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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. […]

Lydiate ready for action at Ospreys

30 July 2017 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON Gimme some skin: Christian Wade, left, and Dan Robson helped Wasps retain their Premiership Sevens title PICTURE: Getty Images DAN Lydiate will […]

Captain Sam gets Wembley honour

30 July 2017 0 comments

SPURS have invited Sam Warburton to be guest of honour at Wembley for their opening home match of the new Premier League season. The Lions […]

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 […]

From hero to zero in less than six months

23 July 2017 0 comments

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

Time for Gatland to change his style

16 July 2017 2 comments

By PETER JACKSON It’s him again: Jordie Barrett breaks away to score for the Hurricanes against the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland is being […]

Who’d have thought it? Sam a radio role model

16 July 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW No matter what happens from now on, nothing will stop Sam Warburton taking up permanent residence in […]

All Blacks (almost) always come out firing for Test finale

2 July 2017 0 comments

The Lions will return to Auckland from their Queenstown break this week full of hope and expectation but they need to keep it real as […]

Premiership clubs have overstepped the mark this time

2 July 2017 0 comments

IN last week’s paper Lions manager John Spencer said plans to shorten future tours are ‘bordering on insanity’. Nick Cain’s main column piece is headed […]

Get ready for the fireworks …and some dubious calls!

18 June 2017 2 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next week’s Test opener with a tour through the ages Experience shows us there is nothing quite like the […]

Bank on Sam to make up distance like a champion

18 June 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW On a wintry Sunday evening late last summer, a bedraggled figure put his hood up and head […]

Bad boy Pape signs off in inimitable style

18 June 2017 1 comment

PETER JACKSON reveals his exclusive table of Europe’s saints and sinners Leaving his mark: Stade Francais second row Pascal Pape PICTURE: Getty Images Gerard Cholley, […]

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. […]

McGeechan warned of meltdown 24 years ago

11 June 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Long before they knighted him for services to the game, Sir Ian McGeechan raised an issue serious […]

HowScarlets boxed clever with Byron in their corner

4 June 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Before the Scarlet champions could go out on the town in Dublin last Saturday night, Munster sent a congratulatory note to their dressing-room. […]

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 […]

Follow our lead, Pivac tells Welsh rugby

28 May 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON THEScarlets marked their coronation as PRO12 champions last night by challenging Wales to follow the dazzling brand of total rugby behind their […]

Munster are buried in a magnificent blizzard of fabulous tries

28 May 2017 0 comments

From PETER JACKSON at the Aviva Stadium THE scintillating Scarlets turned a leaden Dublin sky into more than 40 shades of red last evening, one […]

Size didn’t matter in 1971, just pure ability

28 May 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When they line up for the first Test, the Lions’ backs will be three inches taller on […]

Value of try currency on the rise in Europe

28 May 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON reveals how two clubs have pushed try-scoring rates to new heights PETER JACKSON There was a time not that long ago when only […]

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 […]

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 […]

Wales set to unleash ‘new JPR’ in summer tour squad

7 May 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES are being urged to take a teenage full-back on tour next month for the first time since JPR Williams almost half […]

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 […]

Carter set to face England for last time

30 April 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Home play-off here we come: Sam Hill, right, celebrates Chiefs’ fourth try in their defeat of Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images DAN CARTER […]

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, […]

Mistake to pick Marler over Evans says Cotton

23 April 2017 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON THELions have made a mistake by failing to pick Wales loosehead Rob Evans, according to the only prop to win a Test […]

Farrell earns plaudits from suffering Meads

23 April 2017 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON Impressive: Owen Farrell goes past Wales’ Dan Biggar for England PICTURE: Getty Images OWEN Farrell will pose the greatest single danger to […]

Sorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again

23 April 2017 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative and Labour Members of […]

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 […]

Peter Jackson: JPR’s a Wales legend but was Price even better?

13 April 2017 0 comments

Anniversaries have been all the rage of late, from the 25th of England‘s last Grand Slam double under Will Carling to the 50th of Gareth […]

Peter Jackson: Tale of two rugby cities could not be starker

7 April 2017 0 comments

On a wintry Friday night by the Clyde, Glasgow Warriors and Newport Gwent Dragons played out a 16-all draw. So few turned up that they […]

Peter Jackson: Warren so wrong on Sam’s loss as skipper

30 March 2017 0 comments

Warren Gatland has found the oldest scapegoat under the sun for Sam Warburton losing the Wales captaincy before their worst Six Nations campaign for a […]

Dragons’ sale will hit backers for £5m

26 March 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON THE two oldest benefactors in British rugby are resigned to a loss of up to £5m as their sacrifice to save Newport […]

Warren so wrong on Sam’s loss as skipper

26 March 2017 1 comment

PETER JACKSON Confusion: Sam Warburton was given mixed messages PICTURE: Getty Images Warren Gatland has found the oldest scapegoat under the sun for Sam Warburton […]

Peter Jackson: Unthinkable demise of Stade Francais after Mad Max’s razzmatazz

24 March 2017 0 comments

When Max Guazzini bowed out six years ago, Stade Francais had good reason to feel as safe as the Central European Bank. After all hadn’t […]

It’s Rorke’s Drift again, but this time the Welsh heroics end badly

19 March 2017 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON Roar power: Referee Wayne Barnes awards a try to Damien Chouly, of France, deep in injury-time to level the scores at 18-18 […]

Peter Jackson: How Wales are missing Henson’s abiding class

9 March 2017 0 comments

As Wales prepare to salvage what’s left of the Six Nations, their best midfield player will be otherwise engaged in a similar operation. Gavin Henson […]

Peter Jackson: Kieran Read leads fight against rise of the machines

3 March 2017 0 comments

Kieran Read stands out in a land of giants for a reason other than his status as leader of the best team on the planet. […]

Peter Jackson: This Scotland team are a serious item

1 March 2017 0 comments

Scotland reaffirmed their status as title contenders yesterday by treating the faithful to something they had not witnessed for a long time, a Welsh team […]

This Scotland team are a serious item

26 February 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON VERDICT Scotland reaffirmed their status as title contenders yesterday by treating the faithful to something they had not witnessed for a long time, […]

Peter Jackson: No excuses, Rob, you did get it wrong over Moriarty

23 February 2017 0 comments

During the wash-up over the raging tidal wave of emotions unleashed in Cardiff all week, Wales found it necessary to deny that Ross Moriarty’s withdrawal […]

Farrell can lead Lions like Johnno says Telfer

21 February 2017 0 comments

Owen Farrell has emerged as a candidate to captain the Lions this summer according to one of the game’s most revered figures. Jim Telfer, a […]

Peter Jackson: Eddie Jones finds redemption in Welsh Colditz

16 February 2017 0 comments

Eddie Jones had taken a long time to reacquaint himself with Cardiff since the Wallabies gave him the last rites for losing in rugby‘s towering […]

Peter Jackson: This farewell to a Bok hero was fit for a king

15 February 2017 0 comments

They carried his oak coffin out of Loftus Versveld a few minutes before three o’clock on Friday afternoon at the end of a funeral fit […]

This farewell to a Bok hero was fit for a king

12 February 2017 1 comment

Peter Jackson reports on the outpouring of emotion at the funeral of Joost van der Westhuizen They carried his oak coffin out of Loftus Versveld […]

Scrum-halves escape Six Nations cull

12 February 2017 0 comments

WHENthe Six Nations revved up on the starting grid last weekend, more than 30 players had been parked in the pits suffering from various degrees […]

Warriors can dump another millstone

12 February 2017 0 comments

NO ONE club carried as much clout during the opening round of the Six Nations than Glasgow Warriors. Of Scotland’s 23 against Ireland no fewer […]

Peter Jackson: Stern Vern allows himself a smile as Scotland box clever

9 February 2017 0 comments

Murrayfield rejoiced yesterday at catching a glimpse of a moment even more truly historic than the Grand Old Championship’s first bonus point. What they witnessed […]

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