All posts tagged "Peter Jackson"
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHalfpenny could pay for Wales’ new-look
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Leigh Halfpenny’s used to be the first name on the Wales team-sheet and...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoAnscombe injury brings more woe for Blues
By PETER JACKSON CARDIFF Blues have been dealt a further blow over the immediate future of their Welsh-converted Junior All Black,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Top Cat still carries the bruises from Meads’ knee
Clive Rowlands woke up yesterday with the same ache in his lower back, just as he has woken up every Saturday...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTop Cat still carries the bruises from Meads’ knee
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Clive Rowlands woke up yesterday with the same ache in his lower back,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Welsh rugby ticket prices are a tweeting disgrace
Ever since William Webb Ellis did his runner at Rugby School, there have been obvious differences between the football codes. In...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWelsh rugby ticket prices are a tweeting disgrace
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ever since William Webb Ellis did his runner at Rugby School, there have...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: North must show he is still worth his place
Ever since the early days on Anglesey, George North had been used to clearing obstacles at high speed in a manner...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoThe green, green grass of home is down to Max
PETER JACKSON Max Boyce casts his mind back to the early Sixties and runs through his playing career at Glynneath. It...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWales face more woe over Walker
By PETER JACKSON WALES are concerned over the immediate future of the wing they have been trying to pick for the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRonaldo’s just lucky it wasn’t on rugby field
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Cristiano Ronaldo may never have heard of Neil Back nor Percy Montgomery but...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Cricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…
Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England. He would...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoFilise’s still firing at 40 with the Blues
By PETER JACKSON CARDIFF Blues prop Tau Filise will set a world record next month as the first professional player to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…
PETER JACKSON Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England....
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Action man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record
If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Johnny lost to Wales because of his colour
They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to be Tiger Bay on a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLydiate ready for action at Ospreys
By PETER JACKSON Gimme some skin: Christian Wade, left, and Dan Robson helped Wasps retain their Premiership Sevens title PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCaptain Sam gets Wembley honour
SPURS have invited Sam Warburton to be guest of honour at Wembley for their opening home match of the new Premier...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: How Leigh Halfpenny went from hero to zero offers in less than six months
Six months ago Leigh Halfpenny found himself under a veritable bombardment of offers on an ever-escalating scale over his next move....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFrom hero to zero in less than six months
PETER JACKSON Six months ago Leigh Halfpenny found himself under a veritable bombardment of offers on an ever-escalating scale over his...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoTime for Gatland to change his style
By PETER JACKSON It’s him again: Jordie Barrett breaks away to score for the Hurricanes against the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWho’d have thought it? Sam a radio role model
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW No matter what happens from now on, nothing will stop Sam Warburton taking...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks (almost) always come out firing for Test finale
The Lions will return to Auckland from their Queenstown break this week full of hope and expectation but they need to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoPremiership clubs have overstepped the mark this time
IN last week’s paper Lions manager John Spencer said plans to shorten future tours are ‘bordering on insanity’. Nick Cain’s main...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoGet ready for the fireworks …and some dubious calls!
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next week’s Test opener with a tour through the ages Experience shows us there is...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBank on Sam to make up distance like a champion
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW On a wintry Sunday evening late last summer, a bedraggled figure put his...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBad boy Pape signs off in inimitable style
PETER JACKSON reveals his exclusive table of Europe’s saints and sinners Leaving his mark: Stade Francais second row Pascal Pape PICTURE:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: McGeechan warned of Lions meltdown 24 years ago
Long before they knighted him for services to the game, Sir Ian McGeechan raised an issue serious enough to threaten the...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoMcGeechan warned of meltdown 24 years ago
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Long before they knighted him for services to the game, Sir Ian McGeechan...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHowScarlets boxed clever with Byron in their corner
PETER JACKSON Before the Scarlet champions could go out on the town in Dublin last Saturday night, Munster sent a congratulatory...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Size didn’t matter in 1971, just pure ability
When they line up for the first Test, the Lions‘ backs will be three inches taller on average than their historic...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoFollow our lead, Pivac tells Welsh rugby
By PETER JACKSON THEScarlets marked their coronation as PRO12 champions last night by challenging Wales to follow the dazzling brand of...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMunster are buried in a magnificent blizzard of fabulous tries
From PETER JACKSON at the Aviva Stadium THE scintillating Scarlets turned a leaden Dublin sky into more than 40 shades of...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSize didn’t matter in 1971, just pure ability
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When they line up for the first Test, the Lions’ backs will be...
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Features
/ 9 years agoValue of try currency on the rise in Europe
PETER JACKSON reveals how two clubs have pushed try-scoring rates to new heights PETER JACKSON There was a time not that...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Boks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve
There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out....
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Revitalised Broncos are bucking the trend
The Deri Broncos gave up the ghost when the last of them bolted and left the historic village club without a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Mr Reliable, but Dan is Mr Forgotten for Wales
There are two reasons why Dan Evans stands out in any crowd of players. He never misses a match because his...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWales set to unleash ‘new JPR’ in summer tour squad
By PETER JACKSON WALES are being urged to take a teenage full-back on tour next month for the first time since...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Whitcombe dynasty now propping up England
When he left Cardiff before the Second World War, Frank Whitcombe could have had no idea he would be creating a...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoCarter set to face England for last time
By PETER JACKSON Home play-off here we come: Sam Hill, right, celebrates Chiefs’ fourth try in their defeat of Northampton PICTURE:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Sorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative and Labour Members of Parliament – two. Even...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoMistake to pick Marler over Evans says Cotton
By PETER JACKSON THELions have made a mistake by failing to pick Wales loosehead Rob Evans, according to the only prop...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 10 years agoFarrell earns plaudits from suffering Meads
By PETER JACKSON Impressive: Owen Farrell goes past Wales’ Dan Biggar for England PICTURE: Getty Images OWEN Farrell will pose the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 10 years agoSorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Dylan must hope Lions history isn’t repeated
The Lions leave the England captain at home, pick his Irish counterpart instead for the series in New Zealand and end...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: JPR’s a Wales legend but was Price even better?
Anniversaries have been all the rage of late, from the 25th of England‘s last Grand Slam double under Will Carling to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Tale of two rugby cities could not be starker
On a wintry Friday night by the Clyde, Glasgow Warriors and Newport Gwent Dragons played out a 16-all draw. So few...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Warren so wrong on Sam’s loss as skipper
Warren Gatland has found the oldest scapegoat under the sun for Sam Warburton losing the Wales captaincy before their worst Six...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoDragons’ sale will hit backers for £5m
By PETER JACKSON THE two oldest benefactors in British rugby are resigned to a loss of up to £5m as their...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWarren so wrong on Sam’s loss as skipper
PETER JACKSON Confusion: Sam Warburton was given mixed messages PICTURE: Getty Images Warren Gatland has found the oldest scapegoat under the...
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