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.

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'I'm not going into too many details but it can become a bit of a toxic environment'

England hopeful David Ribbans has been in organisations that couldn't handle losing but he had every belief Northampton would come…

Liam Heagney

28 Feb, 4:00

Articles

'I'm not going into too many details but it can become a bit of a toxic environment'

England hopeful David Ribbans has been in organisations that couldn't handle losing but he had every belief Northampton would come…

Liam Heagney

28 Feb, 4:00

'I was obese. I was eating burgers every day, microwave pizzas was me dinner, chocolate biscuits for breakfast'

Tighthead Alec Clarey has inspiringly gone from piling on the pounds as a non-sports playing 14-year-old to living the dream with …

Liam Heagney

28 Feb, 3:30

'I want my dog to eat food so I'm not allowed to say anything': Eddie Jones on referee Gauzere

Eddie Jones opted not to speak his mind regarding the debatable decisions of refeere Pascal Gauzere in the England Six Nations los…

Liam Heagney

27 Feb, 15:45

'It doesn't mean everything is fixed now': Six-try Ireland critique their Italian job

Johnny Sexton has drawn a line under the worst Ireland start to a championship since 1998, his team beating Italy in the Six Natio…

Liam Heagney

27 Feb, 13:04

Videos

RugbyPass OFFLOAD | Episode 9 | Dylan and Jamie want to Make Rugby Great Again!

'No-one gave South Africa stick for winning the World Cup but they played a pretty defensive set-piece, kicking based game'

European teams are being heavily criticised for dull rugby but Dylan Hartley says the trend began with the Springboks at the 2019 …

Liam Heagney

02 Dec, 14:50

RugbyPass OFFLOAD | Episode 6 | Zebo, Roberts, and Wilson on The Pantomime Villain

Ryan Wilson revisits infamous 2018 Owen Farrell tunnel-gate row, which had consequences a year later at Twickenham

Winding England up is something Ryan Wilson of Scotland really enjoys and his memories of 2018 and 2019 were hilarious on RugbyPas…

Liam Heagney

11 Nov, 14:15

RugbyPass OFFLOAD | Episode 5 | CJ Stander guests alongside Christina, Dylan and Jamie

The England training ground attitude that makes Maro Itoje stand out from the crowd

Maro Itoje is widely recognised as an England great but what makes him tick on the training ground? Dylan Hartley provides a telli…

Liam Heagney

04 Nov, 14:14

Boozing Barbarians have Dylan Hartley reminiscing about England's infamous dwarf tossing controversy

With the Barbarians cancellation the talk of rugby, Dylan Hartley has revisted the infamous England RWC 2011 carry-on in Queenstow…

Liam Heagney

28 Oct, 13:39

Podcasts

'No-one gave South Africa stick for winning the World Cup but they played a pretty defensive set-piece, kicking based game'

European teams are being heavily criticised for dull rugby but Dylan Hartley says the trend began with the Springboks at the 2019 …

Liam Heagney

02 Dec, 14:50

RugbyPass OFFLOAD | Episode 2 | A big European weekend as Exeter take on Racing 92 in the Heineken Champions Cup final

'The more we talk about Joe Simmonds the less chance he will get picked... it happened to Maro'

Momentum is growing in the 'Joe Simmonds for England' campaign but Dylan Hartley has recalled what Eddie Jones did before to Maro …

Liam Heagney

14 Oct, 13:19

JP Doyle's honest reaction to RFU redundancy

Axed Premiership referee JP Doyle breaks his silence following RFU redundancy

One of many in English rugby recently made redundant by the cash-strapped RFU, JP Doyle, the now-former Premiership referee, has b…

Liam Heagney

28 Aug, 13:09