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 New Zealander. Jimmy Gopperth is still good enough to prolong his status as the Grand Old Man of the English Premiership.
At the end of a week when one of the precious few contemporaries to match his longevity, Argentina’s redoubtable back row forward Juan Manuel Leguizamon, called it a day at 38, Gopperth keeps on going.
He is on track to be the oldest player to appear in a European club final. The Challenge Cup decider, scheduled for The Vel...