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Dai Young ticks all the boxes | Peter Jackson

14 January 2021 1 comment

Peter Jackson looks at the abrupt exit of Cardiff Blues and the mishandling of a situation prior to making the apt appointment of Dai Young

Little tough nut Ivor had the Gloucester giants quaking in their boots – Mike Burton

10 January 2021 0 comments

TRP columnist Peter Jackson remembers the great Gloucester trainer of 50 years ago, with former England and Lions prop Mike Burton

The day Edward James stood firm against Super Brat | Peter Jackson

7 January 2021 1 comment

The Llanelli RFC president and former centre will be laid to rest this week. but his love for sport expanded far beyond rugby

‘Hundreds’ set to join brain injury court fight

20 December 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson reports on the growing number of retired rugby players pledging their support to the court case seeking damages over brain injury

This is tip of iceberg says neuro specialist

17 December 2020 1 comment

Dr Barry O’Driscoll, uncle of Ireland great Brian, voices his concerns over rugby’s trend of concussion and traumatic brain injury

Dominci ‘devastated’ says wife

6 December 2020 0 comments

IT IS difficult to relate the colourful life of Christophe Dominici without ruling out the cruellest irony of all, that in the end the game […]

TMO wrong about Ulster’s Kieran Treadwell

6 December 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson comments on the implausible judgement of the TMO to reduce Kieran Treadwell’s dangerous tackle to a yellow from red

Jackson column: Madman, Duke and Sheets all loved Pross!

6 December 2020 0 comments

Pontypool legend Ray Prosser was laid to rest on Tuesday. TRP’s Peter Jackson defines the impact of rugby’s greatest characters on Wales

Apartheid apology is overdue

6 December 2020 0 comments

THIS weekend, as over the previous four Nations Cup weekends, World Rugby’s message has been relayed from empty stadia into homes across the UK: “The […]

Jackson column: Christophe Dominici, so strong on the pitch, so fragile off it

3 December 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson writes on the troubled childhood of the late France wing, who was freed from dark days by bringing light to the rugby pitch

Jackson column: Star-maker Ioan Cunningham’s time with Wales must come

26 November 2020 0 comments

With Wayne Pivac’s faltering national side and no Welshman in charge at a region, Peter Jackson points to a coach who can lift the depression on Welsh rugby