'There were tears... it wasn't the way I wanted to leave Munster'
Ian Keatley thought he would fight it out with Joey Carbery this season, not suddenly drop from first to fifth in the Munster out-…
Liam Heagney
03 Mar 2019, 6:40
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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 expected a bit more angry Steve Diamond... but he was really calm'
Premiership records went tumbling when Sale mentally didn't show up at Northampton, but Faf de Klerk expresses surprise with how w…
Liam Heagney
01 Mar 2019, 12:50
'I felt like a normal human but I wasn't allowed to do anything for two months' - Jono Lance's back fracture ordeal
Jono Lance doesn't rate his horror-sounding back fracture as the worst injury of a career that ends its four-month stint on the si…
Liam Heagney
01 Mar 2019, 8:50
'We have currently 11 of 12 clubs about to lose money for the third year running...it's a broken model'
Mike Hogan believes it's time to ring-fence the Premiership and scrap relegation... and he isn't saying it just because Newcastle …
Liam Heagney
01 Mar 2019, 6:29
Autopsy of Irish Rugby's February nightmare
Ireland were on top of the world 14 weeks ago, but their confidence has been dented by three successive poor performances after Jo…
Liam Heagney
26 Feb 2019, 13:35
Ireland player ratings - versus Italy
Ireland have battered Italy in recent meetings, but events in Rome shattered that trend and left Joe Schmidt with much to ponder i…
Liam Heagney
24 Feb 2019, 13:10
'We're disconsolate, disillusioned, disappointed after a defeat... but don't do this job if it's not hurting'
Conor O'Shea and Joe Schmidt are Test coaches with a friendly rivalry that highlights the vastly different resources Italy and Ire…
Liam Heagney
24 Feb 2019, 6:22
The 206-second attack that has turned Geography Six outcast Cory Hill into a household name
Cory Hill has had the last laugh at those who ridiculed him on the 2017 Lions, rounding off the ultimate Wales team try that featu…
Liam Heagney
24 Feb 2019, 4:37
Scotland player ratings - versus France
Scotland came into their third match of the Six Nations believing they could cash in on France's 2019 chaos, but their inability t…
Liam Heagney
23 Feb 2019, 12:11
Pre-match analysis - Italy vs Ireland
Changes to Ireland's pack has given Italy a sniff of a competitive start, but the routine in these fixtures is for Schmidt's charg…
Liam Heagney
23 Feb 2019, 7:58
Forty-nine players, six debutants, 301 points, 31 tries and 109 years - standing on the edge of history
Beating England and setting a record for a dozen wins on the bounce is imperative if the work of Warren Gatland these past 12 mont…
Liam Heagney
23 Feb 2019, 4:21
Ex-Ireland coach spends day watching England get ready to take on Wales
Footballer John Terry wasn't the only high profile visitor to England rugby training this week as Eddie Jones also invited along I…
Liam Heagney
21 Feb 2019, 3:23
Expat Six Nations players bear the brunt as clubs called the shots this weekend
Six Nations had a down weekend but there was no rest for most of the Scottish, Welsh and Italian players who earn their club salar…
Liam Heagney
17 Feb 2019, 4:30
'We actually have to start getting some wins' - what life's like in the Premiership dogfight
After a 40-day winter hibernation, the Premiership is finally back in action this weekend with the battle for survival featuring N…
Liam Heagney
15 Feb 2019, 7:01
'If we're trying to attract people to rugby, surely providing stats that we know are impactful is the way forward'
Six Nations 2019 is enjoying excellent viewing figures but former Ireland player Kevin McLaughlin believes TV needs to use more in…
Liam Heagney
14 Feb 2019, 13:02
'I wasn't aware. I knew there was something going on'
Chris Harris didn't know until RugbyPass told him that Huw Jones has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations, opening up a m…
Liam Heagney
14 Feb 2019, 11:06
Fardy could be the next forward to leave Leinster
European champions Leinster could have their forwards stocks plundered again by an English club as Wasps are the latest Premiershi…
Liam Heagney
13 Feb 2019, 7:56
'PRO14 - not Super Rugby - is best competition for South African teams to play in'
Cheetahs are ready to depart on an 18-night, three-match tour of Ireland and Wales with coach Franco Smith claiming PRO14 is a bet…
Liam Heagney
12 Feb 2019, 14:18
Rating assistant coaches - early-term Six Nations report cards
Eddie Jones' revamped backroom staff has its fingerprints all over the 2019 Six Nations, attack coach Scott Wisemantel and defence…
Liam Heagney
11 Feb 2019, 14:08
Scotland player ratings - versus Ireland
Scotland defended manfully for long periods of their round two Six Nations match but they didn't have enough creativity to unlock …
Liam Heagney
09 Feb 2019, 14:05
