Three-try Leinster seal PRO14 title hat-trick
RugbyPass was at the Aviva Stadium as Leo Cullen's Leinster stretched their winning streak to 25 games and collected a third succe…
Liam Heagney
12 Sep 2020, 15:40
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Liam Heagney
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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.
Canny McFarland has cleaned up inherited Ulster mess, but few will begrudge Leinster their PRO14 title hat-trick
Ulster will ask PRO14 questions that anaemic Munster couldn't, but that won't be enough to halt the 24-game Leinster winning strea…
Liam Heagney
12 Sep 2020, 4:58
'A wise man, Richard Cockerill, once said to me an opinion without consequence is a terrible thing'
The run of poor post-lockdown results has heaped criticism on Leicester, but Geordan Murphy has explained how he handles the outsp…
Liam Heagney
11 Sep 2020, 13:29
Written judgment reveals what Owen Farrell said in his defence at his hearing
It was Tuesday when Owen Farrell received his five-game ban and the short-form written judgment on the England captain's hearing h…
Liam Heagney
11 Sep 2020, 11:37
Sexton and Cooney benched as Leinster and Ulster name their PRO14 final teams
Saturday night's PRO14 final between Leinster and Ulster will start with two of the 2019/20 season's best players - Sexton and Coo…
Liam Heagney
11 Sep 2020, 7:27
Leicester have given their verdict on whether first time captain Ellis Genge will skipper them again
Ellis Genge became the fifth Leicester captain in their six post-lockdown games when he skippered them in the record defeat on Wed…
Liam Heagney
11 Sep 2020, 3:34
Fixtures finally confirmed for November's one-off eight-team Nations Cup
Six Nations officials have finally released the fixtures for the one-off Autumn Nations Cup which will see England play three of f…
Liam Heagney
10 Sep 2020, 9:16
Worcester fire back after Pat Lam's live TV attack on Andrew Kitchener
Bristol have appealed the three-match ban given to Siale Piutau but Worcester boss Alan Solomons has labelled the Tongan last Frid…
Liam Heagney
10 Sep 2020, 7:31
First-time skipper Ellis Genge issues blunt assessment of unacceptable record Leicester loss
Ellis Genge was a first-time captain of Leicester on Wednesday night and he didn't sugarcoat their damaging record defeat when tal…
Liam Heagney
10 Sep 2020, 6:26
Video: 19-year-old Alfie Barbeary scores Wasps hat-trick his first Premiership start
36 tries were scored in the five Wednesday night Premiership games and the scoring potency of Wasps youngster Alfie Barbeary caugh…
Liam Heagney
10 Sep 2020, 4:57
Pat Lam didn't pull his verbal punches on live TV when raging over the Siale Piutau ban
Pat Lam has difficulty accepting why Siale Piutau received a three-match ban, the same as the Worcester player who attacked the Br…
Liam Heagney
09 Sep 2020, 7:14
Owen Farrell given 5-match ban
Such was the gravity of the tackle by Owen Farrell for Saracens that 10 games was the initially suggested ban before it was halved…
Liam Heagney
08 Sep 2020, 18:30
'One of the worst tackles I've ever seen': Even ex-Saracens lock Hamilton can't defend Owen Farrell
Jim Hamilton won a Premiership title and two European Cups with Owen Farrell but even he can't defend his former Saracens teammate…
Liam Heagney
08 Sep 2020, 7:06
Anglo-French feel to Champions Cup quarter-finals as veteran Owens given weekend off
Veteran referee Nigel Owens hasn't made the roster for this month's quarter-final weekend in the Heineken Champions Cup and Challe…
Liam Heagney
08 Sep 2020, 6:34
Manu Tuilagi scores just 25 minutes into Welford Road return
England midfielder Manu Tuilagi has scored for Sale on his return to Welford Road just two months after he dramatically quit Leice…
Liam Heagney
05 Sep 2020, 10:53
Video: Owen Farrell red-carded for shocking tackle, faces missing Saracens' Champions Cup quarter-final
Saracens were beaten 28-18 by Wasps at Allianz Park after Owen Farrell was red-carded on the hour mark by referee Christophe Ridle…
Liam Heagney
05 Sep 2020, 10:02
Unbeaten Leinster stay on course for PRO14 title hat-trick
RugbyPass were at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin where Leinster deservedly booked their spot in another Guinness PRO14 final with a w…
Liam Heagney
04 Sep 2020, 16:35
Exeter highlight change to Premiership refereeing since Wayne Barnes came out of quarantine
High penalty counts affected the Premiership restart but Exeter boss Rob Baxter says the now reduced figures were helped by the re…
Liam Heagney
04 Sep 2020, 7:34
The fear stalking Northampton: 'Did we get selection strategy wrong? Time will tell'
The post-lockdown Premiership form of Northampton is joint-ninth worst, but Chris Boyd defends selection of even-strength XVs rath…
Liam Heagney
04 Sep 2020, 3:56
Munster need the last laugh Friday... their sad record at Leinster has gone beyond a joke
Friday's PRO14 semi-final is must-win for Munster boss Johann van Graan, but they have just one victory at Leinster in the last 15…
Liam Heagney
03 Sep 2020, 13:50
