Ireland's Joe McCarthy: 'I was subbing for the junior fourths team'
The 22-year-old attended Blackrock College and his enthusiasm for rugby wasn’t matched by his on-field exploits until his final …
Liam Heagney
09 Jan 2024, 5:54
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.
Jonny Hill the latest England player poised for Top 14 move – report
It was just last Friday when the Test sabbatical-taking Owen Farrell was said to be “very close” to taking up a two-year deal …
Liam Heagney
09 Jan 2024, 5:12
Nottingham statement: The 'total flooding' of Lady Bay
The club, which is located near the River Trent, are set to host the British Army in a January 26 friendly and ahead of that game,…
Liam Heagney
09 Jan 2024, 4:36
Shaun Edwards' 'sense of injustice' about French World Cup exit
The French were hotly tipped as a favourite to win the tournament, but they were eliminated by eventual winners South Africa follo…
Liam Heagney
09 Jan 2024, 4:05
Saracens explain 'glass half-full' reaction to loss at Leicester
Saturday’s 10-19 reverse at Leicester was the London club’s fifth loss in 11 outings, a record that contrasts sharply with las…
Liam Heagney
07 Jan 2024, 6:00
Leicester make bold England claim about Ollie Chessum, George Martin
Saturday’s win over Saracens was only the second time that the youthful pair had started together as a lock partnership in the T…
Liam Heagney
07 Jan 2024, 5:30
Alex Sanderson: ‘The game could die unless something dramatically changes’
The Gallagher Premiership has been riddled with financial concerns since its inception, a shortfall exacerbated by the pandemic an…
Liam Heagney
07 Jan 2024, 5:00
Exclusive
Joe Simmonds: 'I'd so much going on in my head; I just worried'
So far, so good. When RugbyPass caught up with Simmonds across the Channel on December 20, the day after his 27th birthday, he had…
Liam Heagney
07 Jan 2024, 4:25
The rule Mark McCall insisted must be kept when quizzed about Farrell
The sabbatical-taking England skipper captained Saracens in their 10-19 Gallagher Premiership loss at Leicester on Saturday the da…
Liam Heagney
06 Jan 2024, 13:27
Opinion
Leicester player ratings vs Saracens | Gallagher Premiership 2023/24
Leicester player ratings live from Mattoli Woods Welford Road: This was a must-win for Dan McKellar’s Tigers.
Liam Heagney
06 Jan 2024, 12:30
Mark McCall addresses speculation Owen Farrell is off to Racing 92
The England skipper, who is on a Test rugby sabbatical following the recent Rugby World Cup, is out of contract at the London club…
Liam Heagney
06 Jan 2024, 10:09
Owen Farrell 'very close' to signing two-year Racing 92 deal – report
The Test-level skipper has taken a sabbatical from Steve Borthwick’s England squad for the upcoming Guinness Six Nations tournam…
Liam Heagney
05 Jan 2024, 11:37
Leicester stick with Bok-style bench as Pollard starts versus Farrell
Having gone with a five/three division in his replacements for the opening 11 league and Champions Cup matches this season, Dan Mc…
Liam Heagney
05 Jan 2024, 8:53
Leicester statement: The re-signing of Mike Brown
A statement read: “Leicester Tigers are excited to announce Mike Brown has re-signed with the club beyond the 2023/24 season."
Liam Heagney
05 Jan 2024, 4:31
Analysis
The 'mega' thing Sale love about 19-year-old prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour
The 19-year-old played off the bench in six of the Sharks last seven league and cup matches and with the front-rower now marked ab…
Liam Heagney
05 Jan 2024, 3:36
England statement: Recruitment of Strawbridge, new Sinfield role
Incoming assistant coach Felix Jones, who joins the coaching set-up having helped South Africa to back-to-back Rugby World Cup tri…
Liam Heagney
04 Jan 2024, 7:01
Leicester confirm immediate exit of two players, including Joe Powell
It was last July, shortly after the financial collapse of London Irish, when the 29-year-old Powell, who won four caps for Austral…
Liam Heagney
04 Jan 2024, 6:19
Sale verdict on George Ford with the Six Nations just four weeks away
Ford has started seven games back at Sale since England’s bronze medal finish in Paris and ahead of Friday’s game at home to B…
Liam Heagney
04 Jan 2024, 5:22
Interview
Tommy Freeman: 'Hopefully I'll get a shot in the Six Nations'
Just as well then that he spoke as quickly as he runs, gliding through a pile of queries with the same sort of panache that has hi…
Liam Heagney
03 Jan 2024, 13:19
'Ultimate speed bump': The John Cooney reaction to TV pundit praise
The effort of the 33-year-old scrum-half was pivotal in his province’s New Year’s Day URC win at Leinster and he has now react…
Liam Heagney
03 Jan 2024, 7:39
