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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.

'People mocked us about the Care Bears and stuff like that... but Bears is now part of our fabric'

On the verge of becoming Championship champions in April 2018, owner Steve Lansdown controversially ramped up the razzmatazz ahead…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
30 Apr 2020, 9:35

The measures taken to safeguard the mental health of Wayne Pivac's locked down Wales players

Welsh rugby has been in cold storage since the 11th-hour postponement of a March 14 Six Nations match and no one is any wiser as t…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2020, 11:32

Wayne Pivac is actively helping Jonah Holmes leave Leicester Tigers

The 27-year-old winger, who earned the last of his three caps last August, is teasing out whether it is possible to leave his Gall…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2020, 10:39

'The back of my brain smashed into the back of my skull and that caused the main artery to my frontal lobe to burst'

Will Hurrell suffered a career-ending stroke as a result of playing for Bristol in the Premiership last January… his story is de…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Apr 2020, 3:49

The Gavin Henson moment that left Will Hurrell realising he had made it in big-time rugby

The 30-year-old centre sadly called it quits on April 10, three months after suffering a stroke following a whiplash head injury w…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Apr 2020, 5:12

'We never engaged a lawyer... no lawyer was in any Zoom call'

Captain Tom Youngs and coach Geordan Murphy appeared on the latest episode of Leicester Tigers TV Weekly to tease out recent media…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Apr 2020, 4:08

Microphone picks up Sale owner calling Gloucester witness a 'liar' in RFU hearing

At the heart of the fall-out was how Springbok midfielder Rohan Janse van Rensburg wound up signing contracts with two Premiership…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Apr 2020, 8:26

The John Mitchell encounter that convinced David Campese England wouldn't win 2019 World Cup

The legendary Wallaby has a long history of bashing the English and there is no sign of that stopping following his latest barb ab…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Apr 2020, 3:52

The fatal IRFU systems flaw exposed by James Cronin's doping breach

In the old way of life, James Cronin’s bizarre doping violation would have caused a media storm, not died a very quick shrug-of-…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
23 Apr 2020, 13:14

How fleeting Leicester return lifted Tom Varndell during difficult time

The ex-England winger left the club where he made his name in 2009, but he will be forever grateful for the rejuvenating way they …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
21 Apr 2020, 14:00

Witnessing the collapse of Yorkshire Carnegie changed Tom Varndell

Ex-England international Tom Vardell admits he is likely finished as a full-time player but his challenging year at relegated York…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
19 Apr 2020, 3:40

Major League Rugby club looking to sign Dan Carter?

The New Zealander, who turned 38 in March, announced last week that he is finished with Kobe Steelers, his Japanese club for the p…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
18 Apr 2020, 21:38

It's now official... Bastareaud is back in the Top 14 at Lyon

It was April 1 when it RugbyPass reported that instead of staying on in America, the ex-France midfielder would be heading back to…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
18 Apr 2020, 7:28

Mako Vunipola now has a new claim to No1 fame

The Saracens and England star has been crowned champion in the inaugural RugbyPass FIFA charity tournament featuring a stellar cas…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
18 Apr 2020, 2:54

Beaumont forging ahead as another Six Nations country backs his re-election

The 1980 England Grand Slam skipper is contesting the most powerful position in global rugby against current vice-president Agusti…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
17 Apr 2020, 9:49

Drew Mitchell: 'There has been mismanagement for the last decade at least'

Speaking to Jim Hamilton on The Lockdown, the RugbyPass pandemic interview series, the ex-Wallaby tackles the cash crisis envelopi…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
15 Apr 2020, 12:00

Phil Davies describes the daunting rebuild needed at Leeds as like going back to his 1980s playing days

The Welshman's five years in charge at minnows Namibia will come in handy as he tries to challenge the conventional way of thinkin…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
14 Apr 2020, 13:35

Doddie Weir talks tractors, lambing, MND status and much more in latest Dodcast podcast

The ex-Scotland lock has released the fourth episode of his Jill Douglas-hosted podcast where he talks about living with motor neu…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
14 Apr 2020, 12:55

RugbyPass Exceptional Stories - Matt Hampson

In the latest documentary in our Exceptional Stories series, we learn about the 35-year-old prop’s incredible journey since his …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
13 Apr 2020, 10:00

How the tragic loss of two teammates has given Henry Thomas perspective on the 'dark side' of mental health issues

Having encountered tragedies during his playing career, Bath's Henry Thomas is very aware of how best to cope with the trauma of h…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
16 Feb 2020, 2:22
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