Toulon statement: The €70,000 Cheslin Kolbe salary cap fine
Kolbe's departure to Japan was followed by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby salary cap disciplinary committee being asked last Septemb…
Liam Heagney
03 Jan 2024, 5:08
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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.
Ex-Portugal boss Patrice Lagisquet: What Os Lobos must do next
The ex-France player was in charge of Os Lobos for four years, a tenure that culminated in a memorable 2023 Rugby World Cup appear…
Liam Heagney
03 Jan 2024, 4:30
‘Absolutely, why wouldn’t you back Fin Smith at 21?’
Potential England pick Smith has been at the heart of this Northampton consistency, starting all nine Premiership games so far.
Liam Heagney
03 Jan 2024, 3:05
Bristol statement: The signing of Viliame Mata
The Pacific Islander is currently playing his eighth season with Edinburgh in the URC, but he is now a confirmed signing for the G…
Liam Heagney
02 Jan 2024, 13:23
Ulster rate Nick Timoney's Ireland chances, tease positional switch
The back-rower was excellent in his team’s URC win over Leinster on New Year’s Day, scoring two tries as a No8 in a contest wh…
Liam Heagney
02 Jan 2024, 6:09
The Ulster verdict on exploiting the Jacques Nienaber defence
Trips to Dublin usually end in failure for the northern province, but they managed to get one over on the league leaders at the RD…
Liam Heagney
02 Jan 2024, 5:04
Analysis
Where are they now? The last London Irish team before its collapse
Despite fifth place being their highest finish in the league since reaching the 2009 final, administration confirmed that the fina…
Liam Heagney
17 Dec 2023, 5:00
Interview
Alex Sanderson: 'Judge us on competitiveness, great resilience'
The Sharks were rumbustiously competitive in an opening period that they led 13-3 for a stretch; then came the second wave where t…
Liam Heagney
17 Dec 2023, 4:45
Analysis
Sale player ratings vs Leinster | Champions Cup 2023/24
Their determined effort got them 13-3 ahead midway through the opening half before a loaded Leinster finally strutted their stuff …
Liam Heagney
16 Dec 2023, 15:00
Second-half Leinster power surge proves too much for Sale
The Irish province took over pole position in the group with a hard-fought 37-27 win over Sale in Dublin.
Liam Heagney
16 Dec 2023, 14:39
England duo Tuilagi, Lawes named in magazine's Top 12 Hitters list
England duo Manu Tuilagi and Courtney Lawes, Argentina’s Marcos Kremer and Pieter-Steph du Toit, the Springboks back-rower who w…
Liam Heagney
16 Dec 2023, 6:59
The England prediction Lee Blackett has made about Alfie Barbeary
Test head coach Borthwick and Richard Hill were at The Rec last Saturday to scout the Bath No8, the RPA’s U23 player of the mont…
Liam Heagney
16 Dec 2023, 5:09
Barbarians statement: Killik Cup fixture confirmed versus Fiji
The Pacific Islanders reached the last eight at France 2023, bowing out to England in Marseille.
Liam Heagney
14 Dec 2023, 16:56
Lancaster: The Russell-like threat Racing face versus Marcus Smith
Smith’s Harlequins are in Paris nine days after they smashed Gallagher Premiership leaders Sale in London.
Liam Heagney
10 Dec 2023, 5:30
The turned-down offer Jono Ross made to come out of retirement
The Gallagher Premiership leaders learned in mid-November that they had lost Tom Curry for the season due to his need to have a hi…
Liam Heagney
10 Dec 2023, 4:58
Johann van Graan: The pitch 'stitching' story behind bossy Bath scrum
What’s the point in Bath having international standard piano shifters such as Beno Obano, Will Stuart and Thomas du Toit on the …
Liam Heagney
10 Dec 2023, 3:57
Exclusive
Gus Warr: 'It's trying to be a bit gobby to annoy someone ever so slightly'
That little vignette suggested how the scrum-half Gus Warr is a little bit of a Jack the lad around Carrington, something his boss…
Liam Heagney
10 Dec 2023, 3:00
Opinion
Bath player ratings vs Ulster | Champions Cup 2023/24
We left Bath believing this could be the first season since 2014/15 that the once giants of the English game are potentially a rea…
Liam Heagney
09 Dec 2023, 13:18
Bath excellent value for first Champions Cup win since January 2018
With the hosts on a 10-game losing streak in this tournament stretching back to January 2018, this victory will be seen as massive…
Liam Heagney
09 Dec 2023, 12:16
Clermont bring a fresh twist to the Springboks' bomb squad tactic
The Rugby World Cup-winning South Africa raised eyebrows on a number of occasions throughout 2023 by naming replacements that had …
Liam Heagney
09 Dec 2023, 8:03
