'We were finding out about stuff in the bloody Daily Mail'
With the Premiership in financial turmoil since coronavirus struck, Wasps' Lima Sopoaga has criticised the way players learned abo…
Liam Heagney
08 Jul 2020, 13:26
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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.
Where are they now? The South Africa team 25 years after their 1995 World Cup triumph
It's 25 years since Nelson Mandela handed Francois Pienaar the Rugby World Cup trophy - RugbyPass finds out what has happened to t…
Liam Heagney
24 Jun 2020, 7:10
Latest Doddie Weir Dodcast podcast: 'There is a glimmer of hope'
Scotland and 1997 Lion Doddie Weir is raising awareness of motor neurone disease through his My Name5 Doddie Foundation podcast, T…
Liam Heagney
23 Jun 2020, 8:36
Where are they now? The last England team of the amateur era 25 years after their 1995 World Cup exit
England had high hopes their last match of the old amateur era would be the 1995 World Cup final but it was instead a third-place …
Liam Heagney
23 Jun 2020, 4:40
'From being addicted to drugs and overdosing and having nothing in the bank, I've been able to turn my life around'
Mark Jennings, 27, bottled everything up for most of his life, taking refuge in alcohol and drugs and spiralling into a career-end…
Liam Heagney
21 Jun 2020, 4:00
Warren Gatland is enjoying having last laugh in Eddie O'Sullivan rivalry
Warren Gatland has delivered a withering putdown of Eddie O’Sullivan, the coach who succeeded him after he was sacked as Ireland…
Liam Heagney
19 Jun 2020, 13:26
The wager at stake in the latest Warren Gatland vs Eddie Jones rivalry
The Anglo-Welsh Gatland versus Jones rivalry is over following the Kiwi’s return to New Zealand but there is a wager regarding a…
Liam Heagney
19 Jun 2020, 12:04
England fans face Swing Low singing ban - reports
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot has been a regular with England fans since the late 1980s but the RFU now says it is under review due to …
Liam Heagney
18 Jun 2020, 11:58
Gatland has just offered Scotland players an olive branch ahead of 2021 Lions
Having chosen just three Scotland players on each of the 2013 and 2017 Lions tours, Warren Gatland wants that figure to rise in 20…
Liam Heagney
17 Jun 2020, 15:24
'It is definitely not a burning desire': Warren Gatland on his ambitions to become future All Blacks coach
Warren Gatland seems perfectly positioned to become future All Blacks coach now he has returned to work in New Zealand, but he isn…
Liam Heagney
17 Jun 2020, 13:45
Confirmed: Ex-England skipper Robshaw is moving to MLR on two-year deal
There have been plenty rumours linking Chris Robshaw to MLR, speculation that has proven true as the former England captain has se…
Liam Heagney
17 Jun 2020, 12:35
Sale issue statement on permanent salary cuts at the Premiership club
Premiership clubs voted last week to reduce the salary cap by £1.4 million for the 2021/22 season and Sale players have now agree…
Liam Heagney
17 Jun 2020, 4:44
The extraordinary extra distances now being run by Premiership referees compared to 10 years ago
Having started out running on an average of 4kms a match 10 years ago, JP Doyle reveals some staggering figures now recorded as a …
Liam Heagney
16 Jun 2020, 13:25
Jersey unveil 7 more signings, including an Aussie rules convert, an ex-Super Rugby No9 and a recent RWC player
After unveiling 8 forwards earlier this week, Jersey director of rugby Harvey Biljon has announced 7 backs are also coming to the …
Liam Heagney
13 Jun 2020, 9:09
5 All Blacks join the Pacific Rugby Players Welfare union board, including double RWC winner Jerome Kaino
The Pacific Rugby Players Welfare union have added a potent line-up of 11 players to their now 49-strong board, including Jerome K…
Liam Heagney
13 Jun 2020, 7:13
Ealing sign 4 more players with Premiership experience, including ex-Harlequins winger Charlie Walker
With Premiership champions Saracens automatically relegated to the 2020/21 Championship, Ben Ward's Ealing have recruited vastly e…
Liam Heagney
13 Jun 2020, 5:42
'It was sink or swim': The fearsome dressing room culture which existed at Dean Richards' Leicester
Current Northampton assistant coach Sam Vesty spent eight years as a Leicester player during an era where boozing and training gro…
Liam Heagney
12 Jun 2020, 13:50
RPA statement: 'It's a sad day in the history of rugby'
Relations took a turn for the worse in England on Friday, Premiership club attacking the RPA before the players’ union hit back …
Liam Heagney
12 Jun 2020, 12:55
The Rugby Pod's astonishing claim about the Gloucester signing of Jonny May
The signing of Jonny May from Leicester was trumpeted as a Gloucester coup but Andy Goode says different following the exit of Ack…
Liam Heagney
10 Jun 2020, 14:43
'Nothing short of spectacular': Cobus Reinach posts Northampton farewell message
Cobus Reinach announced in January he would be leaving for Montpellier and he has now posted a farewell message to Northampton aft…
Liam Heagney
03 Jun 2020, 10:07
