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Peter Jackson: Will next Warburton stand up now please!

5 June 2013 1 comment

Every Lions captain has to begin somewhere as an international player but only one began in the middle of nowhere. Four years ago last weekend, […]

Peter Jackson: Leigh’s the guardian ‘angel’ for home club

24 May 2013 1 comment

Gorseinon RFC have done more than their bit for the international game over the last half century – from Onllwyn Brace to Norman Gale, Lewis […]

Peter Jackson: Forgotten Byrne can join select Welsh club

17 May 2013 1 comment

A new name ought to be added to Europe’s painfully small Welsh roll of honour next weekend, a player long declared surplus to international requirements. […]

Peter Jackson: Wales have been down and laid out Down Under

11 May 2013 1 comment

The Welsh usually run into trouble in Australia, big trouble. As a sport, trying to tie the Wallaby down in his natural habitat has caused […]

“I’m used to being snubbed,” says James Hook

8 May 2013 2 comments

James Hook has made a frank admission about his international future after being excluded by the Lions and Wales on successive days. “It’s obvious that […]

Peter Jackson: Black time for Blues underlines Euro row

3 May 2013 2 comments

Cardiff Blues have played 30 matches in all competitions this season and lost 20 of them – two defeats in every three. No wonder, therefore, […]

Peter Jackson: All Blacks rest cure will cost WRU £4m

30 April 2013 0 comments

The All Blacks have torn a gaping hole in Wales‘ autumn schedule, one damaging enough to run into seven figures. Instead of squeezing every last […]

Peter Jackson: You’re lucky George, they said Lewis sold his soul

19 April 2013 0 comments

Lewis Jones remembers what it was like when he left Llanelli, how all hell broke loose over his transfer to Leeds Rugby League club. “They […]

Peter Jackson: Give me just a little more time, begs Olly

15 April 2013 1 comment

Olly Kohn has no intention of ending up as cannon-fodder for any bright sparks on Brain of Britain or University Challenge even if he can […]

Peter Jackson: Drumrolls, but the big act has yet to appear

11 April 2013 0 comments

The Welsh Rugby Union considered their announcement important enough to carry a ‘strict embargo’ until one minute past midnight on the first Wednesday of December. […]

Nick Cain picks his 2013 Lions tour party with some surprising ins and outs

7 April 2013 1 comment

No Brian O’Driscoll. No Chris Robshaw. Neither men make my 2013 Lions tour party for the straightforward reason that others are better equipped to help […]

Peter Jackson: Hold it all! England have won the title…

4 April 2013 2 comments

When the Six Nations discuss the ‘on-going’ issue of bonus points, they would be well advised to examine the distorted impact it would have had […]

George North is urged to get Test clearance

3 April 2013 1 comment

Wales have asked George North to ensure he protects his international future before completing his proposed £250,000 transfer to Northampton. WRU officials have advised the […]

Top English clubs would ‘welcome’ Welsh tie-up

2 April 2013 2 comments

A senior Welsh official last night claimed that some English clubs would welcome reviving Anglo-Welsh competition – and even the idea of Wales’ four regional […]

Peter Jackson: Welsh will grab Lions share for Australia

28 March 2013 0 comments

After smashing the team that smashed the All Blacks, Wales will take the Lions‘ share when the Test series begins against Australia this summer. No […]

Peter Jackson: Trust me, Cardiff jinx waits for Lancaster!

21 March 2013 0 comments

At a dinner in London some years ago, the English defined their rugby relationship with the Welsh as one based on “trust and understanding”. Dudley […]

Peter Jackson: It’s whisky galore if Telfer tribe triumph

14 March 2013 0 comments

When Scotland last won three matches on the bounce in the same Championship, they showed their gratitude to Wales by sending them 22 bottles of […]

Peter Jackson talks to Maesteg coach Richard Webster about the startling decline of Welsh club rugby

11 March 2013 2 comments

There was a time when the Welsh club game was the envy of the rugby world, when popular legend had it that the pithead superintendent […]

Peter Jackson: Tragic Nick helps pal Huw keep injury in perspective

7 March 2013 0 comments

Sometime on Wednesday morning Huw Bennett will bow his head and remember the day they buried his friend in a churchyard near the Thames. The […]

I’d make Justin Tipuric my Lions No.7 says Jim Telfer

6 March 2013 1 comment

Justin Tipuric will form part of an Anglo-Welsh back row in the Lions‘ Test team this summer, according to one of the world’s legendary coaches. […]

Peter Jackson: Ryan aware that Welsh armband fits loosely

28 February 2013 4 comments

Wales have changed their captain so often in recent seasons that Ryan Jones is in his ninth spell in charge. In Rome on Saturday, he […]

Peter Jackson: Rowlands remains Top Cat of the lineout

21 February 2013 0 comments

The 50th anniversary of perhaps the strangest of all Wales matches has come and gone with scarcely a mention. Admittedly it did not merit anything […]

Peter Jackson: WRU see sense with price cut

14 February 2013 0 comments

When he retired after captaining Wales at the 1995 World Cup in Johannesburg, Mike Hall began to make the most of his degree in land […]

Peter Jackson: Bonus points could cost Grand Slammers the title

7 February 2013 4 comments

Six years ago France went into the final match of the final round knowing exactly what they had to do to win the Six Nations […]

Peter Jackson: Vunipola’s defied dad to play for England

31 January 2013 1 comment

Wales are converting another South African to their Six Nations‘ cause and Scotland are back in the business of importing kilted Kiwis. Not to be […]

Grand Slam worth £100k per player this season

29 January 2013 2 comments

The Six Nations Grand Slam will be worth a record £5m to the winner when the tournament kicks off next weekend. Despite the recession, prize […]

Peter Jackson: When WRU called Cliff a ‘cheat and liar’ over 4d!

24 January 2013 0 comments

When Cliff Morgan made his debut for Wales in 1951, he caught the bus from his home in the Rhondda and travelled down to Cardiff […]

Peter Jackson: Dragons big dilemma – when to cash in on Toby

17 January 2013 0 comments

They say Toby Faletau is not for sale, that those across the border and across the Channel eager to buy him are wasting their time. […]

Peter Jackson: Magnificent Ospreys put life back into Wales

10 January 2013 0 comments

After the Grand Slam, the Grand Slump as befitting a nation where extreme mood swings tend to be the norm. After five straight wins and […]

Peter Jackson: Let’s hear it for these Ospreys heroes!

3 January 2013 0 comments

Toulouse had been to Wales many times before last week, losing the odd game by the odd point here and there. They would have had […]

Peter Jackson: Wales may rue Gatland snub for Edwards

27 December 2012 1 comment

Shaun Edwards spent the week keeping a profile low enough as to be positively subterranean over Warren Gatland‘s decision to make him surplus to Lions […]

Peter Jackson: Halfpenny finds his currency on the rise

20 December 2012 0 comments

The battering taken by Wales during a troubled month threatens to have long-term consequences even for those who managed to stay in one piece. Recovering […]

Peter Jackson: Shameful, this waste of Hook’s huge talent

13 December 2012 1 comment

James Hook will have returned to France last weekend wondering about his future with Wales after a month in the margins. His lowly profile during […]

Wallabies veto Cardiff for Wales in World Cup

11 December 2012 1 comment

The Wallabies have called on the 2015 World Cup organisers to impose a blanket ban on Wales playing in Cardiff at any stage during the […]

Peter Jackson: T-shirt test revealed Gavin was an outsider

6 December 2012 1 comment

Gavin Henson has been branded a non-team player by the Wales coach who gave him his international baptism eleven years ago. Lynn Howells, in charge […]

Peter Jackson: The force is no longer with Welsh club rugby

29 November 2012 1 comment

There used to be a time when Wales–England matches required a heavier police presence on the field than off it, when the boys in blue […]

Peter Jackson: It wasn’t just the money that lured Jamie away

22 November 2012 3 comments

Once this column revealed the sheer scale of the offer from Racing Metro a fortnight ago, it was just a matter of time before Jamie […]

Peter Jackson: This ratings war is such a phoney battlefield

15 November 2012 0 comments

Wales beat England last time out at Twickenham during the course of their Grand Slam. A few months earlier, they had gone to within one […]

Peter Jackson: Can Jamie say Non to a fortune in Paris?

8 November 2012 2 comments

Racing Metro have put their offer for Jamie Roberts on the table – a basic £350,000-a-year for three years from next summer. The figure is […]

Peter Jackson: Young Jonny made a big impact in Wales’ debut

1 November 2012 2 comments

Jonny Wilkinson’s career has spanned 15 years and 367 matches, a tribute as much as anything to his indomitable spirit. His appearances in Wales have […]

Wales set to blood prop Aaron Jarvis poached from England

1 November 2012 2 comments

Aaron Jarvis is poised to become Wales’ newest English convert thanks to a discovery made by an Ospreys talent scout two years ago. The former […]

All Blacks get £1.5m fee to face England

30 October 2012 1 comment

The All Blacks will command the highest fee in world rugby against England at Twickenham – £1.5m which works out at £18,750 a minute. The […]

Peter Jackson: Davies still pitches in to help his village club

25 October 2012 1 comment

John Davies put his neck into more than a thousand scrums over the course of 17 seasons and survived with nothing worse than the odd […]

Stephen Jones set for golden thankyou from Wales

23 October 2012 1 comment

Stephen Jones is to be granted a testimonial by the Welsh Rugby Union in recognition of his status as their most-capped international. The 34-year-old Welsh […]

Peter Jackson: Be positive Danny, and learn from Mad Dog

18 October 2012 1 comment

Danny Lydiate may have spent most of the week in hospital but he is still a long way from matching the medical record of the […]

Baa-Baas welcome Dean Richards back as coach

16 October 2012 0 comments

Dean Richards has been short-listed for a return to the big stage as coach of the Barbarians. The renowned touring club approached him last week […]

Peter Jackson: Survivor Tony back on case for Dragons

11 October 2012 1 comment

Tony Brown has been through a lot since he rescued Newport from oblivion and spent millions on a galaxy of Southern Hemisphere imports. No Englishman […]

Wales and Cardiff in bid to keep Lion king Jamie Roberts out of France

9 October 2012 0 comments

British Lion Jamie Roberts is at the centre of a groundbreaking deal being hatched to prevent him falling into French hands. Cardiff Blues and the […]

Peter Jackson: Such a loss as Nevin joins pantheon of lives cut short

8 October 2012 2 comments

The Spence family farm catastrophe brought a small Ulster town to a standstill on Wednesday, a triple tragedy marked with bare-headed sorrow all over the […]