Heyneke Meyer: 'I am not a dictator'
Heyneke Meyer's time in charge at Stade Francais has seen a lot of upheaval at a club struggling to try and replicate former glori…
Liam Heagney
11 Jul 2019, 12:32
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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.
'I'd jokingly prefer to look back at 40 having gotten the sack and going, at least I gave coaching a try'
Johne Murphy lost his enthusiasm for rugby and quit at the age of 30 in 2015, but the former Leicester and Munster player rekindle…
Liam Heagney
07 Jul 2019, 2:32
The strained relationship that led to Sergio Parisse's split with his beloved Stade Francais
There was more than met the eye in Sergio Parisse's Friday afternoon departure from Stade Francais... rather than being amicable, …
Liam Heagney
29 Jun 2019, 2:24
'I'm under no illusions... the hard work has to come first and you have to stay in the moment'
Tom Curry started all five of England's 2019 Six Nations matches, but the 21-year-old demonstrates maturity beyond his years in in…
Liam Heagney
23 Jun 2019, 3:31
'If you haven't seen women's rugby and you don't actually know about it, that is annoying'
Zoe Harrison would love women's rugby to enjoy a much higher profile and a new RugbyPass documentary on Saracens is aiming to do j…
Liam Heagney
16 Jun 2019, 8:40
'Everyone is ready to put the hard work in to get Wasps back to where we want to be'
It wasn't a pretty season for ambitious Wasps, but Rob Miller - who charitably spends some down time helping a community soup kitc…
Liam Heagney
10 Jun 2019, 13:42
'It's rugby's biggest downfall' - Ellis Genge believes rugby can learn from football's open-minded recruitment
Ellie Genge knows his career could be very different if Leicester didn't offer him a life away from trouble in Bristol, but he is …
Liam Heagney
02 Jun 2019, 3:01
'The gangs and the prison really interests me... because of my history and experiences of mistakes and doing things wrong'
Calum Clark has a bruising on-field reputation, but the maligned Saracens' back row has his good side judging by his Venezuela vis…
Liam Heagney
30 May 2019, 12:23
'I have been very lucky to have been thrown right in at the deep end... I really enjoyed it'
Ted Hill expected to spend his season on the Worcester fringes, not score the match-winning try at Leicester on his Premiership de…
Liam Heagney
29 May 2019, 13:42
'Rugby's unbelievable... I have done things I only thought were possible in movies'
World Rugby believes the women's game will be its biggest growth sector in the next decade and American Kiki Morgan is one of 15 p…
Liam Heagney
28 May 2019, 13:56
Ireland's RWC training squad winners and losers
There were some eye-catching winners and losers when Joe Schmidt announced his 44-strong Ireland RWC training squad following a ni…
Liam Heagney
28 May 2019, 10:09
'My mum's Welsh, dad's Irish and I moved to England five years ago so there is a twist... it's a tough one'
International selection wasn't on Callum Sheedy's mind when he spoke with RugbyPass last month, but England are now in pole positi…
Liam Heagney
28 May 2019, 4:08
'I'm upset lots of players have to hide their sexuality for years before they retire... I want everyone to be themselves'
Just over a year since he copped a ban for a homophobic slur he insists he never said, Denny Solomona wants rugby to have an envir…
Liam Heagney
26 May 2019, 14:00
'It's a bit of a weird one having to play Northampton again... there will be a bit of chess here and there'
It's usually Europe in December - not May in the Premiership - when clubs face the same opposition on consecutive weekends, but Ma…
Liam Heagney
24 May 2019, 18:14
'It's nice to know we're not a walk in the park anymore... we're now ready to win at Munster'
Coming back to Europe didn't appeal to Monty Ioane, but the Australian took a life-changing call from Kieran Crowley and the rest …
Liam Heagney
01 May 2019, 13:33
'It would be great for the country, for the club, for Italian rugby,' claims history-chasing Crowley
There wasn't a long queue for the Benetton job in 2016 but All Black Kieran Crowley didn't hesitate putting his reputation on the …
Liam Heagney
23 Apr 2019, 13:50
'Your family suffer because they can see you're distraught after a game... Sunday morning comes around and you're still grumpy, still edgy'
April is usually when Leicester go into over-drive in search of trophies, but 2019's end-of-season run-in will be a very different…
Liam Heagney
04 Apr 2019, 11:15
'It's that whole resilience and ability to get up and go again... the past is eaten bread'
Mike Catt, who lost his job with England after 2015 World Cup failure, has kept a low profile as Italy assistant but he lifts the …
Liam Heagney
07 Mar 2019, 14:27
'On his deathbed his words were: Get your f***ing arse on the plane because I want to see you playing against Scotland'
Dean Budd shed tears at Murrayfield when playing for Italy at the start of the 2019 Six Nations as it was the same day as his step…
Liam Heagney
21 Feb 2019, 13:17
Paddy Jackson and the Galway question
Paddy Jackson is theoretically free to go whenever he wants in Ireland. Ideally he should be in Galway next Saturday, running the …
Liam Heagney
02 Dec 2018, 4:58
