Steffon Armitage on the move and England international set to join him in France
One of the most talked about England players who didn’t get selected for the 2015 World Cup - Steffon Armitage - could be on the…
Liam Heagney
31 Dec 2018, 10:04
Contributors
Liam Heagney
@heagneyl
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.
Sexton snubbed by Midi Olympique's 'Team of the Year' XV
Johnny Sexton’s difficult weekend took another twist on Sunday evening following his omission from Midi Olympique’s internatio…
Liam Heagney
31 Dec 2018, 4:38
With attendances of just 3,000, London Irish's latest big play simply must pay off
It’s been Jingle Bells all the way over the holiday period for London Irish, the club experiencing a Happy Christmas like never …
Liam Heagney
30 Dec 2018, 10:13
Tom Varndell has walked out of French rugby
Tom Varndell’s brief flirtation with France is over after just six PRO D2 games with Soyaux Angoulême. The English Premiersh…
Liam Heagney
29 Dec 2018, 5:13
Trouble at the Thomond turnstiles? The startling drop off in numbers at Munster matches laid bare
Thomond Park will be buzzing on Saturday. Old rivals Leinster are in Limerick, the sold-out signs went up weeks ago for the Irish …
Liam Heagney
28 Dec 2018, 10:53
'You need Santa, Jesus and a winning lottery ticket to fix that mess'
Dragons enjoyed a dead cat bounce on Friday night, their first since they unceremoniously jettisoned Bernard Jackman on December 1…
Liam Heagney
24 Dec 2018, 5:13
The truth about coaching turnover in the rugby union
Job security as a professional rugby head coach in Europe isn’t quite as fragile as an English Premier League soccer manager. …
Liam Heagney
19 Dec 2018, 7:23
Ulster are paying a heavy price at the turnstile for their nightmarish year off the pitch
Ravenhill wasn’t bursting at the seams when Ulster swooped for their latest Champions Cup win on Friday night. A little over 12,…
Liam Heagney
16 Dec 2018, 5:47
Within 12 months Ireland could lose one of the chief unsung architects of its success
Rob Kearney’s start-of-the-week admission that he doesn’t yet know where he will play his rugby following the 2019 World Cup w…
Liam Heagney
09 Dec 2018, 7:17
The true extent of England players' workload this season compared to Ireland's laid bare
Last weekend provided the latest compelling evidence that Ireland’s IRFU-contracted stars have it much easier than their club-co…
Liam Heagney
06 Dec 2018, 7:02
The inherent risk of Andy Farrell
Andy Farrell will be hoping hipster beards don’t go out of fashion in Irish rugby as quickly as they have in Irish football. …
Liam Heagney
29 Nov 2018, 13:31
Fiji need more matches against Tier 1 sides if their story is to change
French riot police were busy in Paris on Saturday. National symbols such as Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Élysées needed protecting…
Liam Heagney
26 Nov 2018, 15:02
Paddy Jackson's move to France could be about to pay off big style - reports
Paddy Jackson’s career-saving move to France is quickly set to pay off. The sacked Ireland international is reportedly poise…
Liam Heagney
26 Nov 2018, 13:32
The warning from history this Ireland side can't ignore going into a World Cup year
Joe Schmidt’s hint that he just might be leaving Ireland at the end of the 2019 World Cup wasn’t the only post-match quip to c…
Liam Heagney
25 Nov 2018, 13:59
'It wasn’t unusual for someone to roll down the window and flick the finger at you and laugh'
Watch out world. Whether or not the in-demand Joe Schmidt hangs around in Ireland following the 2019 World Cup, the IRFU don’t p…
Liam Heagney
22 Nov 2018, 13:54
Thirteen years after he endured an All Black hammering on debut, Rory Best has given his detractors the proverbial fingers
Saturday night in Dublin was supposed to demonstrate how Test rugby is no country for old men. Rory Best was apparently over t…
Liam Heagney
18 Nov 2018, 15:16
After 26 different combinations, this is Ireland's last area of positional uncertainty under Schmidt
There was no visible pre-match panic at Lansdowne Road last Saturday when Ireland were forced to rejig their team selection at the…
Liam Heagney
14 Nov 2018, 15:40
How Ireland and not the All Blacks dominate one of the game's most fiercely contested battlegrounds - discipline
Joe Schmidt will have flown out of Chicago on Sunday satisfied that Ireland have potentially remedied a worrying black mark. Re…
Liam Heagney
07 Nov 2018, 13:04
'Good players take bad passes... I remember the whole room going quiet because I said it to Drico'
It’s five-and-a-half years since Joe Schmidt, rushing towards a door to be on time for a Leinster team captain’s run, momentar…
Liam Heagney
28 Oct 2018, 8:34
The eight players left on Irish Rugby's 'central contract' hit list and how the IRFU plan to pay for them
It’s one down, eight more to go for the IRFU following Conor Murray’s recent announcement that he will continue to play his ru…
Liam Heagney
21 Oct 2018, 7:02
