Peter Jackson

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

Jackson column: Class act as Manuel Diana remembers the fallen

3 October 2019 0 comments

Uruguay back row Manuel Diana paid tribute to the people of Kamaishi as a player who heralds from a club devastated in its own past

Jackson column: Phil Davies is admired as a glutton for punishment

25 September 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson journeys back to 1987 when Wales and Phil Davies met the All Blacks

Jackson column: French refs see red more often than most

18 September 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson analyses the tendency of French officials to dig out the red card

Jackson column: Carpet layer Steve Ford finds World Cup is a stitch-up

13 September 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson tracks down the ‘invisible Welshman’ who claims a record few others hold

Jackson column: Schalk Brits set for swansong on grandest stage

5 September 2019 0 comments

The former Saracens hooker continues to defy his age as a central character in Rassie Eramus’ plans

Jackson column: The day the floodgates opened on the pro rugby era

30 August 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson digs deep into the story of how rugby turned professional 25 years ago

Jackson column: Humble Sir Brian Lochore was touched by true greatness

14 August 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson pays tribute to late All Blacks great Sir Brian Lochore

Jackson column: New chance for Welsh clubs to join British League

25 July 2019 0 comments

After TRP’s front page story last Sunday, Peter Jackson travels back in time to when the Welsh regions passed over joining the Premiership

Jackson column: Callum Sheedy must pledge allegiance to one flag

6 June 2019 0 comments

England? Wales? Ireland? The Bristol Bears fly-half faces a predicament few others can claim

Jackson column: Sale’s workhorse Sam James is as durable as Red Rum

31 May 2019 0 comments

Never out of the Sale Sharks team this season

Jackson column: Champions Cup hasn’t spread rugby beyond Six Nations unions

16 May 2019 0 comments

Bilbao stands alone as the only time the European Cup finals have been spread further than London, Paris, Newcastle or Marseille, writes Peter Jackson

Jackson column: Shaun Edwards will always be one of Wales’ own

8 May 2019 0 comments

A strange timeline of events and the outcome of Wales’ World Cup won’t impact regard for Edwards

Jackson column: Alun Wyn Jones the last man standing from 2007

30 April 2019 0 comments

His first World Cup ended on the western coast of France with Wales plunged into a national crisis which forced them to dig deep for […]

Jackson column: Welsh clubs risk European wipe out in Judgement Day weekend

26 April 2019 0 comments

Will the Principality Stadium be the heartbreak hotel for Welsh regions?

Jackson column: The mother behind Aberavon’s wizardry

11 April 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson explores the history of the Mainwarings of Aberavon RFC, son Billy and matriarch Evelyn

Peter Jackson’s greatest Wales team of all time

28 March 2019 0 comments

The Grandest of Slammers – Jackson’s XV for Wales’ 50 years of glory

When Tarw put the boot into England Grand Slam

22 February 2019 0 comments

At some point this week, Eddie Jones could do worse than blow the dust off a classic illustration of England’s tendency to go to pieces in Cardiff.

Size matters so much in our new land of the giants

14 February 2019 0 comments

By Peter Jackson, When the Lions clinched their one and only series victory in New Zealand, one man stood above the rest – Gordon Brown, […]

Peter Jackson column: Glory days come with a big price for Dafydd

7 February 2019 0 comments

[quote] “Glory Days. Well they’ll pass you by, Glory Days In the wink of a young girl’s eye, Glory Days, Glory Days.” – Bruce Springsteen [/quote] […]

Jackson column: All-change Wales aim for Six Nations-RWC double

26 January 2019 0 comments

Nobody has won the Six Nations-Rugby World Cup double since England in 2003

Peter Jackson column: Battered Adam Hughes finds refuge as a referee after concussion agony

18 January 2019 0 comments

The former Exeter and Dragons wing talks in-depth about his shift from the team dressing room to the neurosurgeon’s office

Jackson column: Boxing Day derby ties would bring fans back to Welsh PRO14 clubs

9 January 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson reflects on the attendances of Welsh clubs over the festive period

Peter Jackson’s New Year wishlist holds hopes for the Lions

3 January 2019 0 comments

Let’s put an end to excessive citings, writes Peter Jackson

Secret of how French rugby stars dodged jail time in Wales

28 December 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson’s column details the role of a French reporter in securing the release of three France players in Cardiff

Jackson column: Steve Hansen has known ups and downs like no other

20 December 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at Steve Hansen’s time at the WRU

Jackson column: The numbers don’t lie, fans snub the regions in PRO14

14 December 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson examines the drop in attendance figures among the four Welsh regions

Jackson column: Curse of knee injuries blindsides Wales

5 December 2018 0 comments

No.6s in short supply to Gatland ahead of Six Nations

Jackson column: Derek Morgan has the answer to Pichot’s foreign rant

30 November 2018 0 comments

World Rugby’s vice-chairman fired shots at Scotland for fielding foreign-born players

Jackson column: Wales must find more to beat the Springboks

22 November 2018 0 comments

Wales have put the fright on South Africa in their past three meetings, but things have changed

Jackson column: How Melon made a real prune out of Ronan O’Gara

7 November 2018 0 comments

A whopping 134 Tests epitomised by one moment of prop brilliance in 2005

Jackson column: Mike Brown wins the new ‘Bionic Elbow’ man

18 October 2018 0 comments

The ever-present Harlequins full-back has reached 301 appearances

Jackson column: Berwyn Jones paid the price for putting family first

10 October 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at when rugby’s amateur days were overshadowed by the riches available in professional sports

Jackson column: Courtney Meredith stands alone from Wales 1953 heroes

5 October 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson on the sole remaining survivor of Wales’ 1953 All Blacks victors

Jackson column: Trailblazing Bee-Gee who twice broke Welsh hearts

27 September 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson throws things back to 1999 when Apollo Perelini took Samoa to glory

Jackson column: A back-row conundrum that even has Sam Warburton scratching his head

6 September 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson on the multiple combinations used by Wales in the lead up to Japan

Jackson column: Johnny Sexton has become invisible in the PRO14

23 August 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson points out that Johnny Sexton has played in one PRO14 match in Wales over the past two years

Peter Jackson column: RFU miss the boat again for Shaun Edwards

13 August 2018 0 comments

England miss another chance to join forces with a coach who has won everything there is to win in Union bar the World Cup.

Jackson column: The PRO14 say ‘bah, Humbug’ to festive rugby fans

2 August 2018 0 comments

No Boxing Day fixture to come this winter…

Jackson column: You did it Sam, you’re a true Lions legend now

26 July 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson pays tribute to the illustrious career of the Cardiff Blues, Wales and British & Irish Lions captain

Jackson column: Rugby still a long way off going global

10 July 2018 0 comments

There’s a FIFA World Cup going on and everyone knows it…

Jackson column: Lack of TV coverage makes referees the fall-guy

5 July 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson uses the recent aerial incidents involving Israel Folau and Benjamin Fall to show how referees are sometimes tied up in knots

Jackson column: Surely Bok reserves don’t merit cap status

14 June 2018 0 comments

By Peter Jackson Charlie Faulkner will never forget his international debut, how he stood toe-to-toe against the All Blacks and slugged it out for the […]

Jackson column: Rhys Thomas’ plight puts injury into perspective

9 May 2018 0 comments

By Peter Jackson Rhys Thomas began the season waiting for a heart transplant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He finished it, against all […]