Interview
Richard Cockerill: 'We're probably too good for this tournament'
Cockerill shared a few minutes with RugbyPass to run the rule over a Rugby Europe Championship campaign well done with Georgia and…
Liam Heagney
18 Mar 2024, 4:29
Contributors
Liam Heagney
@heagneyl
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.
Live blog: Rugby Europe Championship 2024 finals in Paris
For the first time, tournament organisers have decided to stage all the last-round matches at a single venue rather than at scatte…
Liam Heagney
17 Mar 2024, 8:23
Exclusive
Declan Danaher: 'Not bitter... those were 24 pretty cool years'
These past few weeks have been a sort of belated homecoming for Declan Danaher, the 44-year-old Londoner who has pitched up in Dub…
Liam Heagney
17 Mar 2024, 6:00
Steve Borthwick: 'We weren’t beaten, we just ran out of time'
The English were on the cusp of nailing their first away win over France since 2016 but their 31-30 lead was snatched from them in…
Liam Heagney
17 Mar 2024, 4:42
The bold hunch Jamie George has about 'huge strides' England
England were ahead until the final minute in Lyon, falling to a 31-33 defeat from a monster Thomas Ramos penalty kick from halfway…
Liam Heagney
17 Mar 2024, 4:30
Analysis
Electric attack and three other third-place England talking points
RugbyPass never imagined it would be sitting on a train pulling out of Lyon on Sunday morning filing a tournament-finishing piece …
Liam Heagney
17 Mar 2024, 3:38
Analysis
England player ratings vs France | 2024 Guinness Six Nations
England player ratings live from Groupama Stadium in Lyon: This was yet another Guinness Six Nations classic, a seven-try, 64-poin…
Liam Heagney
16 Mar 2024, 17:50
Agony for Ireland as a gutsy England clinch Six Nations U20s title
The Irish closed out a hard-fought five-try, 36-0 win over Scotland in Cork, their last three tries coming in the closing 10 minut…
Liam Heagney
15 Mar 2024, 18:01
Interview
England U20s' Henry Pollock: 'Brotherhood aspect has been thriving'
It’s gone swimmingly for the youngster who only turned 19 in January, but he certainly isn’t the type to get carried away. Pub…
Liam Heagney
15 Mar 2024, 9:46
Analysis
The Feyi-Waboso absence and three other England team talking points
Last weekend’s ambush of Ireland guaranteed that they will finish the tournament with more wins than losses for the first time s…
Liam Heagney
14 Mar 2024, 12:43
Ireland name same starting team but abandon the six/two bench split
A last-gasp 22-23 loss on London put an end to Irish hopes of going for an unprecedented back-to-back Guinness Six Nations Grand S…
Liam Heagney
14 Mar 2024, 10:04
One XV change as England visit France; Tuilagi also named on bench
The English burst into life in their head coach’s 20th game in charge, ending Irish hopes of back-to-back Guinness Six Nations G…
Liam Heagney
14 Mar 2024, 10:00
Two changes to the Scotland XV and bench altered to a 5-3 split
Their 29-31 Stadio Olimpico setback quashed that ambition and rather than go to Dublin with a title shot, they will contest the mi…
Liam Heagney
14 Mar 2024, 9:10
France name an unchanged line-up to take on England in Lyon
The French gave their disappointing campaign a boost with their 45-24 success in Cardiff and the reaction ahead of welcoming the E…
Liam Heagney
14 Mar 2024, 6:43
Gloucester statement: The signing of Christian Wade from Racing
It was February 27 when we first published the rumour that the former England winger was being lined up for a switch to Kingsholm …
Liam Heagney
13 Mar 2024, 15:22
Interview
'Fearless, brave': From National One to a first England U20s start
It was ahead of the round two match at home to Wales in Bath when Makepeace-Cubitt came in from the cold of English third-tier rug…
Liam Heagney
13 Mar 2024, 14:11
Two changes for Ireland U20s in hunt for Six Nations title hat-trick
The Irish kept alive their hopes of securing a third successive Six Nations age-grade title by scoring a clock-in-the-red try to d…
Liam Heagney
13 Mar 2024, 13:37
Title-chasing England U20s change four, include two new starters
The English were denied a shot at the Grand Slam by Ireland’s last-gasp, game-levelling converted try at The Rec last Friday.
Liam Heagney
13 Mar 2024, 10:16
Four changes for Wales for the wooden spoon game versus Italy
The Welsh were beaten 24-45 by the French in Cardiff last Sunday and their reaction for the wooden spoon encounter versus the Ital…
Liam Heagney
13 Mar 2024, 7:40
Exclusive
Dylan Hartley: 'Watershed' England win, 'inspirational' Jamie George
The retired Test captain was there in person, lapping it all up – and he wouldn’t change a thing. Not even the dramatic way th…
Liam Heagney
12 Mar 2024, 5:11
