Peter Jackson

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

Time for these slow-goers to get a move on with their kicks at goal

1 April 2020 0 comments

Clocking the players who take their time kicking penalties – who is the worst culprit?

Jackson column: Muscleman Chris Jones rates power of prayer now

1 April 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson journeys back to the Vale in the 1980s by having a chat with Treorchy’s ‘Hatchet prop’ Chris Jones

Jackson column: Tomas Francis and Wales can’t be reunited soon enough

25 March 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson explains why Wales need tighthead prop now more than ever given their selection policy

Jackson column: Mr Prickly Alun Wyn Jones leads the world for grumpy PR

20 March 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson analyses the poker face of Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones through his years sat in front of the media

Jackson column: Alun Wyn Jones needs to walk tall at Twickenham

4 March 2020 0 comments

Wales need their captain and Ken ‘The Sheriff’ Owens to be on point for their Six Nations clash against England

Jackson column: Escape from the Nazis got Olly Kohn his Welsh cap

26 February 2020 0 comments

The extraordinary story of how Olly Kohn’s Slovakian ancestors escaped a train bound for Auchwitz and found their way to Shropshire

Escape from Nazis got Olly his Welsh cap

23 February 2020 0 comments

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Six Nations has never been short on journeys of a miraculous nature but this one might just trump […]

Can Bono do what Delilah did and unnerve England?

23 February 2020 0 comments

ENGLAND fans of a superstitious disposition will have reason to be wary of what awaits them at Twickenham this afternoon given that Ireland have been […]

NEWS EXTRA

23 February 2020 1 comment

Hurrell suffered a stroke at Tigers BRISTOL Bears centre Will Hurrell is recovering well after revealing that he suffered a stroke playing against Leicester Tigers […]

Jackson column: Advent of Josh Adams puts North at big risk

19 February 2020 0 comments

Josh Adams is showing his true Test class for Wales, writes Peter Jackson

Jackson column: Lions eye 2021 tour warm-up in Cardiff

12 February 2020 0 comments

The Lions plan on facing the Barbarians on home soil before jetting off to South Africa in 2021

Lions eye warm-up in Cardiff

9 February 2020 2 comments

The Lions will decide at a board meeting this week whether to transfer their next fixture from Twickenham to Cardiff rather than Edinburgh or Dublin. […]

Italy’s arrival opens up a hat-trick revolution

9 February 2020 1 comment

Hat-trick: Josh Adams scores his third try for Wales against Italy PICTURE: Getty Images TRY hat-tricks in the Six Nations are still relatively few and […]

Vincent aims to be in the Paris spotlight

9 February 2020 0 comments

ARTHUR Vincent could lay claim to be the invisible man of the Six Nations, no mean feat given that he appeared before some 81,000 spectators […]

Russell has real reason to regret

9 February 2020 3 comments

MAYBE one day, before he grows old and grey, Finn Russell will look back with regret at missing yesterday’s Calcutta Cup match. Whatever happened to […]

Jackson column: Sean Lineen led the way for Six Nations invasion

5 February 2020 0 comments

How the trickle of Kiwis into the Six Nations started with Scotland centre Sean Lineen

Jackson column: No bumps in the road for Wayne Pivac in his first match

29 January 2020 0 comments

As Wales prepare to face Italy in the Six Nations, Peter Jackson looks at how Pivac’s predecessors fared in their first matches in charge

Jackson column: Mystery of James Hook and the Wales No.10 shirt

23 January 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson ponders why James Hook was rarely considered to play at outside half for Wales under Warren Gatland

Jackson column: Mike Nicholas partied with Hannibal – now he’s off to see the Queen!

15 January 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson tells the story of the Port Talbot cross-coder who will be heading to Buckingham Palace

Mike partied with Lecter – now he’s off to see Queen!

12 January 2020 0 comments

Some day soon Mike Nicholas will present himself at Buckingham Palace by Royal appointment for his family’s biggest occasion since their night out with another […]

Let’s hope Ollivon can escape the curse of captaincy

12 January 2020 1 comment

CHARLES Ollivon’s acceptance speech as France captain ran along predictable enough lines. “It is a somewhat special moment,’’ he said. “Quite moving. I can’t wait […]

Parisse’s farewell is worthy of the man

12 January 2020 0 comments

NO PLAYER in any theatre of international sport, however great, has ever had the right to dictate where and when he will play his last […]

Galthie rings the changes for France

12 January 2020 1 comment

FABIEN Galthie has marked the start of his reign as France coach with a new-look squad for the Six Nations. Yoann Huget, Maxime Medard and […]

Brown on his way to making return for Wales

12 January 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER LEON Brown says his World Cup snub was the best thing that could have happened to him. And the young […]

RUGBY SHORTS

12 January 2020 0 comments

Malins has foot surgery SARACENS full-back Max Malins has had surgery to repair a broken foot, ruling him out for three months. The 23-year-old former […]

Jackson column: Champions will be wary of wounded Ospreys

8 January 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson previews how the Ospreys will be seeking to ignite their season against Saracens this weekend

Peter Jackson’s alternative list for Winners of 2019

30 December 2019 0 comments

An alternative take on the year’s events sees Peter Jackson crown Doddie Weir for his fight in defiance of MND

Jackson column: Rugby as Wales’ national sport? Not with these crowd numbers!

23 December 2019 0 comments

Can we expect a full house at any of the regions’ this festive period?

Rugby’s decade of difference

22 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallager looks back over the past ten years…the good, the bad and the superstars Brendan Gallager looks back over the past ten years…the good, […]

Howley’s two big questions…

22 December 2019 0 comments

NOBODY can accuse the Welsh Rugby Union of not showing real compassion in their handling of the Rob Howley betting issue. While every fair-minded fan […]

Kubriashvili has got yellow fever

22 December 2019 0 comments

DAVIT Kubriashvili is only halfway through the season but already far ahead of schedule to break all yellow card records. Grenoble’s veteran prop has collected […]

National sport? Not with these crowd numbers!

22 December 2019 1 comment

At close of business on Friday, shrinking attendances in the PRO14 confirmed that the Welsh regional teams had joined Jeremy Corbyn in the League of […]

Webster would not have been in the pink

22 December 2019 1 comment

THROUGHOUTa distinguished career for Swansea, Wales and the Lions, Richard Webster never lost sight of his oldschool values. They served him well as a coach, […]

Plumtree served his time well

22 December 2019 1 comment

NOBODY can accuse John Plumtree of cutting corners during his apprenticeship for a position among the All Black coaching elite, one that began in Swansea […]

Jackson column: Indestructible Faletau gets bad breaks

19 December 2019 0 comments

Taulupe Faletau’s seemingly impervious resilience to injury has now been penetrated

Jackson column: Days of romance, song and drama with Lions

11 December 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks back on the 1955 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, when attitudes were different but the rugby just as dramatic

Jackson column: The Welsh way once ruled – not anymore

5 December 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson on the sorry state of affairs at the Ospreys and how Welsh coaching talent once thrived

Jackson column: Pathfinder Bedford lay ground for Siya Kolisi

27 November 2019 0 comments

The Springboks captain during the Apartheid era who was the first to recognise change was needed in South Africa

Jackson column: Welsh regions pay dearly for loss of their stars

21 November 2019 0 comments

Wayne Pivac isn’t the only one reeling from injuries to key members of Wales’ World Cup squad, writes Peter Jackson

Jackson column: Johnny McNicholl will give North some competition

13 November 2019 0 comments

George North has now been in the Test arena for a decade – could his use on the wing for Wales come under threat from McNicholl?

McNicholl will give North some competition

10 November 2019 1 comment

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Five years ago Johnny McNicholl found himself surrounded by so many All Blacks that it must have seemed a […]

Ubiquitous All Blacks!

10 November 2019 0 comments

ACCORDINGto reports by people who know about these things, Liverpool FC will be playing cup matches in different continents next month within 24 hours. Those […]

Bonus for conceding 95 points?

10 November 2019 0 comments

THE Cheetahs gave Ulster an old-fashioned hammering in Bloemfontein last month and yet their victims brought a point back to Belfast which, who knows, could […]

Welsh give England a vocal send-off

10 November 2019 0 comments

JUDGING by the way some acclaimed the result from Yokohama last Saturday, the biggest cheer from within Wales during the World Cup sounded as though […]