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Peter Jackson’s column: Winning is same in any language for Michael Cheika

7 August 2015 0 comments

Michael Cheika speaks French, Italian and Arabic. He is also known to be fluent in coarse Anglo-Saxon and looks forward to leaving England or Wales […]

Leigh Halfpenny told: Play for Toulon or face axe

4 August 2015 1 comment

European Champions threatening to sack full-bakc over the club-or-country clash looming at the end of the new season.

Peter Jackson’s column: Over-load on players so wrong says Larder

29 July 2015 0 comments

George Ford played 32 matches for club and country last season, more than any of his international contemporaries anywhere in Europe. At a time when […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Vernon Pugh was right, we’re playing too many Tests

17 July 2015 0 comments

Fifty years ago, Jack Kyle held the record as the world’s most-capped player with 46 matches for Ireland. It had taken the good doctor ten […]

‘One more blow and George North has to quit’

7 July 2015 1 comment

One of world rugby‘s leading medical figures is advising George North to retire should he suffer another head injury. The Welsh Lion is due to […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Accept it, Gatland’s Law is now a nonsense

2 July 2015 1 comment

Like Mo Farah’s front doorbell when the drug testers came calling, Warren Gatland‘s eponymous law has much to answer for. As another Welsh Lion prepares […]

Peter Jackson: When Bill Samuel kept Gareth Edwards from lure of football

26 June 2015 1 comment

The making of Gareth Edwards as a rugby superstar, humble human being and now knight of the realm, would probably never have happened had it […]

Wales MUST hold onto Alun Wyn Jones warn Ospreys

23 June 2015 0 comments

Wales urged to secure the longer-term future of their ‘most valuable asset’

Inside this week’s edition of TRP

19 June 2015 1 comment

Another busy week in the world of rugby, another brilliant issue of The Rugby Paper! TRP will have all the action and reaction from the U20s […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Signing up Kiwis and Boks mocks the rules

19 June 2015 2 comments

Exactly five years ago this coming Wednesday, in a football stadium where a local boy called Messi used to play, New Zealand beat South Africa […]

Peter Jackson: Bull-dozing Ross Moriarty may be Wales’ missing link

12 June 2015 1 comment

When Wales beat Australia in the World Cup for the first and only time, amid the geothermal geysers of Rotorua, their pack included two Moriartys. […]

Six Nations TV deal set to rocket past £50m a season

9 June 2015 0 comments

The next Six Nations television deal is expected to increase by 25 per cent.

Peter Jackson’s column: Such a pity Gavin Henson never graced a World Cup

29 May 2015 1 comment

Gavin Henson’s place among the footnotes of rugby history can now be found hidden away beneath a sub-section reserved for the invisible men of the […]

Peter Jackson’s column: If ‘Gatland’s Law’ is not upheld there’s no point in being loyal to Wales

21 May 2015 1 comment

Warren Gatland‘s eponymous law has been further exposed by his refusal to rule Jamie Roberts out when the good doctor lines up for Harlequins post-World […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Poachers at work on both sides of Severn

15 May 2015 2 comments

One day long ago during a break from curing toothache at his dental practice in Newbridge, Derek Morgan found himself asked how a Welshman from […]

Peter Jackson: Regions feel the love at last from Team Wales

8 May 2015 2 comments

Six months after his installation as chairman, Gareth Davies has succeeded in putting the Union back into Welsh rugby. His is no mean achievement considering […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Leigh Halfpenny’s £5 note has been repaid with interest

1 May 2015 0 comments

Leigh Halfpenny won his first goalkicking prize from the most acute of angles at the age of ten – a £5 note. Rob Steele, the […]

Elton Flatley: Matt Giteau’s recall damages Wales’ chances

28 April 2015 0 comments

Matt Giteau’s Australian reinstatement will put Wales in greater World Cup danger than England, according to the Wallaby who almost changed rugby history. Elton Flatley, […]

Peter Jackson: Can’t blame Callum Sheedy for keeping his options open

23 April 2015 2 comments

Callum Sheedy is already eligible to play international rugby for Wales and Ireland. Soon the teenaged fly-half will be further spoilt for choice when he […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Lyn Jones is happy to foster home-grown Dragons

17 April 2015 0 comments

Lyn Jones and his home-grown Dragons start the most challenging week of their lives today. By the end of it, nobody ought to be surprised […]

Wales say No to Test against Australia in autumn

14 April 2015 2 comments

Wales have turned down an approach from Australia to play the Wallabies in Cardiff immediately after the World Cup. The Aussies proposed a one-off Test […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Justice has arrived late for victim Rhys Patchell

10 April 2015 1 comment

Rhys Patchell would have been appearing in his first European quarter-final yesterday had he not been bludgeoned out of it. The Welshman’s assailant in Belfast […]

Extra Test with Ireland on agenda for England

7 April 2015 0 comments

Old rivals to meat at HQ four times next season.

Peter Jackson’s column: Rory Watts-Jones was too brave for his own good

6 March 2015 0 comments

There was a time when Rory Watts-Jones rubbed shoulders with the brightest and best of his generation on an equal footing. Ten years ago in […]

Peter Jackson’s comment on France: This will drive Dr Mias back onto the bottle

4 March 2015 1 comment

In reaffirming their status as serious title contenders, Wales plunged France into such a state of despair that their most revered captain could be forgiven […]

EXCLUSIVE: Welsh clubs gang up to oust chief executive Roger Lewis

4 March 2015 0 comments

By PETER JASCKON The Welsh Rugby Union had been urged to ‘get rid’ of chief executive Roger Lewis before last Tuesday’s announcement of his impending […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Mervyn Davies’s lament at putting Phil Bennett on the spot

13 February 2015 2 comments

Long before he passed away, Mervyn Davies confessed that his errant captaincy had cost Wales a third Grand Slam in four seasons. The match in […]

Peter Jackson: Lions legend Graham Price takes a prop shot at Adam Jones axe

13 February 2015 0 comments

As the only tighthead on the planet to have propped the Lions through 12 consecutive Test matches, Graham Price knows a bit about scrummaging and […]

Peter Jackson’s verdict: Lights go out for Warren Gatland’s galacticos

12 February 2015 1 comment

England had waited so long in the tunnel for any sign of the opposition that Chris Robshaw asked the referee: “How much longer are they […]

Peter Jackson: Silence greeted the hero of Cardiff

5 February 2015 1 comment

When they come to write the colourful history of Anglo-Welsh rivalry, one of England‘s forgotten full-backs will justify a chapter all by himself. On a […]

£1m bonus spur for Wales and England

3 February 2015 0 comments

Wales and England will be playing for a £1m Grand Slam bonus when the Six Nations kicks off in Cardiff on Friday night. A tournament […]

Peter Jackson: Pied Piper of Wasps leads them to new era

29 January 2015 0 comments

Dai Young and his ailing Wasps were bumping along on skid row three years ago, losing around £50,000-a-week and almost disappearing from the Premiership without […]

Peter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Law only applies to James Hook

22 January 2015 3 comments

The writing has been on the wall for so long now that James Hook could be forgiven for ignoring it and concentrating on the day […]

Dai Young said ‘no’ to national job to stay at Wasps

20 January 2015 0 comments

DoR turned down an international coaching offer before re-signing with Wasps to run their Coventry revolution.

Peter Jackson: Ryan Bevington still has time to climb out of the wreckage

15 January 2015 3 comments

The old year took an unusually savage toll of the toughest, meanest, ugliest breed in the game, the prop. From the All Black centurion Tony […]

Peter Jackson: Warren, it’s time to take leaf out of Irish book

18 December 2014 1 comment

Warren Gatland takes his first Southern Hemisphere scalp for six years and immediately talks about Wales winning the World Cup. Across the Irish Sea, another […]

EXLUSIVE: Aviva clubs close in on deals for Welsh stars

16 December 2014 0 comments

English clubs are lining up “massive” bids to land four Welsh stars in time for next season.

Peter Jackson: Extra Test match is crippling Welsh Regions

11 December 2014 0 comments

The Welsh Rugby Union have stuffed the golden goose over the last four weeks as never before, taking some £15m in gross ticket sales. Regrettably, […]

Peter Jackson: Richie McCaw’s genius is avoiding the pitfalls

4 December 2014 1 comment

The historical life span of an international rugby captain averages out at six matches, a fact which makes Richie McCaw’s unique achievement all the harder […]

Peter Jackson: All Blacks aftermath put Delme Thomas in dark place

28 November 2014 2 comments

More than 40 years have come and gone since the day the pubs ran dry in Llanelli and Delme Thomas still stands alone, a defiant […]

Peter Jackson’s verdict on Wales: Wales fluff Buster Douglas moment

26 November 2014 1 comment

Warren Gatland will have left the Millennium Stadium last night with some awkward questions ringing in his ears over Wales‘ inability to go the distance. […]

Peter Jackson: Wallabies would be nowhere without Ray

20 November 2014 0 comments

There was a time when Wales hammered Australia 24-0, when the terse verdict reflected the expectation of an underwhelmed public: So what? As pioneers in […]

Peter Jackson’s verdict: Frustrating, but so nearly far worse!

19 November 2014 0 comments

When it came to inflicting recent damage on Wales, nobody had done so to more devastating effect than Akapusi Qera and his friends from the […]

Peter Jackson: Big Stu would have loved the story of how umpire Edward tamed McEnroe

14 November 2014 1 comment

They came in their hundreds to send Stuart Gallacher off on his final journey, among them a retired dentist who once made headline news across […]

Peter Jackson’s verdict: Time is running out for Wales to see the light

11 November 2014 0 comments

At the height of his power as the 20th century’s multiple inventor, Thomas Edison once revealed the motivational force behind his discoveries: “The most certain […]

Peter Jackson: How WRU left Adam Jones in limbo…. and then out in the cold

7 November 2014 0 comments

As recently as six months ago, Wales were proposing to sign their ‘Hair Bear’ on a Union contract at circa £300,000-a-year. Now they have declared […]

Wales put five more on national contracts

6 November 2014 0 comments

Two Scarlets, two Ospreys and one Dragon on Gatland’s wishlist.

Peter Jackson: Dan Lydiate saga shows Warren Gatland has more to worry about than his squad’s fitness

31 October 2014 0 comments

The smoke signals coming out of Paris have different meaning for different people but one underlying fact cannot be disputed. Racing Metro have come to […]