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Peter Jackson: Forgotten Byrne can join select Welsh club

Peter Jackson: Forgotten Byrne can join select Welsh club

A new name ought to be added to Europe’s painfully small Welsh roll of honour next weekend, a player long declared surplus to..

May 17, 2013 with 0 Comments
Peter Jackson: Wales have been down and laid out Down Under

Peter Jackson: Wales have been down and laid out Down Under

The Welsh usually run into trouble in Australia, big trouble. As a sport, trying to tie the Wallaby down in his natural habitat has caused..

May 11, 2013 with 0 Comments
Peter Jackson: Black time for Blues underlines Euro row

Peter Jackson: Black time for Blues underlines Euro row

Cardiff Blues have played 30 matches in all competitions this season and lost 20 of them – two defeats in every three. No wonder,..

May 3, 2013 with 1 Comment
Peter Jackson: All Blacks rest cure will cost WRU £4m

Peter Jackson: All Blacks rest cure will cost WRU £4m

The All Blacks have torn a gaping hole in Wales’ autumn schedule, one damaging enough to run into seven figures. Instead of squeezing..

April 30, 2013 with 0 Comments
Peter Jackson: You’re lucky George, they said Lewis sold his soul

Peter Jackson: You’re lucky George, they said Lewis sold his soul

Lewis Jones remembers what it was like when he left Llanelli, how all hell broke loose over his transfer to Leeds Rugby League club...

April 19, 2013 with 0 Comments
Peter Jackson: Give me just a little more time, begs Olly

Peter Jackson: Give me just a little more time, begs Olly

Olly Kohn has no intention of ending up as cannon-fodder for any bright sparks on Brain of Britain or University Challenge even if he can..

April 15, 2013 with 0 Comments
Peter Jackson: Drumrolls, but the big act has yet to appear

Peter Jackson: Drumrolls, but the big act has yet to appear

The Welsh Rugby Union considered their announcement important enough to carry a ‘strict embargo’ until one minute past midnight on the..

April 11, 2013 with 0 Comments
Nick Cain picks his 2013 Lions tour party with some surprising ins and outs

Nick Cain picks his 2013 Lions tour party with some surprising ins and outs

No Brian O’Driscoll. No Chris Robshaw. Neither men make my 2013 Lions tour party for the straightforward reason that others are better..

April 7, 2013 with 1 Comment
Peter Jackson: Hold it all! England have won the title…

Peter Jackson: Hold it all! England have won the title…

When the Six Nations discuss the ‘on-going’ issue of bonus points, they would be well advised to examine the distorted impact it would..

April 4, 2013 with 0 Comments
Peter Jackson: Welsh will grab Lions share for Australia

Peter Jackson: Welsh will grab Lions share for Australia

After smashing the team that smashed the All Blacks, Wales will take the Lions’ share when the Test series begins against Australia this..

March 28, 2013 with 0 Comments
Peter Jackson: Trust me,  Cardiff jinx waits for Lancaster!

Peter Jackson: Trust me, Cardiff jinx waits for Lancaster!

At a dinner in London some years ago, the English defined their rugby relationship with the Welsh as one based on “trust and..

March 21, 2013 with 0 Comments
Peter Jackson: It’s whisky galore if Telfer tribe triumph

Peter Jackson: It’s whisky galore if Telfer tribe triumph

When Scotland last won three matches on the bounce in the same Championship, they showed their gratitude to Wales by sending them 22..

March 14, 2013 with 0 Comments
Peter Jackson talks to Maesteg coach Richard Webster about the startling decline of Welsh club rugby

Peter Jackson talks to Maesteg coach Richard Webster about the startling decline of Welsh club rugby

There was a time when the Welsh club game was the envy of the rugby world, when popular legend had it that the pithead superintendent had..

March 11, 2013 with 1 Comment
Peter Jackson: Tragic Nick helps pal Huw keep injury in perspective

Peter Jackson: Tragic Nick helps pal Huw keep injury in perspective

Sometime on Wednesday morning Huw Bennett will bow his head and remember the day they buried his friend in a churchyard near the Thames...

March 7, 2013 with 0 Comments
I’d make Justin Tipuric my Lions No.7  says Jim Telfer

I’d make Justin Tipuric my Lions No.7 says Jim Telfer

Justin Tipuric will form part of an Anglo-Welsh back row in the Lions’ Test team this summer, according to one of the world’s legendary..

March 6, 2013 with 1 Comment
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