Ireland dominate the official Six Nations dream team with 10 picks
Ireland have secured 10 places in the official Guinness Six Nations team of the championship, the remaining spot going to three Fr…
Liam Heagney
29 Mar 2023, 11:09
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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.
26% of vote nets Antoine Dupont player of the Six Nations award
France scrum-half Antoine Dupont has become only the second player to win a third Six Nations player of the year award, matching t…
Liam Heagney
29 Mar 2023, 9:22
Handre Pollard paid a classy compliment by an ex-England out-half
A former England out-half has paid Handre Pollard a classy compliment after the 2019 Rugby World Cup winner’s latest involvement…
Liam Heagney
29 Mar 2023, 7:32
Rassie Erasmus makes astonishing claim about 2019 Rugby World Cup
Rassie Erasmus has made a startling claim about the Springboks' victory at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The SA director of rugby, who…
Liam Heagney
29 Mar 2023, 6:43
London Irish issue 55-word statement about unpaid salaries story
London Irish have issued a 55-word statement in response to a media report claiming there were fears at the club that players and …
Liam Heagney
29 Mar 2023, 6:14
Scarlets statement: Region defends 'bold' Llanelli RFC decision
Scarlets have withdrawn Llanelli RFC from next season’s Welsh Premiership over fears that it doesn’t have enough players to ad…
Liam Heagney
29 Mar 2023, 5:25
Sale poised to schmooze Manu Tuilagi after 'insulting' first offer
Alex Sanderson is optimistic that negotiations with Manu Tuilagi this Wednesday will finally sway the England midfielder into comm…
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2023, 13:14
Leicester on what Hassell-Collins signing means for Anthony Watson
Leicester have spoken about where the Anthony Watson contract situation now stands at the club following an eventful Tuesday in wh…
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2023, 10:38
Bristol confirm the exit of assistant coach John Muldoon
Bristol boss Pat Lam will lose right-hand man John Muldoon to Connacht for the 2023/24 season. The pair first worked together when…
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2023, 8:13
Leicester statement: Contract extension confirmed for Mike Brown
The 2023 Mike Brown resurgence has had another happy development as the ex-England full-back has signed a deal that will see him s…
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2023, 7:39
London Irish statement: Ollie Hassell-Collins has joined Leicester
London Irish have confirmed that Ollie Hassell-Collins, their winger recently capped at Test level by England, is to leave at the …
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2023, 7:14
10 of the best tweets about the bombshell Stuart Hogg retirement
There has been a massive online reaction to Monday’s bombshell announcement by Stuart Hogg that he will retire from playing rugb…
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2023, 6:46
Damning Rugby Pod verdict: 'Genge looked like he wasn't interested'
Rugby Pod co-host Andy Goode believes the abject performance last Saturday by Ellis Genge on his return to his old club Leicester …
Liam Heagney
28 Mar 2023, 5:51
Interview
'Rugby will never be perfectly safe, people need to accept that'
Sam Warburton is full of the joys of spring these days. Usually, at this time of year, he would be a wreck with the Guinness Six N…
Liam Heagney
26 Mar 2023, 4:11
The 'big difference' that denied Marcus Smith a fair England chance
Former England player Austin Healey has claimed that Marcus Smith wasn’t given a fair chance to impress by new head coach Steve …
Liam Heagney
25 Mar 2023, 13:45
Mike Ford has bagged a new role... and George will be helping out
Former England and Ireland assistant Mike Ford has bagged himself a new role – heading up the five-strong investment group that …
Liam Heagney
25 Mar 2023, 12:20
Eddie Jones poised to recruit recently sacked Top 14 coach - report
Eddie Jones’ next staff recruitment for the Wallabies is set to be Pierre-Henry Broncan, the Frenchman who recently lost his job…
Liam Heagney
25 Mar 2023, 9:17
'No complaints': London Irish defend level of support in Brentford
Declan Kidney has insisted that the move of London Irish back to the English capital has been a success even though just two of th…
Liam Heagney
25 Mar 2023, 6:08
Julian Montoya: 'I'm not lying, I don't think about those things much'
Leicester skipper Julian Montoya has downplayed his recent vault up the Gallagher Premiership try-scoring list with the Tigers.
Liam Heagney
25 Mar 2023, 5:21
The pointless 12-man escape London Irish refuse to celebrate
This Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership fixture between London Irish and Northampton has rekindled memories of the bizarre nine mi…
Liam Heagney
24 Mar 2023, 12:14
