Liam Heagney

A seasoned rugby journalist, Liam hails from Limerick and has travelled the globe covering World Cups, Lions tours, Six Nations Championships and European Cup campaigns. A member of Ashbourne RFC, he is now expanding his horizons after 17 plus years at the Irish national newspaper coalface.

Latest:

From 3 near-death experiences to South African MMA champion in 26 months: The fall and rise of Ethienne Reynecke

Ethienne Reynecke knew his old career as a pro rugby hooker guaranteed him nothing in life, but the adversity he has had to overco…

Liam Heagney

31 May 2020, 4:00am

Articles

From 3 near-death experiences to South African MMA champion in 26 months: The fall and rise of Ethienne Reynecke

Ethienne Reynecke knew his old career as a pro rugby hooker guaranteed him nothing in life, but the adversity he has had to overco…

Liam Heagney

31 May 2020, 4:00am

'I feel sorry for Maro Itoje. He's been spotted in Wigston last week and Kibworth this week'

Geordan Murphy couldn’t resist a tongue-in-cheek reference to Maro Itoje when providing his latest weekly update on Leicester Ti…

Liam Heagney

30 May 2020, 10:14am

The Rugby Pod's burning question: 'What does it do to Maro's brand by playing in the Championship?'

Convinced Maro Itoje has the potential to become a megastar beyond rugby, Jim Hamilton sizes up how much damage the Championship w…

Liam Heagney

27 May 2020, 10:28am

The moment Shaun Edwards says will haunt him until his dying day, and who he wants to coach after France

France assistant Shaun Edwards has spoken to The Rugby Pod about the most disappointing moment in his coaching career and where to…

Liam Heagney

27 May 2020, 9:00am

Pat Howard lets rip: 'I'd some very hard, direct words with everybody up and down the chain'

It was a year ago when Pat Howard stepped in at Leicester to conduct a no-nonsense top to bottom review… he now sheds light on t…

Liam Heagney

26 May 2020, 10:57am

The uncomfortable truth about the Springboks 1995 RWC win, told by the man who ushered in racial quotas

25 years on from the start of the inspired 1995 World Cup win, Ed Griffiths spins through a multitude of Springboks anecdotes and …

Liam Heagney

24 May 2020, 6:25am

Ex-World Rugby advisor's grim warning: 'Rugby can only come back to what it was if we have a vaccine'

Barry O’Driscoll was a long-serving World Rugby medical advisor who now fears scrums, mauls and rucks are all under threat due t…

Liam Heagney

24 May 2020, 4:03am

'What would we do if this was a brand new club and we start again, what is the ideal scenario?'

Joint Worcester owners Jason Whittingham and Colin Goldring are using rugby's stoppage to finesse plans to turn Warriors into a Pr…

Liam Heagney

23 May 2020, 11:30am

Videos

Drew Mitchell: 'There has been mismanagement for the last decade at least'

Speaking to Jim Hamilton on The Lockdown, the RugbyPass pandemic interview series, the ex-Wallaby tackles the cash crisis envelopi…

Liam Heagney

15 April 2020, 1:00pm

Recap: Glasgow Warriors vs Edinburgh LIVE | Guinness PRO14

Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Guinness PRO14 match between Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh at Scotstou…

Liam Heagney

21 December 2019, 10:58am

RugbyPass Insiders | Tonga | Road to Japan

RugbyPass presents 'Tonga: Road To Japan'

RugbyPass went behind the scenes in August as Tonga, the country with the smallest population and the smallest budget of the 20 qu…

Liam Heagney

20 September 2019, 2:02pm

'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 December 2018, 5:13am