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Peter saw his first international from the terracing at one end of Lansdowne Road, February 1959.

Buddy Holly’s death in a plane crash a few days earlier made for a sad expedition across the border from the far north.

Bev Risman’s penalty made the return sadder still: Ireland 0 England 3.

The following season the rugby gods played a dirty trick on Jackson, decreeing that his 1st XV debut in an Ulster schools’ match against Campbell College put him up against an opposite number destined to become an all-time great, Mike Gibson.

A trembling signwriter would have given Michelangelo more of a run for his money.

How strange that Gibson’s hopelessly outclassed opponent should end up on more Lions’ tours than the man himself thanks to a lifelong career in journalism from the Derry Standard to the Daily Mail via the Belfast Telegraph and South Wales Echo.

As well as five Lions tours, he has been to 10 of the 11 World Cups, including the first match of the inaugural tournament on a Friday afternoon at a half-empty Eden Park almost 40 years ago: New Zealand 70 Italy 6.

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