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Peter Jackson column: Glory days come with a big price for Dafydd

7 February 2019 0 comments

[quote] “Glory Days. Well they’ll pass you by, Glory Days In the wink of a young girl’s eye, Glory Days, Glory Days.” – Bruce Springsteen [/quote] […]

Peter Jackson column: RFU miss the boat again for Shaun Edwards

13 August 2018 0 comments

England miss another chance to join forces with a coach who has won everything there is to win in Union bar the World Cup.

Jackson: North’s good for Wales but what about the region?

30 November 2017 0 comments

(Picture: Getty Images) By Peter Jackson George North arrived at Franklin’s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left for North London. The […]

Peter Jackson: Top Cat still carries the bruises from Meads’ knee

21 September 2017 0 comments

Clive Rowlands woke up yesterday with the same ache in his lower back, just as he has woken up every Saturday for more than half […]

Peter Jackson: Welsh rugby ticket prices are a tweeting disgrace

14 September 2017 0 comments

Ever since William Webb Ellis did his runner at Rugby School, there have been obvious differences between the football codes. In Wales right now, the […]

Peter Jackson: North must show he is still worth his place

8 September 2017 0 comments

Ever since the early days on Anglesey, George North had been used to clearing obstacles at high speed in a manner reminiscent of Edwin Moses. […]

Peter Jackson: Cricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…

18 August 2017 0 comments

Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England. He would have captained Nottinghamshire County […]

Peter Jackson: Action man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record

10 August 2017 0 comments

If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming season. His 400th competitive […]

Peter Jackson: Johnny lost to Wales because of his colour

4 August 2017 0 comments

They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to be Tiger Bay on a journey of no return. […]

Peter Jackson: How Leigh Halfpenny went from hero to zero offers in less than six months

26 July 2017 0 comments

Six months ago Leigh Halfpenny found himself under a veritable bombardment of offers on an ever-escalating scale over his next move. They came raining down […]