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Dan’s the man for me says Bennett

5 February 2017 2 comments

By PETER JACKSON DAN BIGGAR takes centre stage for Wales in Rome today reinforced by a resounding vote of confidence from the most decorated of […]

Stern Vern allows himself a smile as Scotland box clever

5 February 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON VERDICT Scotland 27pts Ireland 22pts Murrayfield rejoiced yesterday at catching a glimpse of a moment even more truly historic than the Grand Old […]

Peter Jackson: Open or shut case at Millennium Stadium

3 February 2017 0 comments

Just as the United Nations have America and the Mexican wall on their agenda, so the Six Nations have had Wales and the Cardiff roof […]

Six Nations bonus point can net £1m extra cash

31 January 2017 0 comments

The Six Nations kicking off this weekend will achieve another global first in world rugby – the £1m bonus point. A title won not by […]

Peter Jackson: Like it or not George, facts are facts!

26 January 2017 0 comments

George North put his two big feet into the concussion debate the other day in sneering contempt of the media over their reporting of medical […]

Peter Jackson: Warburton’s too good to be left in the cold for long

18 January 2017 0 comments

In hindsight, Sam Warburton might have seen the writing on the wall as well as everywhere else on the day of his reappointment as captain […]

Peter Jackson: The day Big Bad Jim forgot his old pals act

13 January 2017 0 comments

The years keep rolling by but when it comes to dispensing their own brand of rough justice, a pair of Welsh internationals will still reign […]

Peter Jackson: I see a man on a tractor roaring in to lead Lions

6 January 2017 0 comments

Now 2017 has dawned, no New Year would be complete without a few gongs inspired by the events of the old one. How many of […]

Peter Jackson: Candid Phil Steele shares his demons to help others

23 December 2016 0 comments

Phil Steele has earned himself a rewarding reputation as a technical-zone television reporter and after-dinner speaker, a veritable bundle of laughs. A schoolteacher by profession, […]

All Blacks grab £3m jackpot at Twickenham

21 December 2016 0 comments

The All Blacks will be turning up at Twickenham next year after all for what promises to be the richest match in their history. The […]

Peter Jackson: Billy Boston’s old club being left for dead by the Union

16 December 2016 0 comments

The world’s first multi-racial rugby club, the one in Cardiff docks made famous by Billy Boston, is fighting for its life. The Cardiff International Athletic […]

Quit now George, says top brain doctor

14 December 2016 0 comments

George North must consider retiring rather than run further risk of brain damage, according to an expert on concussion. “George does have to make that […]

Welsh team is hidden behind wall of silence

8 December 2016 0 comments

There used to be a time when the attendance at a Wales practice match outnumbered those at most club matches across England. The fans would […]

Warren Gatland’s Lions job hits Welsh rebuilding

1 December 2016 0 comments

In December 2013, at the height of the Welsh war when the four regions had been driven towards eloping to the English Premiership, the WRU […]

Help! We’re all being overrun by the imports

25 November 2016 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Within the next 12 months Ireland will be free to cap several more nomadic New Zealanders. Scotland will be equally free to […]

Peter Jackson column: It’s high time someone at the WRU apologised

17 November 2016 0 comments

No matter how often they fail against the big three, Team Wales never fail to trot out the same trite excuses. No matter how grim […]

Peter Jackson: Clowns? No the joke’s on Wales when Aussies call

2 November 2016 0 comments

Wales take their annual autumn shot at the Wallabies next Saturday, driven by the assumption that they cannot go on missing indefinitely. This one will […]

Peter Jackson: Gatland’s Law pays no heed to loyalty

27 October 2016 0 comments

The Welsh Rugby Union really ought to write a thankyou letter to those nice people who run the big English clubs, Premier Rugby Ltd. There […]

Peter Jackson: Limited space? All Blacks find acres of it

21 October 2016 0 comments

One day last February after an unusually turgid round of Six Nations matches, Warren Gatland made a few observations of a strictly defensive nature. ‘’We’re […]

Peter Jackson: RPA must act over this concussion blackout

13 October 2016 0 comments

Gerry Gilpin and Ben Herring are poles apart – the former on the outer rim of Western Europe in Belfast, the other on the way […]

Peter Jackson: Tom Prydie return has reminded us of fame’s fickle nature

7 October 2016 0 comments

Tom Prydie came out of the shadows on Friday night after the longest ten months of his turbulent rugby life. As reintroductions go it may […]

Peter Jackson: Try the new Premiership game: Spot an Englishman!

29 September 2016 0 comments

When Newcastle and Leicester squared up at Kingston Park last Sunday, they set a record of sorts, one that appeared to pass without a flicker […]

Peter Jackson column: The Cardiff flier forced to abandon his dream

15 September 2016 0 comments

Billy Boston now has a life-sized statue of his very own in Wigan, a bronze creation for which the town clubbed together to raise £90,000. […]

Lions set for biggest pay-day in their history

14 September 2016 0 comments

The Lions stand to make as much as £80,000-a-man in New Zealand next year if they beat the All Blacks for the first time since […]

Peter Jackson column: Solution is needed to get Ospreys flying again

8 September 2016 0 comments

According to people who know about these things, the last confirmed flight of an Osprey over Wales took place some 12 years ago. The Royal […]

Lions tour schedule crazy says hero Fran Cotton

7 September 2016 0 comments

The Lions schedule in New Zealand next year has been condemned as ‘crazy’ by the only Englishman to win a Test series as both player […]

Peter Jackson column: Connacht haven’t lost hunger to retain title

1 September 2016 0 comments

Even when the whole of Galway let its collective hair down for days and nights on end, John Muldoon never lost sight of the next […]

Move Six Nations to the summer says Gerald Davies

31 August 2016 0 comments

Gerald Davies today makes an impassioned plea for the Six Nations to be taken out of its winter habitat and rescheduled at the end of […]

Peter Jackson: Jamie Cudmore’s crusade to curb risk of concussion

25 August 2016 0 comments

Jamie Cudmore has hurled himself into a crusade this season on behalf of rugby players all over Europe, to raise millions for the proper treatment […]

Peter Jackson: The day Newport felled the ‘Pinetree’

19 August 2016 0 comments

Over the course of more than 50 matches for the All Blacks all over the British Isles, Colin Meads only lost one – to Newport […]

Six Nations will vote on bonus points plan

16 August 2016 0 comments

The Six Nations are planning to introduce bonus points starting next year when England defend their Grand Slam. The first change to the scoring system […]

Peter Jackson column: Star-finder Paul Turner can give Wales fresh hope

12 August 2016 0 comments

England‘s 45-man training squad this weekend included ten born in the Southern Hemisphere – four in New Zealand, three in Australia, two in Fiji, one […]

All Blacks ramp up Test price to £3m

10 August 2016 0 comments

The All Blacks have demanded an unprecedented price for playing England – 50 per cent of Twickenham‘s £6m gate. New Zealand‘s fee for an out-of-window […]

Peter Jackson: Misery in Wales has moulded Steve Hansen

5 August 2016 0 comments

As head coach of the All Blacks, Steve Hansen has lost three Test matches in five years. In the same position with Wales, he once […]

Peter Jackson: Yes-No interlude for Shaun Edwards

29 July 2016 0 comments

Shaun Edwards could have been forgiven for not knowing whether he was coming or going in recent weeks, an observation which had nothing to do […]

Peter Jackson column: The Welsh Lions face mauling by England

6 July 2016 0 comments

The last Lions Test team contained ten Welshmen and two English. The numbers for the next one could very easily turn out to be the […]

Peter Jackson column: Welfare is sacrificed on altar of Test cash

1 July 2016 0 comments

For those who survived the World Cup and everything else the fates threw at them, the longest of all seasons ended yesterday more than ten […]

Peter Jackson verdict: Promise fades for Wales as Steve Hansen finds a new batch

30 June 2016 0 comments

There will probably be calls this morning from Humanitarian Aid organisations for another referendum in Wales so the people can decide whether to send New […]

Peter Jackson column: Jonathan Davies loses his mentor and Wales lose a star

24 June 2016 0 comments

A beacon of pure brilliance went out shortly before midnight on Thursday. Peter Corrigan, for so long a permanent fixture among the hierarchy in the […]

Peter Jackson verdict: Wales bewitched by Beauden Barrett

23 June 2016 0 comments

There is such a terrible beauty about Beauden Barrett that as soon as he appeared Wales had good reason to fear the worst, that the […]

Peter Jackson column: Rugby has become too destructive for own good

17 June 2016 0 comments

The human wreckage of one club’s season can be gauged from some brutal facts – 30 significant injuries requiring more than 20 operations. The most […]

Peter Jackson verdict: The All Blacks got up off the canvas

16 June 2016 0 comments

Peter The cognoscenti had been nodding all over New Zealand all week in agreement with Christian Cullen’s prognosis, that Wales wouldn’t be able to live […]

The incredible story of Connacht sensation Niyi Adeolokun

10 June 2016 0 comments

Tony Smeeth was watching the Pro12 Grand Final from his father’s hospital bedside in Dorchester when a familiar figure flashed across the screen in Connacht […]

Peter Jackson column: Wales, it’s time to give All Blacks a real Test!

9 June 2016 0 comments

When Wales touched down in Auckland the other day, the All Blacks did their level best to ensure them a soft landing. In doing so, […]

Peter Jackson column: Fans flock to watch match with no meaning

3 June 2016 0 comments

England against Wales at Twickenham last autumn resulted in the hosts being ejected from the World Cup with indecent haste. The next door neighbours had […]

Peter Jackson column: The Welshman who helped spark Saracens’ revolution

26 May 2016 0 comments

Mark Evans has never forgotten his first night of European football, watching Cardiff City beat Real Madrid from the blue-collar Grange End at Ninian Park. […]

Peter Jackson column: James Davies can use Warren Gatland snub to star in Olympics

20 May 2016 0 comments

According to Warren Gatland, New Zealand is no country for young men to be initiated into the ranks of Test rugby, especially those of the […]

Six Nations heads for talks on relegation

17 May 2016 0 comments

The organisers of the Six Nations are to consider introducing promotion and relegation to the world’s oldest annual international championship. After years of dismissing the […]

Peter Jackson column: Even with TMOs, referees still miss foul play

13 May 2016 0 comments

At close of play on Friday night, 23 players had been sent off in European club competition this season compared to 37 during the whole […]

Peter Jackson column: Little big man Harry Robinson joins list of mini victims

6 May 2016 0 comments

Harry Robinson’s first tour as a newly-capped international three years ago ended with a glowing report from the Wales management. Despite being forced to settle […]

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