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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Mike Nicholas partied with Hannibal – now he’s off to see the Queen!
Peter Jackson tells the story of the Port Talbot cross-coder who will be heading to Buckingham Palace
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoMike partied with Lecter – now he’s off to see Queen!
Some day soon Mike Nicholas will present himself at Buckingham Palace by Royal appointment for his family’s biggest occasion since their...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoLet’s hope Ollivon can escape the curse of captaincy
CHARLES Ollivon’s acceptance speech as France captain ran along predictable enough lines. “It is a somewhat special moment,’’ he said. “Quite...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoParisse’s farewell is worthy of the man
NO PLAYER in any theatre of international sport, however great, has ever had the right to dictate where and when he...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoGalthie rings the changes for France
FABIEN Galthie has marked the start of his reign as France coach with a new-look squad for the Six Nations. Yoann...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoBrown on his way to making return for Wales
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER LEON Brown says his World Cup snub was the best thing that could have happened to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Malins has foot surgery SARACENS full-back Max Malins has had surgery to repair a broken foot, ruling him out for three...
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Champions will be wary of wounded Ospreys
Peter Jackson previews how the Ospreys will be seeking to ignite their season against Saracens this weekend
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/ 6 years agoPeter Jackson’s alternative list for Winners of 2019
An alternative take on the year's events sees Peter Jackson crown Doddie Weir for his fight in defiance of MND
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Rugby as Wales’ national sport? Not with these crowd numbers!
Can we expect a full house at any of the regions' this festive period?
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoHowley’s two big questions…
NOBODY can accuse the Welsh Rugby Union of not showing real compassion in their handling of the Rob Howley betting issue....
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoKubriashvili has got yellow fever
DAVIT Kubriashvili is only halfway through the season but already far ahead of schedule to break all yellow card records. Grenoble’s...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoNational sport? Not with these crowd numbers!
At close of business on Friday, shrinking attendances in the PRO14 confirmed that the Welsh regional teams had joined Jeremy Corbyn...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoWebster would not have been in the pink
THROUGHOUTa distinguished career for Swansea, Wales and the Lions, Richard Webster never lost sight of his oldschool values. They served him...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoPlumtree served his time well
NOBODY can accuse John Plumtree of cutting corners during his apprenticeship for a position among the All Black coaching elite, one...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoRugby’s decade of difference
Brendan Gallager looks back over the past ten years…the good, the bad and the superstars Brendan Gallager looks back over the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Indestructible Faletau gets bad breaks
Taulupe Faletau's seemingly impervious resilience to injury has now been penetrated
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Days of romance, song and drama with Lions
Peter Jackson looks back on the 1955 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, when attitudes were different but the...
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: The Welsh way once ruled – not anymore
Peter Jackson on the sorry state of affairs at the Ospreys and how Welsh coaching talent once thrived
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Pathfinder Bedford lay ground for Siya Kolisi
The Springboks captain during the Apartheid era who was the first to recognise change was needed in South Africa
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Welsh regions pay dearly for loss of their stars
Wayne Pivac isn't the only one reeling from injuries to key members of Wales' World Cup squad, writes Peter Jackson
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Johnny McNicholl will give North some competition
George North has now been in the Test arena for a decade - could his use on the wing for Wales...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoWelsh give England a vocal send-off
JUDGING by the way some acclaimed the result from Yokohama last Saturday, the biggest cheer from within Wales during the World...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoNice one Bill, but not for me
AT THE end of every World Cup, it’s almost de riguer for every World Rugby chairman to applaud the home nation...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoMcNicholl will give North some competition
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Five years ago Johnny McNicholl found himself surrounded by so many All Blacks that it...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoUbiquitous All Blacks!
ACCORDINGto reports by people who know about these things, Liverpool FC will be playing cup matches in different continents next month...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoBonus for conceding 95 points?
THE Cheetahs gave Ulster an old-fashioned hammering in Bloemfontein last month and yet their victims brought a point back to Belfast...
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: So just why did you lose then, Warren?
After celebrating Gatland's tenure, Peter Jackson cuts through indulgence to ask what went wrong for Wales in Japan
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: At £10,000 a seat you want to see the match!
Peter Jackson dives deep into the extravagant ticket prices on offer for the World Cup final - and shares his own...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Rebirth of Hiroshima ignored by Rugby World Cup
Peter Jackson's view on Hiroshima being an ample setting for a Rugby World Cup match 74 years on from the devastation...
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Kamikaze man ‘Shiggy’ has made real impact
Peter Jackson charts role of Shigeru Konno as one of the forefathers of Japanese rugby
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: England v Wales in World Cup final, says John Gallagher
As the first Englishman to win the World Cup and the only one to retire unbeaten, John Gallagher made the most...
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Class act as Manuel Diana remembers the fallen
Uruguay back row Manuel Diana paid tribute to the people of Kamaishi as a player who heralds from a club devastated...
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Phil Davies is admired as a glutton for punishment
Peter Jackson journeys back to 1987 when Wales and Phil Davies met the All Blacks
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: French refs see red more often than most
Peter Jackson analyses the tendency of French officials to dig out the red card
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Carpet layer Steve Ford finds World Cup is a stitch-up
Peter Jackson tracks down the 'invisible Welshman' who claims a record few others hold
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Schalk Brits set for swansong on grandest stage
The former Saracens hooker continues to defy his age as a central character in Rassie Eramus' plans
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/ 7 years agoJackson column: The day the floodgates opened on the pro rugby era
Peter Jackson digs deep into the story of how rugby turned professional 25 years ago
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/ 7 years agoJackson column: Humble Sir Brian Lochore was touched by true greatness
Peter Jackson pays tribute to late All Blacks great Sir Brian Lochore
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/ 7 years agoJackson column: New chance for Welsh clubs to join British League
After TRP's front page story last Sunday, Peter Jackson travels back in time to when the Welsh regions passed over joining...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Callum Sheedy must pledge allegiance to one flag
England? Wales? Ireland? The Bristol Bears fly-half faces a predicament few others can claim
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/ 7 years agoJackson column: Sale’s workhorse Sam James is as durable as Red Rum
Never out of the Sale Sharks team this season
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Champions Cup hasn’t spread rugby beyond Six Nations unions
Bilbao stands alone as the only time the European Cup finals have been spread further than London, Paris, Newcastle or Marseille,...
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/ 7 years agoJackson column: Shaun Edwards will always be one of Wales’ own
A strange timeline of events and the outcome of Wales' World Cup won't impact regard for Edwards
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/ 7 years agoJackson column: Alun Wyn Jones the last man standing from 2007
His first World Cup ended on the western coast of France with Wales plunged into a national crisis which forced them...
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/ 7 years agoJackson column: Welsh clubs risk European wipe out in Judgement Day weekend
Will the Principality Stadium be the heartbreak hotel for Welsh regions?
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Featured
/ 7 years agoJackson column: The mother behind Aberavon’s wizardry
Peter Jackson explores the history of the Mainwarings of Aberavon RFC, son Billy and matriarch Evelyn
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoPeter Jackson’s greatest Wales team of all time
The Grandest of Slammers – Jackson's XV for Wales' 50 years of glory
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Features
/ 7 years agoWhen Tarw put the boot into England Grand Slam
At some point this week, Eddie Jones could do worse than blow the dust off a classic illustration of England’s tendency...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSize matters so much in our new land of the giants
By Peter Jackson, When the Lions clinched their one and only series victory in New Zealand, one man stood above the...
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