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'You want a car crash collision; that's the sexy part of it'
It’s the little things that stand out when it comes to leadership. Junior Wallabies skipper Teddy Wilson arrived for an intervie…
Liam Heagney
07 Jul 2023, 12:16
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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.
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'We looked in the mirror and had some pretty honest conversations'
It wasn’t meant to turn out like this for the Baby Blacks at this first Junior World Championship since 2019. The tournament’s…
Liam Heagney
07 Jul 2023, 12:13
Interview
‘We were the better side but the scoreboard doesn’t show that’
The regrets were plenty when Nathan Grey provided his hot take on his Junior Wallabies’ pool campaign at the Junior World Champi…
Liam Heagney
05 Jul 2023, 12:08
Interview
‘It’s not right for me to talk about previous games’
One endearing thing that you have to like about Mark Jones is that he doesn’t do bluff.
Liam Heagney
05 Jul 2023, 12:00
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The Posolo Tuilagi verdict on becoming an U20s viral sensation
Gentle giants is the description for the phalanx of Tuilagi brothers whose physicality and subtle ball skills have lit up professi…
Liam Heagney
05 Jul 2023, 8:03
Interview
'How could we not qualify for the semi-finals when we hadn’t lost?'
The tunnel area at Athlone Stadium on Tuesday afternoon was quite an awkward place for England to be. They had just been pegged to…
Liam Heagney
05 Jul 2023, 4:54
Interview
'Amazing': The post-match message from Junior Springboks to Ireland
Bafana Nhleko found time in the aftermath of his biggest win as the Junior Springboks head coach to send his condolences to the gr…
Liam Heagney
05 Jul 2023, 4:12
Live blog: Junior World Championship in South Africa – day three
It’s day three at what has so far proven to be a thrilling 2023 Junior World Championship in South Africa.
Liam Heagney
04 Jul 2023, 4:14
Leicester statement: 4 more signings, including two from London Irish
New Leicester boss Dan McKellar has added four more signings to his squad for the upcoming 2023/24 season, including two additions…
Liam Heagney
04 Jul 2023, 3:23
Sam Warburton tips three players to shine at Rugby World Cup 2023
Ex-Wales skipper Sam Warburton has named three players he believes can become global stars at the Rugby World Cup later this year …
Liam Heagney
04 Jul 2023, 2:23
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'Eight to 10 weeks into the pandemic, I'd chucked on nearly a stone'
Size very much became a major talking point last Thursday at the U20s World Cup in South Africa.
Liam Heagney
04 Jul 2023, 1:53
World Rugby statement: Tragic death of ex-Scotland player Greig Oliver
World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has paid tribute to Greig Oliver, the former Scotland scrum-half who was tragically killed in a…
Liam Heagney
04 Jul 2023, 1:29
Interview
'He shows size doesn’t matter, that you can still hit the big guys'
RugbyPass had a very Welsh lunchtime the other day in Cape Town, an interview with the legendary Sam Warburton over Zoom getting f…
Liam Heagney
03 Jul 2023, 4:12
Interview
Getting to know: England U20s scrum-half Charlie Bracken
There are numerous players at the Junior World Championship who hail from families with serious reputations at the top-end of the …
Liam Heagney
02 Jul 2023, 3:29
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'It was absolutely savage... literally eat, sleep, train. So brutal'
Sam Warburton was thankfully alive and kicking this past week, restored to rude health after feeling unwell and being unable to sp…
Liam Heagney
02 Jul 2023, 3:22
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'Crusaders didn’t want a nuclear bomb, they wanted a ripple'
Newly appointed Crusaders boss Rob Penney can’t wait to pick up the thread back home in New Zealand. It was 2012 when he first p…
Liam Heagney
01 Jul 2023, 17:25
Interview
Getting to know: Baby Blacks U20s forward Will Stodart
It has so far not been a vintage Junior World Championship for New Zealand, as they only scrapped by Wales – the bottom team in …
Liam Heagney
01 Jul 2023, 16:39
Interview
Getting to know: Junior Wallabies U20s captain Teddy Wilson
The Junior Wallabies got bogged down by Ireland and the dreadful weather conditions in Paarl last Thursday, but skipper Teddy Wils…
Liam Heagney
01 Jul 2023, 2:53
Interview
The Ireland verdict on clinical reaction to 'last chance saloon'
Paarl in the Thursday mud was a cauldron of raw emotion, agony and ecstasy shared out across all three compelling Junior World Cha…
Liam Heagney
30 Jun 2023, 5:15
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Crusaders to play Munster in early 2024
Rugby’s renewed appetite to shake up the fixtures calendar will continue next year with the Crusaders, the recently crowned Supe…
Liam Heagney
26 Jun 2023, 10:45
