Bristol tweet containing 'disturbing' Radradra video goes viral
Bristol have celebrated how box-office centre Semi Radradra scored a try and made two others during a first-half onslaught at Glou…
Liam Heagney
22 Aug 2020, 8:54
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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.
The mystery of Borthwick's Leicester: 'We don't want to have to tell you how we are going to play'
Leicester are one game into the Borthwick era but rather than tell people what playing style they want, Geordan Murphy wants trait…
Liam Heagney
21 Aug 2020, 5:57
22 tries in 4 straight bonus-point wins... but rookie Wasps boss Blackett isn't milking the credit
Wasps looked destined for Premiership mediocrity when Dai Young left in February but Lee Blackett has transformed them despite his…
Liam Heagney
21 Aug 2020, 4:41
'I don't see him being overly dirty, he just got that one slightly wrong'
Wasps midfielder Malakai Fekitoa attended a virtual disciplinary hearing on Tuesday after a third foul play yellow card of the 201…
Liam Heagney
19 Aug 2020, 12:39
'There is a sub-section of fan sites and people who have never played who revel in calling people s***'
Despite lockdown putting his MMA on ice, James Haskell tells RugbyPass he has crammed so much into life in the 15 months since ret…
Liam Heagney
16 Aug 2020, 4:18
'Our books are open to the salary cap manager... we have no secret deals or anything like that'
High profile signings have led to speculation about Sale and the Premiership salary cap, a hot topic that has now been addressed b…
Liam Heagney
13 Aug 2020, 11:43
'When I was at Sarries I always felt on edge with the coaches, I never felt like I fully had their trust'
It's 16 months since ACL victim Nathan Earle last played a Harlequins match, a purgatory that ends with the Premiership's long-awa…
Liam Heagney
02 Aug 2020, 4:00
'It was the scariest phone call ever in my life. I was thinking, that's it, I'm going to die'
The lockdown abruptly ended his 17-year Harlequins career, but Mark Lambert tells RugbyPass how a 2005 brain injury nearly more de…
Liam Heagney
26 Jul 2020, 3:32
8 months on, Clive Woodward is still seething about some 'embarrassing' England World Cup final preparations
England were blown away by South Africa in the 2019 World Cup final, a defeat that still rankles with Clive Woodward eight months …
Liam Heagney
22 Jul 2020, 9:37
'I'm going to need a knee replacement, probably in my late 30s': The shattering toll rugby has taken on Alex Rieder
Alex Rieder didn't play much for Wasps but his story of a career cut short at the age of 28 due to serious injury is a stark remin…
Liam Heagney
19 Jul 2020, 3:50
'Yeah, I made a few errors but it was still an unbelievable experience... to say I'm a capped player is special'
Injury to Anthony Watson saw Eddie Jones place trust last February in 23-year-old rookie full-back George Furbank for the opening …
Liam Heagney
17 Jul 2020, 6:24
'Everyone has their own pathway in life': Manu Tuilagi issues farewell message to Leicester Tigers
Set to conduct his first media session as a Sale player on Tuesday, Manu Tuilagi has issued a statement reflecting on his departur…
Liam Heagney
14 Jul 2020, 5:31
'We had some players who probably weren't capable... we had to get rid of an awful lot'
Bears CEO Mark Tainton delves into the rollicking Bristol adventure, from the bleak outlook of 2017 relegation to signing world st…
Liam Heagney
12 Jul 2020, 4:59
Meet Crusaders' Irish prop who now wants to play for the All Blacks after growing up dreaming of facing the haka
Oliver Jager never thought of making the All Blacks when on a flying 2013 visit to Christchurch from Ireland, but the Crusaders pr…
Liam Heagney
10 Jul 2020, 14:34
Leicester confirm no Tuilagi U-turn, issue Taufua update
Speculation that there could be a change of heart in the Manu Tuilagi situation has been quashed after Leicester insisted the matt…
Liam Heagney
10 Jul 2020, 5:19
5 ex-All Blacks behind the new Hawaiian MLR franchise
With MLR revealing the success of an expansion bid from Kanaloa Hawaii, it has emerged that the 2021 newcomers are back-up by a pl…
Liam Heagney
10 Jul 2020, 4:49
Premiership restart set for Friday night live TV blockbuster with Chris Ashton firmly in the limelight
Premiership Rugby will reveal its fixtures reschedule this Friday and RugbyPass believes the August 14 live TV restart features As…
Liam Heagney
09 Jul 2020, 14:44
Maro Itoje tries his hand as a selector, picking a powerful Nigerian British XV
Maro Itoje, who recently said English rugby must do more in BAME communities to become an inclusive sport, has chosen his Nigerian…
Liam Heagney
08 Jul 2020, 14:11
Premiership Rugby confirms 6 players tested positive this week for Covid-19
The countdown to the August 15 Gallagher Premiership resumption has been affected by confirmation that 6 players tested positive t…
Liam Heagney
08 Jul 2020, 11:07
'You look at that 2003 picture and I'm the only black player... it's so nice now to see things are moving on'
The England squad chasing World Cup glory in Japan looks very different from the title-winning squad of 2003 where Jason Robinson …
Liam Heagney
12 Oct 2019, 4:32
