PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

Saturday, April 11, 2015 at The Stoop and Harlequins are playing Gloucester in front of a full-house on a beautiful spring afternoon. The ball sails out of play, the packs jog over for the set-piece and the referee approaches the touch judge with a brief acknowledgement: “Ok, Dad.”
The players within closest earshot wonder whether the young chap in the middle is taking the mickey out of the old feller running the line.
“Did you hear what the ref just said?’’ one of them asked the touch judge.
Touch judge: ‘“Heard what?’’
“He called you ‘Dad’.”
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