PETER JACKSON

GEORGE North reaches another milestone this month irrespective of his fitness, one which marks the remorseless march of time. The boy wonder of yesteryear will be 30 in ten days’ time.
The month also marks the first anniversary since his last match, for Ospreys against Cardiff in the Rainbow Cup. The initial prognosis that he would have recovered from ruptured knee ligaments by Christmas turned out to be optimistic to say the least as did Welsh hopes of a return during the Six Nations. Ospreys’ latest bulletin points to a possible return for the derby match...