PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

All-rounder: Jason Hobson scores the opening try for Bristol in their Welsh Cup match against Bath
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Jason Hobson’s memory box may have taken a bashing but he has no problem recalling how Wales tried to talk him out of playing for England. It happened during or shortly after the Six Nations of 2008 when Warren Gatland landed the most unlikely of Grand Slams at the first attempt. In that same season at Bristol, an uncapped prop began rising through the Premiership ratings.
Hobson had been born in Swansea, not that anyo...