It’s time the RFU honoured the first black international

BRENDAN GALLAGHER

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THE RFU and Premiership Rugby are to be commended for their Project Rugby aimed to engage 12,000 new participants from the Black, Asian and minority ethnic populations in England including many, inevitably, from the poorer parts of the country.
The RFU’s track record in modern times has been pretty good in this respect but what has always puzzled me is why they haven’t made more of the Jamie Peters story, a true trailblazer for black sport...