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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Like it or not George, facts are facts!
George North put his two big feet into the concussion debate the other day in sneering contempt of the media over...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Warburton’s too good to be left in the cold for long
In hindsight, Sam Warburton might have seen the writing on the wall as well as everywhere else on the day of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: The day Big Bad Jim forgot his old pals act
The years keep rolling by but when it comes to dispensing their own brand of rough justice, a pair of Welsh...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: I see a man on a tractor roaring in to lead Lions
Now 2017 has dawned, no New Year would be complete without a few gongs inspired by the events of the old...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Candid Phil Steele shares his demons to help others
Phil Steele has earned himself a rewarding reputation as a technical-zone television reporter and after-dinner speaker, a veritable bundle of laughs....
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Billy Boston’s old club being left for dead by the Union
The world’s first multi-racial rugby club, the one in Cardiff docks made famous by Billy Boston, is fighting for its life....
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoWelsh team is hidden behind wall of silence
There used to be a time when the attendance at a Wales practice match outnumbered those at most club matches across...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoWarren Gatland’s Lions job hits Welsh rebuilding
In December 2013, at the height of the Welsh war when the four regions had been driven towards eloping to the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoHelp! We’re all being overrun by the imports
By PETER JACKSON Within the next 12 months Ireland will be free to cap several more nomadic New Zealanders. Scotland will...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: It’s high time someone at the WRU apologised
No matter how often they fail against the big three, Team Wales never fail to trot out the same trite excuses....
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Clowns? No the joke’s on Wales when Aussies call
Wales take their annual autumn shot at the Wallabies next Saturday, driven by the assumption that they cannot go on missing...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Gatland’s Law pays no heed to loyalty
The Welsh Rugby Union really ought to write a thankyou letter to those nice people who run the big English clubs,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Limited space? All Blacks find acres of it
One day last February after an unusually turgid round of Six Nations matches, Warren Gatland made a few observations of a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: RPA must act over this concussion blackout
Gerry Gilpin and Ben Herring are poles apart – the former on the outer rim of Western Europe in Belfast, the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Tom Prydie return has reminded us of fame’s fickle nature
Tom Prydie came out of the shadows on Friday night after the longest ten months of his turbulent rugby life. As...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Try the new Premiership game: Spot an Englishman!
When Newcastle and Leicester squared up at Kingston Park last Sunday, they set a record of sorts, one that appeared to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: The Cardiff flier forced to abandon his dream
Billy Boston now has a life-sized statue of his very own in Wigan, a bronze creation for which the town clubbed...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: Solution is needed to get Ospreys flying again
According to people who know about these things, the last confirmed flight of an Osprey over Wales took place some 12...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: Connacht haven’t lost hunger to retain title
Even when the whole of Galway let its collective hair down for days and nights on end, John Muldoon never lost...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Jamie Cudmore’s crusade to curb risk of concussion
Jamie Cudmore has hurled himself into a crusade this season on behalf of rugby players all over Europe, to raise millions...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: The day Newport felled the ‘Pinetree’
Over the course of more than 50 matches for the All Blacks all over the British Isles, Colin Meads only lost...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Star-finder Paul Turner can give Wales fresh hope
England‘s 45-man training squad this weekend included ten born in the Southern Hemisphere – four in New Zealand, three in Australia,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Misery in Wales has moulded Steve Hansen
As head coach of the All Blacks, Steve Hansen has lost three Test matches in five years. In the same position...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Yes-No interlude for Shaun Edwards
Shaun Edwards could have been forgiven for not knowing whether he was coming or going in recent weeks, an observation which...
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Columnists
/ 10 years agoJackson column: Somme hero Williams was the perfect wing
By Peter Jackson Some of the biggest names in the game have given it their best shot at the most elusive...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: The Welsh Lions face mauling by England
The last Lions Test team contained ten Welshmen and two English. The numbers for the next one could very easily turn...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Welfare is sacrificed on altar of Test cash
For those who survived the World Cup and everything else the fates threw at them, the longest of all seasons ended...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson verdict: Promise fades for Wales as Steve Hansen finds a new batch
There will probably be calls this morning from Humanitarian Aid organisations for another referendum in Wales so the people can decide...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Jonathan Davies loses his mentor and Wales lose a star
A beacon of pure brilliance went out shortly before midnight on Thursday. Peter Corrigan, for so long a permanent fixture among...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson verdict: Wales bewitched by Beauden Barrett
There is such a terrible beauty about Beauden Barrett that as soon as he appeared Wales had good reason to fear...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Rugby has become too destructive for own good
The human wreckage of one club’s season can be gauged from some brutal facts – 30 significant injuries requiring more than...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson verdict: The All Blacks got up off the canvas
Peter The cognoscenti had been nodding all over New Zealand all week in agreement with Christian Cullen’s prognosis, that Wales wouldn’t...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Wales, it’s time to give All Blacks a real Test!
When Wales touched down in Auckland the other day, the All Blacks did their level best to ensure them a soft...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Fans flock to watch match with no meaning
England against Wales at Twickenham last autumn resulted in the hosts being ejected from the World Cup with indecent haste. The...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: The Welshman who helped spark Saracens’ revolution
Mark Evans has never forgotten his first night of European football, watching Cardiff City beat Real Madrid from the blue-collar Grange...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: James Davies can use Warren Gatland snub to star in Olympics
According to Warren Gatland, New Zealand is no country for young men to be initiated into the ranks of Test rugby,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Even with TMOs, referees still miss foul play
At close of play on Friday night, 23 players had been sent off in European club competition this season compared to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Little big man Harry Robinson joins list of mini victims
Harry Robinson’s first tour as a newly-capped international three years ago ended with a glowing report from the Wales management. Despite...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Underdogs Connacht my team of the season
Pat Lam achieved some notable firsts as a player at the end of the 20th century and the start of the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Johnny McNicholl bid mocks the registration rules
Johnny McNicholl has no Welsh ancestry. Nor has he set foot in Wales, but already he has spoken about his desire...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Buy Dragons? No way on God’s earth! says David Moffett
The Dragons‘ ‘For Sale’ signs had no sooner gone up at Rodney Parade than a controversial figure began putting some distance...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Stripe me! How can this Zebre side be Champions?
Zebre have lost their last four away matches by scores that could double up as opening stands at the T20 World...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Ravaged All Blacks offer hope to Wales
The striking similarities between Julian Savea and Nehe Milner-Skudder extend beyond the fact that each has scored eight tries in his...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Glen Webbe shows laughter is still the best medicine
Glen Webbe was the first black British player to appear in the World Cup and the first of any colour to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Phew, a Grand Slam at last and not yet another grand shambles
And so ‘Fast Eddie’ has lived up to his name. A Six Nations Grand Slam at the first attempt made all...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Time is on your side, Ian, but are Wales?
As career records go, it surely stands supreme – three Six Nations’ tournaments, three Six Nations titles and two Grand Slams....
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Come on Wales, try and give us a thrill
Wales will bring their Iron Curtain to Twickenham next week and defy England to find a way through. They will man...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Why France are at sixes and sevens over David Smith
There was a time when rugby enjoyed a titter at football’s expense over their nationality laws and the amusing case of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Let’s ban the booze – at least during the match
Wales opened their wondrous new stadium to a fanfare of fancy features, not least its capacity to pour alcohol in record...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: James Bird swoops into pole position with Eagles
Goalkicking fly-halves turned out mob-handed for the opening round of the Six Nations, all nine of them. How wonderful to report...















