've been head cook and bottle washer' - Steve Diamond's revised Sale job brief

The lockdown in England last March coincided with Steve Diamond taking on extra responsibilities at Sale, but that has now been re…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
20 Nov 2020, 3:30

'I heard someone call them the United Nations': England's verdict on 1/3 of Ireland XV qualifying under residency

England boss Eddie Jones couldn't resist a tongue-in-cheek comment on the Ireland XV containing three New Zealanders and two South…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
19 Nov 2020, 17:00

The Welford Road signing that has reminded Tom Youngs of Leicester in their pomp

Leicester have suffered training ground closure and Geordan Murphy's exit in recent weeks but Tom Youngs insists is not all doom a…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
19 Nov 2020, 14:28

'I was talking to one of our players who in their family three people lost their jobs'

England have continued to play matches during a lockdown where they ramifications have not gone unnoticed by Eddie Jones.

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
19 Nov 2020, 9:17

England explain why they have reverted to World Cup back row and kept Ford in reserve

Back row recalls for Tom Curry and Sam Underhill and keeping George Ford in reserve were prime talking points in the England selec…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
19 Nov 2020, 7:22
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