Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Like it or not George, facts are facts!

George North put his two big feet into the concussion debate the other day in sneering contempt of the media over...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Warburton’s too good to be left in the cold for long

In hindsight, Sam Warburton might have seen the writing on the wall as well as everywhere else on the day of...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: The day Big Bad Jim forgot his old pals act

The years keep rolling by but when it comes to dispensing their own brand of rough justice, a pair of Welsh...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: I see a man on a tractor roaring in to lead Lions

Now 2017 has dawned, no New Year would be complete without a few gongs inspired by the events of the old...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Candid Phil Steele shares his demons to help others

Phil Steele has earned himself a rewarding reputation as a technical-zone television reporter and after-dinner speaker, a veritable bundle of laughs....

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Autumn Internationals

/ 9 years ago

All Blacks grab £3m jackpot at Twickenham

The All Blacks will be turning up at Twickenham next year after all for what promises to be the richest match...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Billy Boston’s old club being left for dead by the Union

The world’s first multi-racial rugby club, the one in Cardiff docks made famous by Billy Boston, is fighting for its life....

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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Quit now George, says top brain doctor

George North must consider retiring rather than run further risk of brain damage, according to an expert on concussion. “George does...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Welsh team is hidden behind wall of silence

There used to be a time when the attendance at a Wales practice match outnumbered those at most club matches across...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Warren Gatland’s Lions job hits Welsh rebuilding

In December 2013, at the height of the Welsh war when the four regions had been driven towards eloping to the...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Help! We’re all being overrun by the imports

By PETER JACKSON Within the next 12 months Ireland will be free to cap several more nomadic New Zealanders. Scotland will...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: It’s high time someone at the WRU apologised

No matter how often they fail against the big three, Team Wales never fail to trot out the same trite excuses....

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Clowns? No the joke’s on Wales when Aussies call

Wales take their annual autumn shot at the Wallabies next Saturday, driven by the assumption that they cannot go on missing...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Gatland’s Law pays no heed to loyalty

The Welsh Rugby Union really ought to write a thankyou letter to those nice people who run the big English clubs,...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Limited space? All Blacks find acres of it

One day last February after an unusually turgid round of Six Nations matches, Warren Gatland made a few observations of a...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: RPA must act over this concussion blackout

Gerry Gilpin and Ben Herring are poles apart – the former on the outer rim of Western Europe in Belfast, the...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Tom Prydie return has reminded us of fame’s fickle nature

Tom Prydie came out of the shadows on Friday night after the longest ten months of his turbulent rugby life. As...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Try the new Premiership game: Spot an Englishman!

When Newcastle and Leicester squared up at Kingston Park last Sunday, they set a record of sorts, one that appeared to...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: The Cardiff flier forced to abandon his dream

Billy Boston now has a life-sized statue of his very own in Wigan, a bronze creation for which the town clubbed...

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British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 9 years ago

Lions set for biggest pay-day in their history

The Lions stand to make as much as £80,000-a-man in New Zealand next year if they beat the All Blacks for...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Solution is needed to get Ospreys flying again

According to people who know about these things, the last confirmed flight of an Osprey over Wales took place some 12...

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British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 9 years ago

Lions tour schedule crazy says hero Fran Cotton

The Lions schedule in New Zealand next year has been condemned as ‘crazy’ by the only Englishman to win a Test...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Connacht haven’t lost hunger to retain title

Even when the whole of Galway let its collective hair down for days and nights on end, John Muldoon never lost...

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Featured

/ 9 years ago

Move Six Nations to the summer says Gerald Davies

Gerald Davies today makes an impassioned plea for the Six Nations to be taken out of its winter habitat and rescheduled...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Jamie Cudmore’s crusade to curb risk of concussion

Jamie Cudmore has hurled himself into a crusade this season on behalf of rugby players all over Europe, to raise millions...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: The day Newport felled the ‘Pinetree’

Over the course of more than 50 matches for the All Blacks all over the British Isles, Colin Meads only lost...

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Featured

/ 9 years ago

Six Nations will vote on bonus points plan

The Six Nations are planning to introduce bonus points starting next year when England defend their Grand Slam. The first change...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Star-finder Paul Turner can give Wales fresh hope

England‘s 45-man training squad this weekend included ten born in the Southern Hemisphere – four in New Zealand, three in Australia,...

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Autumn Internationals

/ 9 years ago

All Blacks ramp up Test price to £3m

The All Blacks have demanded an unprecedented price for playing England – 50 per cent of Twickenham’s £6m gate. New Zealand‘s...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Misery in Wales has moulded Steve Hansen

As head coach of the All Blacks, Steve Hansen has lost three Test matches in five years. In the same position...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Yes-No interlude for Shaun Edwards

Shaun Edwards could have been forgiven for not knowing whether he was coming or going in recent weeks, an observation which...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: The Welsh Lions face mauling by England

The last Lions Test team contained ten Welshmen and two English. The numbers for the next one could very easily turn...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Welfare is sacrificed on altar of Test cash

For those who survived the World Cup and everything else the fates threw at them, the longest of all seasons ended...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson verdict: Promise fades for Wales as Steve Hansen finds a new batch

There will probably be calls this morning from Humanitarian Aid organisations for another referendum in Wales so the people can decide...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Jonathan Davies loses his mentor and Wales lose a star

A beacon of pure brilliance went out shortly before midnight on Thursday. Peter Corrigan, for so long a permanent fixture among...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson verdict: Wales bewitched by Beauden Barrett

There is such a terrible beauty about Beauden Barrett that as soon as he appeared Wales had good reason to fear...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Rugby has become too destructive for own good

The human wreckage of one club’s season can be gauged from some brutal facts – 30 significant injuries requiring more than...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson verdict: The All Blacks got up off the canvas

Peter The cognoscenti had been nodding all over New Zealand all week in agreement with Christian Cullen’s prognosis, that Wales wouldn’t...

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Featured

/ 9 years ago

The incredible story of Connacht sensation Niyi Adeolokun

Tony Smeeth was watching the Pro12 Grand Final from his father’s hospital bedside in Dorchester when a familiar figure flashed across...

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Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Wales, it’s time to give All Blacks a real Test!

When Wales touched down in Auckland the other day, the All Blacks did their level best to ensure them a soft...

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Peter Jackson

/ 10 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Fans flock to watch match with no meaning

England against Wales at Twickenham last autumn resulted in the hosts being ejected from the World Cup with indecent haste. The...

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Peter Jackson

/ 10 years ago

Peter Jackson column: The Welshman who helped spark Saracens’ revolution

Mark Evans has never forgotten his first night of European football, watching Cardiff City beat Real Madrid from the blue-collar Grange...

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Peter Jackson

/ 10 years ago

Peter Jackson column: James Davies can use Warren Gatland snub to star in Olympics

According to Warren Gatland, New Zealand is no country for young men to be initiated into the ranks of Test rugby,...

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Featured

/ 10 years ago

Six Nations heads for talks on relegation

The organisers of the Six Nations are to consider introducing promotion and relegation to the world’s oldest annual international championship. After...

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