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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.

'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
Liam Heagney
24 May 2019, 18:14

Leinster have used eye-watering 57 players to reach the PRO14 final

There wouldn't be much Guinness left in the keg if Leo Cullen was to serve up a pint of the PRO14 sponsor's brew to every player t…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
22 May 2019, 14:11

Rob Kearney the latest victim of an IRFU 'lowball'

David Nucifora had nine IRFU centrally contracted players falling out of deals this term and his hardball approach at the negotiat…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
22 May 2019, 8:06

It was a taboo. It wasn't a case of just going, 'I'm not alright, I need some help mentally'. Now we have the confidence to say, 'No, I'm not alright'

Starting just one Premiership game this season, it would be understandable if Tom Lindsay felt aggrieved but he has the mental too…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
19 May 2019, 5:04

'You get stars that get all the attention, but I'm more than happy to just plug along, keep the head down and still succeed'

From Invercargill to Kanagawa via Bath and many other places, Kiwi James Wilson has had a blast using his excellent work ethic to …

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
18 May 2019, 3:33

'It's frustrating when Saracens are talked about negatively... but you just have to take the rough with the smooth at the top'

After a decade's service, the retired Chris Wyles believes the often criticised Saracens are 'an amazing story - an unbelievable c…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
11 May 2019, 3:16

Marcelo Bosch going from chasing a European/Premiership double... to level five rugby in England

Marcelo Bosch announced last month he was leaving Saracens - but the expectation was he would play on professional not step down t…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
09 May 2019, 5:29

'If you're over the ball and have two blokes over 100 kilos flying into you off their feet, it can be pretty difficult to survive'

Sam Underhill doesn't turn 23 until June, but he has already been on the receiving end of numerous injuries in a sport where he fe…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
05 May 2019, 11:02

'It's so outrageous how things have gone' - Jake Woolmore's journey from teaching kids with learning difficulties to playing in the Premiership

Jake Woolmore was nervous about getting his Premiership chance just months before his 28th birthday, but the late developer prop h…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
04 May 2019, 8:12

'Getting on that World Cup plane would be pretty amazing... but I have a lot of catching up to do'

A double fracture to an arm has meant Taulupe Faletau hasn't appeared for Wales since March 2018, but he is hoping his inclusion i…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
01 May 2019, 12:36

James Wilson is another Kiwi at Bath with his bags packed for Japan

Salary cap juggling elbowed James Wilson off the Bath roster this time last year, but after a November recall due to injuries he i…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
29 Apr 2019, 2:11

'It's probably the hardest thing I've had to do in life' - Sam Simmonds on his 30-week injury rehab

It's now 30 weeks since Sam Simmonds suffered the knee injury that has presented him with the biggest challenge of his life, a bat…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
28 Apr 2019, 4:12

'There was a bit of bitchiness in camp, it was a pretty bad place to be' - Callum Sheedy on Bristol before Lam

With Bristol's reputation as a yo-yo club disappearing under Pat Lam, Callum Sheedy has emerged as an important play-maker even th…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
26 Apr 2019, 12:10

'If we go down, our nearest club is in Manchester... that's three hours on a train, a long way to go to watch Premiership rugby'

Away from Newcastle for nine years, Toby Flood returned to a region where rugby is thriving but it now faces the worrying prospect…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
25 Apr 2019, 13:35

Faletau's comeback plan waiting on midweek scan result

Taulupe Faletau's season hasn't been much fun due to a series of forearm injuries, but he is now on the mend and hoping for positi…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Apr 2019, 16:36

Family rivalry on the cards as Johnny Sexton's brother set for PRO14 move

Johnny Sexton's stellar career have created headlines the whole way through but his younger brother Jerry is set to secure some PR…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
24 Apr 2019, 4:55

'We couldn't believe he put the boots on and ran out there' - Luke Morahan on Siale Piutau's sacrifice

Luke Morahan has had his eyes opened during his two years in England, but the Australian believes rugby in his own country continu…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
21 Apr 2019, 8:15

It's insanity that a club of Munster's pedigree has lost so many successive European semi-finals

Unless he has a secretive masterplan to unveil, Munster's decision to prematurely give Johann van Graan a contract extension sugge…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
21 Apr 2019, 7:15

Leinster vs Toulouse - Composite XV

Sunday's semi-final is a salivating prospect as Europe's two most successful clubs go head-to-head in a match-up that left RugbyPa…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
20 Apr 2019, 5:45

How a catalogue of red flags are mounting against van Graan despite thrashing of Ulster

Munster supporters exited Thomond Park on Saturday night on cloud nine following their record PRO14 derby destruction of hapless I…

Liam Heagney
Liam Heagney
30 Sep 2018, 6:10
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