Peter Jackson

France set to rock with the best league in the world

28 August 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW French flair: La Rochelle may be champions of Europe but they finished fifth in their league PICTURE: […]

Remembering DK, the speedster who made a name for himself

28 August 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON KEN Jones died last Wednesday, barely a fortnight after his 82nd birthday and some 60 years after becoming the first of a rare […]

Foley’s return smacks of Aussie desperation

21 August 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ever since Australia made him carry the can for their last World Cup, it can hardly have […]

So sad to see Grav’s pride and joy is now a ghost club

21 August 2022 0 comments

Ray Gravell adored his “Rocky Mountain home in the west”, Mynyddygarreg in Carmarthenshire where he helped friends and neighbours create a rugby club with the […]

Ikey fights to save life of his only daughter

14 August 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW In his line of duty for Wales and the Lions, Ian ‘Ikey’ Stephens went toe to toe […]

Sullivan, the soccer player …

14 August 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THIS column’s plaintive cry for the city 0 Cardiff to recognise Jim Sullivan has prompted admirers to delve into a treasure-trove of stories […]

One day,two defeats for All Blacks

14 August 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THAT New Zealand once lost six international matches in a row is a fact but there is more to this story than meets […]

Hare’s world record keeps on growing

7 August 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Dusty Hare retired more than 30 years ago and yet his world points record keeps going up. […]

The silent treatment for Hansen

7 August 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON The mucky stuff really hit fans all over New Zealand last week when Sir Steve Hansen said what he thought of those responsible […]

Fans left at the bottom of the pile when it comes to kick-off times

7 August 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON A summer of sorrow over Llanelli draws towards a close, leaving the Scarlets to prepare for their 150th anniversary season without the most […]

Dusty and Sully: Pair who lit up the game

31 July 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW They came into the world at different places in different times, two boys who grew up in […]

Robertson makes sure message gets across

31 July 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON SCOTT Robertson has never needed a publicity agent to trumpet his serial success on behalf of the Crusaders and remind New Zealand’s rugby […]

Why Wales should let Reffell stay at Leicester

24 July 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW As a Welshman thriving in the English Premiership, Tommy Reffell knows that a time will come when […]

Grace looking to make most of return journey

17 July 2022 2 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW One hundred summers ago, Johnny Ring left Port Talbot on a journey of no return, a one-way […]

Ken Kennedy, a Lion whose impact on top sport lasted a lifetime

17 July 2022 0 comments

Peter Jackson The Lions have lost another of their Invincibles in former Ireland hooker Ken Kennedy. His sudden death at the age of 81 on […]

Red cards are now haunting All Blacks

17 July 2022 0 comments

Peter Jackson In their first 112 years of Test rugby, the All Blacks got by without any more than three players being sent off: Cyril […]

The one that got away for Roberts

17 July 2022 0 comments

Peter Jackson If Jamie Roberts could only be granted the wish of playing one match over again, he would name the time, the venue and […]

What price for a jersey famous the world over?

10 July 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW One of the game’s most treasured jerseys has reappeared alongside its revered owner for the first time […]

Evergreen Parisse set to join the 500 club

3 July 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Amassing 500 matches among the European elite requires surviving an endurance test of brutal longevity: at least […]

Au Revoir, Arrivederci, Hywl Fawr, Goodbye…

26 June 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At close of business on Friday, 40 Test players boasting a collective stack of 1,368 caps had […]

Welsh fan power has shifted to round ball

12 June 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Shortly after noon on Monday, April 14, 1969, a bus joined the queue at Checkpoint Charlie pending […]

Kayaks revel in rewriting history

5 June 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Good value? Cheslin Kolbe has scored only four tries this seasonPICTURE: Getty Images■ TOULON paid around £1.5m […]

Hignell one of the last sporting all-rounders

29 May 2022 2 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Master of art: Alastair Hignell in oval-ball action for EnglandThe England-New Zealand cricket series will be twothirds […]

How RWC cooked up pig’s ear of a draw

22 May 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Towards the end of the World Cup draw, a celebrated chef stepped forward to fish the last […]

La Rochelle present a tougher test

22 May 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON LEO Cullen before last week’s semi-final against Toulouse in Dublin: “It doesn’t get any tougher.’’ Considering that the ex-champions ought to have been […]

Fly-half Billy left the kicks to others

22 May 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON BILLY Griffiths rolled off the assembly line at the Welsh fly-half factory in the mid-1950s whereupon he set about making the most of […]

Beer test put Glyn on his way to Widnes

15 May 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The last formality of Glyn Shaw’s transfer from Neath to Widnes took place in a pub called The […]

Declining European crowds a cause for concern

15 May 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON LA Defense Arena, Racing’s indoor home some six miles west of downtown Paris, offers 30,261 seats for rugby matches. More than twothirds of […]

Merging of giants is the only option to lift Welsh

8 May 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When the organisers finalise their 24 qualifiers for next season’s Champions Cup, they will make room for […]

Wily Myler has many more miles still left on the clock

8 May 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Longevity: Myler STEPHEN Myler will complete 20 years as a goalkicking stand-off next season, adding to a points total which at approaching 3,500 […]

Leicester lesson has served Leo well

1 May 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Leo Cullen left Dublin for Leicester during the summer of 2005 on a mission of discovery that continues […]

Only Evans to coach Wales was a Wallaby

1 May 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON AT the last count, as conducted by people who know about these things, there were almost 75,000 Evanses living in Wales.How strange, therefore, […]

Jimmy’s on course for illustrious 4,000 club

24 April 2022 2 comments

PETER JACKSON ON a sporting stage where the landscape changes like a kaleidoscope, one constant can be found in the enduring presence of an uncapped […]

Biden keen to spread the faith

24 April 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON JOE Biden’s support of America’s bid to host the 2031 World Cup shows that the President’s interest in the game extends beyond sending […]

Pivac must make bold calls to stop Welsh slide

24 April 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Since taking charge of Wales after the last World Cup, Wayne Pivac has been searching high and low […]

Belittling dangers of concussion is the Stone Age view

24 April 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON ANYONE still daft enough to belittle the dangers of concussion and parrot the Stone Age view that the game’s gone soft ought to […]

Sorry saga of failures that haunt Arms Park

17 April 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Rout: Liam Williams celebrates after he scores for Scarlets against Cardiff last weekendPICTURE: Huw EvansBack in the summer […]

WRU still think they were right over Big Al

17 April 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE Welsh Rugby Union hierarchy finally got around the other day to addressing the home defeat to Italy but without a word about […]

Why so lenient with Latu?

17 April 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON SILALOTU Latu, the Australian hooker who plays for Stade Francais when not in a state of suspension, will remain in one for the […]

Wizard Kel put blind faith in his Saints life

10 April 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Kel Coslett got home late one summer’s night from the afternoon shift at the steelworks to be […]

Quiet man Tom was fearless

10 April 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON OF all the tributes pouring forth from the great and the good over the death of Tom Smith, Jim Telfer’s stood out, his […]

Quins out to topple the French kingmaker

3 April 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW As befitting a billionaire at least four times over, Mohed Altrad is used to dealing in […]

North still waiting on sidelines

3 April 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON GEORGE North reaches another milestone this month irrespective of his fitness, one which marks the remorseless march of time. The boy wonder of […]

Rushing Alun Wyn back hard to justify

27 March 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW During a BBC interview last week, Alun Wyn Jones waxed lyrical about the grand family occasion planned around […]

Ashes cameo put Wales cap Rees in a class of his own

27 March 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON ALAN Rees won his Wales cap during the frozen winter of 1962-63. By then the Maesteg fly-half had been a professional sportsman for […]

Hard road, but Biggar got there in the end

20 March 2022 2 comments

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Throughout his long Ireland career, the peerless Jackie Kyle missed a mere four matches in 12 seasons, a […]

Chosen 30 to make the final hurdle

20 March 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON GIVEN the Six Nations’ capacity for wreaking havoc on a Grand National scale, it is all too easy to forget that mere survival […]

Inga taught Edwards to box clever

20 March 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON VA’AIGA Tuigamala, the cross-code superstar, lay in state at Waitakere Stadium in suburban Auckland the day before his funeral last week. Half a […]

Exeter’s gain is a big loss for Wales

13 March 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW With a surname like his, Tom O’Flaherty sounds as though he ought to be a godsend for Ireland, […]

Cups galore but there’s room for one more

13 March 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON FOR decade after decade, the old fogies responsible for running the world’s oldest annual international sporting event steadfastly refused to recognise it as […]

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