Peter Jackson

Hobson’s choice was always set on England

1 August 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW All-rounder: Jason Hobson scores the opening try for Bristol in their Welsh Cup match against BathPICTURE: Getty ImagesJason […]

Gareth Baber gets his hands on a medal at last | Peter Jackson

1 August 2021 0 comments

Welshman Gareth Baber followed the successes of Ben Ryan five years ago in Rio by taking Fiji to gold in Tokyo

Lions have blind spot for English flankers in Test series openers | Peter Jackson

25 July 2021 0 comments

How the each of the four unions have contributed to first Test selection on Lions tours going back to 1971, and the trends that arise

Hardest job was getting ‘Dommers’ off cakes! | Peter Jackson

18 July 2021 0 comments

Cardiff Met director of rugby Danny Milton talks to Peter Jackson about Alex Dombrandt’s time in BUCS Super Rugby

Poite was plain wrong, there is no justification | Peter Jackson

11 July 2021 0 comments

The All Blacks may still hold rancour up to the next Lions tour over Romain Poite’s decision to not penalise Ken Owens late on against the Lions in 2017

Josh Adams on trail of great O’Reilly | Peter Jackson

11 July 2021 0 comments

Josh Adams’ try-scoring record is very close to being unmatched

France in late pain once again | Peter Jackson

11 July 2021 0 comments

France have trouble sticking with it through to the end in Test matches

Conor Murray part of Munster legacy with the Lions | Peter Jackson

4 July 2021 0 comments

From his home by the banks of the broad, majestic Shannon, Keith Wood considers one of the more startling facts about to be woven into […]

Old-school Barrie Thomas had the ear of superstars | Peter Jackson

4 July 2021 0 comments

BACK in the day of thriving local newspapers and soaring sales in the Welsh communities they served, each and every one had its own rugby […]

Record man Sam Simmonds did it the hard way – how the stats measure up

4 July 2021 0 comments

During the last season before the RFU plucked up the courage to organise League rugby, Dean Richards scored 20 tries for Leicester over the course […]

English whitewash as Wales take on the All Blacks | Peter Jackson

27 June 2021 0 comments

UNTIL yesterday, the Lions had not started a Test match without an Englishman since the end of their first tour after the Second World War […]

Ollie’s Lions record falls at Murrayfield after 16 years

27 June 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW For more than 16 years, Ollie Smith of Leicester and England held a Lions record of such rarity […]

Jerry Flannery knows the sad side of the Lions | Peter Jackson

20 June 2021 0 comments

The last time the Lions took off for South Africa, Jerry Flannery had been booked into business class for the overnight flight to Johannesburg. He […]

Townies are the tops in this unique world XV

20 June 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Double act: There are two famous Hastings, of course, but we’ve gone for centre Scott as we already have a full-backPICTURE: Getty ImagesThe […]

Milkman delivers a dynasty | Peter Jackson

20 June 2021 0 comments

WHEN Trevor Brennan landed in Toulouse shortly after the turn of the century, the former Dublin milkman hardly imagined he had taken the first step […]

Ben Tameifuna is man with the golden tum | Peter Jackson

20 June 2021 0 comments

BEN Tameifuna, a big old unit if ever there was one, threw his weight around to jarring effect during Bordeaux’s barrage win over Clermont, prompting […]

We’ll be the poor men of Europe say regions

13 June 2021 1 comment

WALES’ four regions fear they will be put at an even greater disadvantage next season with their English rivals being up to £10m-a-club better off. […]

Rhys Webb counts cost of that Toulon pay-day | Peter Jackson

13 June 2021 0 comments

At the end of the last Lions tour when the entire cast posed for a team photograph, Rhys Webb appeared to have the world at […]

Chris Pennell deserved send-off | Peter Jackson

13 June 2021 0 comments

SET against the Covid cruelty suffered by untold millions on a global scale, Gloucester’s inability to fulfill their fixture at Worcester yesterday sounds too trivial […]

‘Little fellow’ Bleddyn gets giant farewell from Tigers | Peter Jackson

13 June 2021 0 comments

THEY sat alone with their memories in Leicester Cathedral as the St Anne’s church choir brought Cwm Rhondda to a crescendo, their masked attendance ensuring […]