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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.

Jones and his England staff shake off 6-month Test cobwebs... by coaching a Championship club

England boss Eddie Jones and his assistants haven't coached since the March win over Wales so they have been busy at Championship …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
03 Sep 2020, 5:50

Baxter fears England will become next season's sick man of Europe

Exeter boss Rob Baxter claims English clubs won't be at full strength for 2020/21 Champions Cup pool games due to relentless Test …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
03 Sep 2020, 3:45

The mind trick Jack Willis is playing on himself to ensure his jackalling is ready for England

The career of Jack Willis suffered a severe blow in 2018 but the back row had developed a mind trick that has put him on course fo…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
02 Sep 2020, 13:07

'We need to win whether we're playing here or in Timbuktu'

With just one win in four restart games and without a Premiership win at Franklin's in 2020, Chris Boyd knows Northampton must bea…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
02 Sep 2020, 8:55

Dylan Hartley and the Test rugby statistic that looks unfavourably on player welfare in England

Former England skipper Dylan Hartley has given awareness to a Test level statistic that doesn't reflect well on the Premiership an…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
01 Sep 2020, 14:42

Video: The conversation that highlighted how Wayne Barnes remains one of the best refs around

Monday's Bank Holiday Premiership fixture saw veteran referee Wayne Barnes demonstrate his years of experience by calmly reaching …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
01 Sep 2020, 6:42

'Drunks were trolling me... I was getting emails in the middle of the night'

28 months after the Harlequins sack, John Kingston opens up on online trolls, Richmond's bankruptcy and why he would take medals o…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
30 Aug 2020, 3:57

Video: Ruthless Sale need just 32 minutes to secure four-try bonus point against Bristol

Having chosen an understrength XV, Bristol Bears were taken apart in the opening half-hour of their Gallagher Premiership match at…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
29 Aug 2020, 11:07

Dylan Hartley sheds light on the painful daily legacy rugby is having on his body

It's 20 months since former England skipper Dylan Hartley last played a game, 9 since he retired, but his body is a painful daily …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
29 Aug 2020, 9:04

Axed Premiership referee JP Doyle breaks his silence following RFU redundancy

One of many in English rugby recently made redundant by the cash-strapped RFU, JP Doyle, the now-former Premiership referee, has b…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Aug 2020, 13:09

The inspiring Ian McKinley is back in rugby, taking up a coaching position in his native Ireland

The career of Ian McKinley looked over in 2011 after the loss of sight in an eye, but the Irishman remarkably became an Italy inte…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Aug 2020, 4:40

Video: The try-creating offload that has Leicester salivating over Nemani Nadolo

It was 2011 when Nemani Nadolo last featured in a Premiership match, but he needed just 24 minutes of his Leicester debut to remin…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Aug 2020, 10:36

Nathan Earle surprises Kyle Sinckler's grassroots club Battersea, telling them they have made the Gallagher Club of the Season shortlist

Six clubs are contesting the Gallagher Club of the Season live vote, with Nathan Earle of Harlequins telling Battersea Ironsides t…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Aug 2020, 9:00

Watch: Saracens hooker Woolstencroft joins Premiership elite with second-half try hat-trick

Tom Woolstencroft had only previously scored two top-flight tries but the soon-to-be 26-year-old bagged a second-half hat-trick fo…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Aug 2020, 6:19

Video: The brave finish from Tom de Glanville that has left him sweating with a neck injury

A son of former England captain Phil, Tom de Glanville stepped up from the Bath academy in June to sign his first senior contract.…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
27 Aug 2020, 4:43

Adam Hastings' love-hate Twitter relationship: 'It's not the nine good comments you remember, it's the one bad one'

Having suffered online criticism earlier in his career, Adam Hastings deleted his Twitter account when the Scotland Townsend-Russe…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Aug 2020, 14:19

Video: Veteran Exeter midfielder Phil Dollman gives Semi Radradra a taste of his own explosive medicine

Fans salivated last Friday after Semi Radradra tore Gloucester asunder but the Bristol midfielder was among those fooled Tuesday b…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Aug 2020, 5:35

Munster's worst fears confirmed over Snyman; has knock-on effects for the Springboks

As soon as RG Snyman landed awkwardly after an Aviva Stadium lineout there were fears the Munster and Springboks lock had suffered…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Aug 2020, 5:10

RG Snyman's debut for Munster lasted just seven minutes in Dublin

Lock RG Snyman, who arrived in Ireland after spending the early part of 2020 in Japan, had been chosen for his first appearance wi…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
22 Aug 2020, 16:00

Video: Bath replacement Matavesi catches out Leicester with outrageous try-creating dummy

With the score 31-6 in favour of Bath, Josh Matavesi caught the ball in his own half from a Harry Potter clearance and then embark…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
22 Aug 2020, 13:47
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