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Prop out to upset Irish mum by beating giants at last
Daily Express
|December 12, 2025
JOE HEYES is ready to cause another family split as Leicester aim to finally get one over Leinster in the Champions Cup.
England prop Heyes has an Irish mother Rachel, a former basketball player from Portmarnock, who took him to see the Irish province as boy.
Heyes could have ended up playing for Ireland but admits he owes Leinster one after a series of defeats.
Tonight's clash will be the fifth time Tigers have faced the four-time Euro kings in the past four seasons and they have yet to record a win.
And history buff Heyes insists it is time to set the record straight.
The 26-year-old said: "We haven't beaten them and I want to.
This story is from the December 12, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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