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Jimmy’s on course for illustrious 4,000 club

24 April 2022 2 comments

PETER JACKSON ON a sporting stage where the landscape changes like a kaleidoscope, one constant can be found in the enduring presence of an uncapped […]

Biden keen to spread the faith

24 April 2022 2 comments

PETER JACKSON JOE Biden’s support of America’s bid to host the 2031 World Cup shows that the President’s interest in the game extends beyond sending […]

Kolbe tops the bill for Baa-baas at Twickers

10 April 2022 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND will finish their sub-standard season by running into Cheslin Kolbe for the first time since he skinned them in the World […]

Quiet man Tom was fearless

10 April 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON OF all the tributes pouring forth from the great and the good over the death of Tom Smith, Jim Telfer’s stood out, his […]

North still waiting on sidelines

3 April 2022 0 comments

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 […]

Inga taught Edwards to box clever

20 March 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON VA’AIGA Tuigamala, the cross-code superstar, lay in state at Waitakere Stadium in suburban Auckland the day before his funeral last week. Half a […]

Mighty Atom stuns Wales with last-minute dash to victory

20 March 2022 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Wales………………21pts Tries: Watkin 28, Lake 51, Adams 69 Conversions: Biggar 28, 52, 69 Italy ………………..22pts Tries: Padovani 79 Conversions: Garbisi 80+1 Penalties: […]

Cups galore but there’s room for one more

13 March 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON FOR decade after decade, the old fogies responsible for running the world’s oldest annual international sporting event steadfastly refused to recognise it as […]

Wales left rueing their chance to bust French

13 March 2022 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON Wales ………………..9pts Penalties: Biggar 4, 16, 39 France …………….13pts Tries: Jelonch 9 Conversions: Jaminet 10 Penalties: Jaminet 2, 46 FOR the heavy […]

Pied Piper Inga was worth his weight

27 February 2022 3 comments

PETER JACKSON AN icy wind blew in off the Tyne the day Sir John Hall interrupted a Spanish holiday to preside over a rugby signing […]

Irish imports pay their way better than Welsh

13 February 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ireland showing Wales the way goes beyond what happened in the Six Nations last week and has […]

Let’s tip a top hat to Varsity showman

13 February 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON EXACTLY 150 years ago last Thursday, Oxford beat Cambridge in the inaugural Varsity match under the captaincy of a teenager who would have […]

Sexton and Biggar aim to break tradition

30 January 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Johnny Sexton sets out on Saturday aiming to be the first flyhalf to skipper a Grand Slam […]

Blue means yellow in Wayne’s world

30 January 2022 2 comments

PETER JACKSON WAYNE Barnes, admirably true to form, set a shining example of how referees ought to react when players confront them with foul language. […]

Gloucester have No.9 factory

23 January 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON SINCE the turn of the century, three Gloucester scrum-halves have played for England: Willi Heinz, Peter Richards and Andy Gomarsall. Three more are […]

Met Uni duo keep it classy

23 January 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THEY are remembered at Cardiff Metropolitan University as ‘the king of the cream cakes’ and ‘the Cornish pastie kid’: aka Alex Dombrandt and […]

Light Blues shone golden light upon the great game

9 January 2022 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher charts the rich history of 150 years of Cambridge University rugby As we nudge into 2022 it’s time to officially celebrate 150 years […]

Regulate the drunks

9 January 2022 0 comments

RE THE problems with crowd drunkeness at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff and the WRFU’s failure to act as highlighted by Peter Jackson. Can I […]

Twickenham ‘too costly’ for Wales to switch Six Nations matches

9 January 2022 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES will almost certainly abandon a contingency plan to use Twickenham as their home base for the Six Nations because of the […]

Alfie’s part in Ruddock resignation is revealed

9 January 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ashred of new evidence is shining a light on the most intriguing St Valentine’s Day bustup of […]

Taylor warns of booze danger

2 January 2022 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON WALES icon John Taylor has warned the WRU about the dangers of a ‘serious accident’ at the Principality Stadium fuelled by alcohol. […]

O’Driscoll slams the dementia ‘insults’

26 December 2021 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON WORLD Rugby’s claim that early dementia can be caused by smoking, drinking and other lifestyle choices has been condemned as ‘insulting’ to […]

North to miss start of the Six Nations

19 December 2021 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON In the roar: Joe Marchant celebrates scoring Harlequins’ fourth try against Cardiff PICTURE: Getty Images GEORGE North’s comeback is being delayed until […]

Champions or chumps? Cup caters for them all

19 December 2021 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW In the Super League for the overhyped, baseball’s World Series has long been out on its own, […]

Time for Amanda to break silence

19 December 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSON IN THE Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most powerful women, Amanda Blanc from Treherbert in the Rhondda ranks just behind the President […]

Thinking prop Ray believed persistence trumped all

28 November 2021 1 comment

Peter Jackson remembers the life of Ireland’s great British Lion Ray McLoughlin When they laid Ray McLoughlin to rest last Wednesday, the Lions he left […]

Sadly, Wales fan Craig is not alone

21 November 2021 0 comments

IT WAS so sad to read Peter Jackson’s article last week about the experiences of Craig James, but sadly I can report he is not […]

Ice-cool Priestland provide Wales with

21 November 2021 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Wales …………….29pts Tries: Elias 23, Tompkins 48 Conversions: Biggar 24, 48 Penalties: Biggar 6, 16, 38, 65; Priestland 80+3 Australia ……….28pts Tries: […]

All Blacks’ Halloween show pulls in the cash

31 October 2021 2 comments

By PETER JACKSON Wales………………16 pts Tries: J Williams 60 Conversions: Priestland 60 Penalties: Anscombe 6, 40+2; Priestland 52 New Zealand ..54 pts Tries: B Barrett […]

Battered Sandy takes his secret to the grave

31 October 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Every now and then, whenever the x-certificate stuff reared its ugly head during a Lions tour, Sandy […]

Nonu’s coming to America, better tell San Diego!

31 October 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSON MA’A NONU’S tendency to make Vasco da Gama look a trifle seasick by comparison still knows no bounds. As another season south of […]

Shanklins suffer twice at hands of All Blacks

24 October 2021 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Shanklin family from Pembrokeshire knows exactly what it takes to go the distance with the All […]

Josh Navidi is out for six months, Wales told

17 October 2021 0 comments

WALES have been hit by yet another crippling blow with Josh Navidi out for as long as six months. The multi-purpose Lions back row forward […]

Anayi finds TV figures after all

10 October 2021 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THREE years ago PRO12 rugby chose to disconnect a multitude of viewers by wiping their matches off live BBC screens in Northern Ireland, […]

Liam Williams joins Wales list of absent Lions stars

10 October 2021 1 comment

WALES have ruled Liam Williams out of the All Blacks’ match on October 30 – their eighth Lion to miss the start of the autumn […]

Collins can boost Wales in midfield

3 October 2021 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Tigers’ roar: Leicester players celebrate after being awarded a last minute, match-winning penalty try PICTURE: Getty Images WALES are preparing to clear […]

Why Clive Griffiths will dodge All Blacks showdown | Peter Jackson

3 October 2021 0 comments

On the last Saturday of this month, Clive Griffiths could have been watching Wales-New Zealand in Cardiff free of charge. He has chosen to head […]

No one messed with this mighty Max

3 October 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSON SOME famous players had to make do with bearing the name of one place in England’s green and pleasant land, like the last […]

Quinnell’s All Black hat-trick is still supreme | Peter Jackson

26 September 2021 0 comments

When it comes to Welshmen performing hat-tricks on the international stage, Tommy Cooper could claim to have outscored John Charles, Ian Rush and Gareth Bale […]

Nathan, the Panther, defied his broken jaw

26 September 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE French christened him La Panthere Noire, Waka Nathan simply the supreme openside wing forward of his time. New Zealand never lost a […]

Patient Jacques Rogge got his reward

12 September 2021 1 comment

BY THE sound of it, Jacques Rogge’s passing late last month at the age of 79 has robbed the international game of its most humble […]

Quade Cooper back, just like Morne

12 September 2021 0 comments

MORNE Steyn couldn’t have known that what he did to the Lions last month would become something of a global trend. The Springbok’s triumphant return […]

Night horrors keep Will Hurrell so worried about future

5 September 2021 0 comments

Two seasons after it happened at Welford Road, Will Hurrell is still suffering from the ‘really horrible’ effects of the tackle that finished him. They […]

Surgeon warns: Act on head peril NOW

29 August 2021 0 comments

■By PETER JACKSON Risk: Prof Fairclough AN eminent surgeon has sent World Rugby a grim warning over the brain-bashing controversy: “Act now – or run […]

Michael Hooper shows his class in best Wallaby tradition | Peter Jackson

22 August 2021 0 comments

Another Bledisloe Cup series leaves the Wallabies captain on the losing side

Lions lose their direction in more ways than one | Peter Jackson

22 August 2021 1 comment

As Lions tours grow shorter, their destinations are limited to big cities. Peter Jackson looks at some of the lesser known locations past tours travelled to

Anscombe agony will finally end next month

15 August 2021 1 comment

■By PETER JACKSON GARETH Anscombe is scheduled to start his longawaited come back next month after a two-year fight to save his career. The architect-in-chief […]