Ireland player ratings vs Samoa
Ireland needed a response following two shaky outings at the World Cup and they got it, their half-back partnership outclassing Sa…
Liam Heagney
12 Oct 2019, 9:56
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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.
Super storm - World Rugby hit back at SRU's legal threat
A war of words has broken out between the Scottish Rugby Union and World Rugby over the typhoon threat to Sunday's Scotland versus…
Liam Heagney
11 Oct 2019, 11:05
Schmidt's full circle, the estranged Aki/Henshaw combo, a bad Toner omen and more as Ireland put qualification on the line
RugbyPass runs the rule over Ireland ahead of their showdown with Samoa... the full circle Schmidt era, the estranged Aki/Henshaw …
Liam Heagney
11 Oct 2019, 10:37
English World Cup winner calls on stuttering Ireland to finally show what they have got
History has shown teams can still have a good World Cup campaign despite a devastating pool stage loss and a 2003 winner with Engl…
Liam Heagney
10 Oct 2019, 9:07
The 'gimme' Ireland RWC fixture that now has a very different complexion
Ireland's clash with Russia was a fixture with little or no significance until Joe Schmidt's squad were dramatically ambushed last…
Liam Heagney
02 Oct 2019, 11:19
Shizuoka was repeat of Cardiff 2015 for Sexton-less Ireland
Ireland had four years to ensure they would not play an important World Cup match with a rookie No10, but their failure to build d…
Liam Heagney
28 Sep 2019, 12:36
Ireland player ratings vs Japan
Ireland were expected to brush Japan aside and build on last Sunday's demolition against Scotland, but they lost their way in Shiz…
Liam Heagney
28 Sep 2019, 6:27
Sexton's absence puts Ireland back in the 2015 territory they vowed would never be repeated
IRFU performance boss David Nucifora vowed after Ireland's 2015 RWC exit they would not be caught shy at the next World Cup with a…
Liam Heagney
27 Sep 2019, 7:29
England World Cup winner claims 2019 team won't play for Eddie Jones and slams selection of overseas players
Back living in England after time overseas, 2003 World Cup winner Steve Thompson isn't short of candid opinions on the Class of 20…
Liam Heagney
25 Sep 2019, 6:18
How referee Romain Poite was talked out of brandishing high tackle red cards
World Rugby admitted on Tuesday that refereeing standards weren't up to scratch on opening weekend but their vow to do better was …
Liam Heagney
24 Sep 2019, 11:35
World Rugby's candid admission: match officials weren't up to scratch on opening weekend
The 2019 World Cup in Japan is supposed to be a tournament that will be the best-refereed finals ever but the opening weekend didn…
Liam Heagney
24 Sep 2019, 6:03
Heartbreak for Wesley Fofana as his World Cup is over before it got started
The 2019 World Cup was supposed to be a fitting end to Wesley Fofana's Test level career, but injury has prematurely forced him ou…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2019, 19:49
'There was no bust-up: Johann and JP I enjoyed... they are incredibly hard-working guys'
Fresh from his dramatic exit from Munster, former coach Jerry Flannery tells RugbyPass why he left and explains why South Africa a…
Liam Heagney
21 Sep 2019, 13:39
RugbyPass presents 'Tonga: Road To Japan'
RugbyPass went behind the scenes in August as Tonga, the country with the smallest population and the smallest budget of the 20 qu…
Liam Heagney
20 Sep 2019, 14:02
'It's a dream come true' - Tommy Bowe on his quick journey from RWC try-scoring winger to RWC TV anchorman
Old Test players doing TV punditry is nothing unusual but Tommy Bowe's jump from 2015 World Cup try-scorer to 2019 World Cup TV an…
Liam Heagney
19 Sep 2019, 12:55
Ireland set to make five changes... including a surprise inclusion at full-back
Ireland were catapulted to No1 in the World Rugby rankings with a September 7 win over Wales in Dublin, but their XV to face Scotl…
Liam Heagney
19 Sep 2019, 9:14
'I don't make as much money as Alex Ferguson makes... I'm not buying a bottle of red for anybody'
RugbyPass sat down with Johan Ackermann, Paul Gustard and Declan Kidney at the Gallagher Premiership launch to talk managerial riv…
Liam Heagney
15 Sep 2019, 4:29
'You get nervous whether it's a club match in some God-knows-where city in Russia or the opening day of the Rugby World Cup in Japan'
Having leaked 162 points and conceded 24 tries in recent losses to Italy, Jersey and Connacht, little is expected of Russia at the…
Liam Heagney
15 Sep 2019, 3:42
Headache for Ireland as injury threatens Robbie Henshaw's World Cup just like it did in 2015
Robbie Henshaw missed the opening two matches of Ireland's 2015 World Cup but the prognosis for the midfielder in Japan could be e…
Liam Heagney
14 Sep 2019, 8:43
'Danny Cipriani, James O'Connor, they were child proteges... in the international set-up at 18, 19 and probably couldn't handle that'
Sale now have greater money to spend, but Steve Diamond won't be retiring his happy knack of taking on fallen stars at the Sharks …
Liam Heagney
14 Sep 2019, 3:04
