Peter Jackson

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Peter Jackson news, views, opinion and other content.

Dominci ‘devastated’ says wife

6 December 2020 0 comments

IT IS difficult to relate the colourful life of Christophe Dominici without ruling out the cruellest irony of all, that in the end the game […]

Jackson column: Christophe Dominici, so strong on the pitch, so fragile off it

3 December 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson writes on the troubled childhood of the late France wing, who was freed from dark days by bringing light to the rugby pitch

Jackson column: Star-maker Ioan Cunningham’s time with Wales must come

26 November 2020 0 comments

With Wayne Pivac’s faltering national side and no Welshman in charge at a region, Peter Jackson points to a coach who can lift the depression on Welsh rugby

Ray Prosser – A tribute to Pontypool legend and icon of the amateur era

24 November 2020 0 comments

Pontypool RFC confirmed the passing of their legendary coach and former Test British & Irish Lion on Sunday at the age of 93

Greg Growden’s heavyweight stature in the press gallery touched English-Aussie rivalry and had healthy cameraderie at its heart

18 November 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson pens an obituary of the life of respected Australian sports writer Greg Growden, who passed away last week

Jackson column: Byron Hayward carries the can for Wales’ flop against Scots

16 November 2020 0 comments

Hayward played an electrifying role in the Scarlets success under Wayne Pivac, but has he been a fall guy for a lacklustre Wales set-up?

Obituary: Peter Jackson on the life of JJ Williams

30 October 2020 0 comments

The legendary Wales and Lions winger passed away at the age of 72 on Thursday

Jackson column: All Blacks slayer ‘Chico’ faced up to his demons

28 October 2020 0 comments

The man who backed up the injured Gareth Edwards on the Lions 1971 tour but who never started a Test match

Jackson column: Wallabies captain Michael Hooper and his whirlwind journey to a Test ton

22 October 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson examines how Michael Hooper has outpaced others on his way to 100 Test caps before the age of 30

Jackson column: At long last, Billy Boston will get his statue

8 October 2020 0 comments

Billy Boston’s time in Cardiff has come after having his adoration by the masses in northern England recognised

Exclusive: The 30 Welsh clubs fighting to be saved from extinction

29 September 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson reports on the toll the pandemic is taking on Wales’ vulnerable clubs

Jackson column: Marathon man Stephen Myler goes clear of the field

23 September 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at the 17-year career of Ospreys fly-half Stephen Myler, and hears from the man himself

Jackson column: Scarlets can make fresh history with Euro victory

17 September 2020 0 comments

Scarlets can add new history to its record books where victory over the All Blacks stands proudest

Phil Kingsley Jones, the Welshman who discovered Jonah Lomu as a teenager, dies at 72

15 September 2020 0 comments

Kingsley Jones, who grew up in Blaina, rose to prominence within New Zealand and Tongan rugby

Jackson column: How could the mighty Ospreys fall so far?

9 September 2020 0 comments

The Ospreys enter a new decade disheveled from the glory days of ten years ago

Jackson column: James Whitcombe keeping the great prop dynasty alive

3 September 2020 0 comments

Four generations of Whitcombes that are steeped in history and, in young Leicester prop James’ case, promise

Jackson column: Champion Bill Shankland showed Jacklin how it was done

26 August 2020 0 comments

Warrington RLFC’s Shankland possessed an expertise that spanned more than just one sport, as Peter Jackson recounts

Jackson column: Port Talbot wizardry fizzes on in Regan Grace

19 August 2020 0 comments

A hat-trick against Leeds Rhinos in SUper League has got everything talking about Regan Grace

Jackson column: The invisible stars are letting down PRO14

14 August 2020 0 comments

The stars of the Six Nations are often left absent in their PRO14 campaigns, writes Peter Jackson

Jackson column: Survivor Sonny Billy Williams finds new payday in NRL

5 August 2020 0 comments

After his stint in Toronto came to an end, the former All Black is back in ‘footy’ with the Sydney Roosters

For Andy Haden a winning end always justified the means

29 July 2020 0 comments

New Zealand mourns the loss of 41-cap All Black lock Andy Haden

Jackson column: Short-swap stars can carry on regardless

21 July 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at the players set to qualify for Scotland, Ireland and Wales on residency grounds

Welsh regions fret over government’s ban on scrums

15 July 2020 0 comments

The Welsh Assembly has issued a blanket ban on scrums from taking place due to fear of COVID-19 spike

Jackson column: RFU ban destroyed Steve Pilgrim’s shot at Red Rose

15 July 2020 0 comments

Exiled from ever playing for England for going on trial to feature for Leeds Rhinos Seconds

Jackson column: Aled still hoping to brew up business

2 July 2020 0 comments

Aled Brew is at the crossroads of his career after being released by Bath at 33

Jackson column: Leinster were breaking new ground in unprecedented season

26 June 2020 0 comments

Forget Liverpool, Leinster’s 2019-20 season should be considered remarkable in any team sport

Global season talks hit stumbling block as Premiership and Top 14 oppose summer shift

23 June 2020 0 comments

LNR president Paul Goze believes summer rugby would be a sacrifice made to satisfy the southern hemisphere nations

All Black-slayer Carwyn deserved better than this

21 June 2020 1 comment

WHAT Carwyn James achieved during successive seasons had never been achieved before, nor since. He coached three teams to celebrated victories over the All Blacks: […]

Dream debut …then tutor to a rock star

21 June 2020 1 comment

IRELAND had never beaten anyone from the southern hemisphere when the Wallabies turned up at Lansdowne Road in January 1958. A home pack containing no […]

Jantjies strikes a blow for the shamateurs

21 June 2020 0 comments

AS VARIOUS factions within the English game traded insults over accusations of players being forced to sign reduced contracts, a plaintive sound could barely be […]

So stylish even Sir Clive came for a lesson

21 June 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE are very few rugby clubs that can claim to have been at the cutting […]

Champion class of 2020 maintaining the highest standards

21 June 2020 2 comments

IT can’t be easy living up to brilliant teams of yesteryear but this season’s Wellington 1st XV have been right up there with the very […]

YOUNG GUNS

21 June 2020 1 comment

GWILYM BRADLEY CARDIFF BLUES NO.7 When Gwilym Bradley suffered a serious wrist injury that wiped out his 2018/19 season and caused him to be released […]

Leinster’s glory trail runs into a roadblock

21 June 2020 1 comment

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Had the season run its natural course, one team might well by now have succeeded where every other failed. […]

Jackson column: Keith Lyons, the bushfire hero who blazed a trail in rugby analytics

19 June 2020 0 comments

Lyons’ influence and keen eye for breaking down rugby helped the likes of Alan Davies, Alec Evans and Kevin Bowring

Jackson column: New rule gives spirit of the game a red card

11 June 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at the thin ice rugby is treading after introducing the orange card

Jackson column: Givvons spun them a golden yarn in Oldham

3 June 2020 0 comments

The West Indies influence in Britain found its way into rugby league in the 1930s with Alex Givvons, Peter Jackson writes

Jackson column: Apartheid so sickened Tony Ward, he did not go back

28 May 2020 0 comments

The Ireland fly-half tells Peter Jackson how the disparaging sights of Apartheid South Africa he witnessed on the 1980 Lions tour left him ’emotionally scarred’

Leinster wing Dave Kearney is king of Europe’s elite tryscorers

28 May 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks over the stats for Europe’s top performing players in terms of tries and points scored

Apartheid so sickened Tony, he did not go back

25 May 2020 0 comments

Tony Ward has never forgotten his first impression of apartheid South Africa. The images are as clear and every bit as offensive today as when […]

Black day for Tyler, hero of Rosario

25 May 2020 0 comments

ROSARIO has never been short on claims to fame. The birthplace of rugby’s most revolutionary player (Che Guevara) and the nearest thing to a one-man […]