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Jackson column: Why has the drop goal gone the way of the dodo?

10 January 2018 0 comments

They have provided the sport with some of its most defining moments, so why are drop goals fading from the field of play?

Jackson column: Call to cut the subs will cull land of the giants

29 December 2017 0 comments

Few replacements able to be named will mean national team coaches require more mobility, writes Peter Jackson

Jackson column: Ironmen Number 8s fall to injury after showing feats of fitness

22 December 2017 0 comments

Peter Jackson pays homage to the international stars Taulupe Faletau, Jamie Heaslip and Kieran Read who have all made a rare trip to the surgeon’s table in recent weeks

Jackson column: Wales Euro challenge undermined by the Union

14 December 2017 0 comments

Peter Jackson on how the fourth autumn Test scheduled by Wales impacted the nation’s regions and their hopes of success in the Champions Cup

Jackson column: Gregor Townsend is showing Wales the way to play

7 December 2017 0 comments

Peter Jackson on the evolution of Scotland and how they may be firmer favourites for the Six Nations than Wales

Jackson: North’s good for Wales but what about the region?

30 November 2017 0 comments

(Picture: Getty Images) By Peter Jackson George North arrived at Franklin’s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left for North London. The […]

Lack of stardust on show in Swansea

26 November 2017 0 comments

A GRAND total of 44 players, the majority of them internationals, will be missing when Ospreys kick off against Glasgow in Swansea at lunchtime today. […]

Churlish to suggest Farrell ‘s action anything but generous

26 November 2017 3 comments

AFTER a week when England ‘s players ended up on the back foot over their refusal to donate a penny of their £22,000 match fee […]

Fijian flyers rule the wings this Autumn

26 November 2017 1 comment

AT THE last count the number of Fijian wings seen flying across the Test stage this year has risen to eight, a figure which excludes […]

Silence is deafening seven days on from that scrum farce

26 November 2017 1 comment

GEORGIAmade an immediate protest to World Rugby over the scrum farce in Cardiff, understandably so given that it denied them the use of their set-piece […]

North ‘s good for Wales but what about the region?

26 November 2017 0 comments

George North arrived at Franklin ‘s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left for North London. The Welsh colossus reported for duty […]

Jackson column: How Clem Thomas seized once in a lifetime opportunity

23 November 2017 0 comments

Ahead of Wales v New Zealand, Peter Jackson recalls when Clem Thomas overcame personal tragedy

Jackson column: Beal lit up Arms Park long before Twickenham

16 November 2017 0 comments

From Bridgend and Welsh schools to Northampton and the Lions, Peter Jackson speaks with the former full-back

Jackson column: Shameful that Newport’s big day is in cold storage

31 October 2017 0 comments

Peter Jackson recalls the forgotten by the masses moment Newport beat the All Blacks

Shameful that Newport’s big day is in cold storage

29 October 2017 1 comment

Winners: Brian Jones and, below, ‘Dick’ Uzzell’s dropgoal goes over Only four club teams have ever beaten the All Blacks and the greatest of those […]

Why Kiwi Parkes will feel at home

29 October 2017 0 comments

HADLEIGH Parkes will be following a well-trodden path when he makes his bow for Wales against South Africa on December 2 – a path that […]

How do refs miss so much?

29 October 2017 0 comments

THE first two rounds of European competition led to a grand total of 12 players being put in the dock. Each was cited on the […]

Let’s rejoice that Joy is unconfined

29 October 2017 0 comments

NOBODY’S star can have taken off on a steeper trajectory in recent months than Joy Neville’s. In reaching ever skyward, Ireland’s former Grand Slam captain […]

Jackson column: What ever happened to that war on gouging?

26 October 2017 0 comments

By Peter Jackson Sven Cronk knows how it feels to be poked in the eye as the innocent victim of a gouging offence like no […]

Jackson column: Why no one is quite able to wing it like the All Blacks

20 October 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Peter Jackson Of all the assembly lines in all the world, there is none to compare with New Zealand‘s mass production […]

Jackson column: Time to end Scarlets’ Euro Cup heartbreaks

11 October 2017 0 comments

By Peter Jackson No contender for Europe’s blue riband trophy can have endured more heartache in their pursuit than the Scarlets, a point acknowledged by […]

Halfpenny will be the one to pay if Gatland experiments with Steff Evans

5 October 2017 0 comments

By Peter Jackson Leigh Halfpenny’s used to be the first name on the Wales team-sheet and not just because they named it back to front […]

Jackson column: From Celtic League to Bloemfontein, Ospreys are winging it

27 September 2017 0 comments

By Peter Jackson When the fledgling Ospreys first took flight in the Celtic League, they had no idea that it would come to this: a […]

Peter Jackson: Top Cat still carries the bruises from Meads’ knee

21 September 2017 0 comments

Clive Rowlands woke up yesterday with the same ache in his lower back, just as he has woken up every Saturday for more than half […]

Peter Jackson: Welsh rugby ticket prices are a tweeting disgrace

14 September 2017 0 comments

Ever since William Webb Ellis did his runner at Rugby School, there have been obvious differences between the football codes. In Wales right now, the […]

Peter Jackson: North must show he is still worth his place

8 September 2017 0 comments

Ever since the early days on Anglesey, George North had been used to clearing obstacles at high speed in a manner reminiscent of Edwin Moses. […]

North must show he is still worth his place

3 September 2017 1 comment

Struggling: George North looks dejected after the Lions’ 31-all draw against the Hurricanes PICTURE: Getty Images Ever since the early days on Anglesey, George North […]

Sorry Leigh, you didn’t have to leave Toulon

3 September 2017 1 comment

LEIGH HALFPENNY will already have made a mental note to clear the decks for Sunday October 15 and the Scarlets’ opening round of the Champions’ […]

Willie and his double get me on the run

3 September 2017 0 comments

THOSE who used to joke about Willie Duggan being late for his own funeral will not have been surprised to learn that the hearse arrived […]

Peter Jackson: Cricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…

18 August 2017 0 comments

Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England. He would have captained Nottinghamshire County […]

Peter Jackson: Action man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record

10 August 2017 0 comments

If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming season. His 400th competitive […]

Action man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record

6 August 2017 0 comments

If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming season. His 400th competitive […]

Farewell to Melville, a trendsetter and an honest one

6 August 2017 0 comments

ERIC MELVILLE deserves room in that special place reserved for those global trendsetters who changed the course of rugby history. The trail he blazed almost […]

Wizards weaved magic on field and off it too

6 August 2017 1 comment

EVERY club has its share of characters but only one can lay claim to a Labour life peer as president (Baron Heycock of Taibach), two […]

Peter Jackson: Johnny lost to Wales because of his colour

4 August 2017 0 comments

They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to be Tiger Bay on a journey of no return. […]

Johnny lost to Wales because of his colour

30 July 2017 0 comments

Halifax record-breaker: Cardiff’s Johnny Freeman They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to be Tiger Bay on […]

Fixtures putting players in impossible position

30 July 2017 0 comments

WHEN Perpignan reached the 2009 Top 14 final, Perry Freshwater made a stand. The England prop put club before country and opted out of that […]

Peter Jackson: How Leigh Halfpenny went from hero to zero offers in less than six months

26 July 2017 0 comments

Six months ago Leigh Halfpenny found himself under a veritable bombardment of offers on an ever-escalating scale over his next move. They came raining down […]

Jacko column: Warburton an invaluable role model for all

19 July 2017 0 comments

By Peter Jackson No matter what happens from now on, nothing will stop Sam Warburton taking up permanent residence in that part of the pantheon […]

Garces moved beyond see-no-evil culture when it comes to Kiwi misdemeanours

12 July 2017 0 comments

By Peter Jackson Sonny Bill Williams probably thought he would get away with it just as generations of All Blacks had been getting away with […]

Peter Jackson: McGeechan warned of Lions meltdown 24 years ago

15 June 2017 0 comments

Long before they knighted him for services to the game, Sir Ian McGeechan raised an issue serious enough to threaten the existence of the Lions. […]

Peter Jackson: Size didn’t matter in 1971, just pure ability

2 June 2017 0 comments

When they line up for the first Test, the Lions‘ backs will be three inches taller on average than their historic predecessors of 1971 and […]

Peter Jackson: Boks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve

26 May 2017 0 comments

There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out. Applying that principle to […]

Boks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve

21 May 2017 2 comments

There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out. Applying that principle to […]

Rhodri understood the passion of sport in Wales

21 May 2017 0 comments

RHODRI Morgan’s Welsh ancestors left an indelible mark on the sporting life of the USA long before the man himself got round to doing the […]

Peter Jackson: Revitalised Broncos are bucking the trend

19 May 2017 0 comments

The Deri Broncos gave up the ghost when the last of them bolted and left the historic village club without a horse to flog, dead […]

Peter Jackson: Mr Reliable, but Dan is Mr Forgotten for Wales

12 May 2017 0 comments

There are two reasons why Dan Evans stands out in any crowd of players. He never misses a match because his fitness is never in […]

Peter Jackson: Whitcombe dynasty now propping up England

5 May 2017 0 comments

When he left Cardiff before the Second World War, Frank Whitcombe could have had no idea he would be creating a rugby dynasty of Anglo-Welsh […]

Peter Jackson: Sorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again

27 April 2017 0 comments

Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative and Labour Members of Parliament – two. Even in a winning season, […]

Peter Jackson: Dylan must hope Lions history isn’t repeated

19 April 2017 0 comments

The Lions leave the England captain at home, pick his Irish counterpart instead for the series in New Zealand and end up being whitewashed by […]

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