Peter Jackson
@JackoRugby
Old-school journalist, @TheRugbyPaper, American history student, Johnny Cash nut and failed fly half. Test rugby debut - Ireland v England 1959.
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Eight Springboks missing from the Bulls XV, all resting ahead of Munster Rugby's visit to Loftus next week. Doesn't say much for the Champions' Cup but asking SA's last contender to go inter-continental at shamefully short notice says still less about its scheduling. Ridiculous.
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'During the 15 years since, no Welsh team has ever come as close to the final as Cardiff did then' | Peter Jackson looks back on Cardiff and Leicester's iconic penalty shootout in 2009
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Treasured memories of a momentous occasion, non-league Merthyr Tydfil succeeding where Liverpool FC failed. Lyn Jones’ team magnificent in the return in Bergamo, the Italians scraping through by the skin of their teeth 3-2 on aggregate. Glory days.
WRU Cup final, Cardiff Arms Park , April 1977
Newport 16 Cardiff 15. Att: 35,000.
RFU Cup final, Twickenham a fortnight earlier:
Gosforth 27 🟥🟩⬜️WATERLOO RFU 🟥🟩⬜️ 11. Att: 10,000. Many of us there that day thought the ‘crowd’ was nearer 7,500. How times change.
The Investec Champions Cup is valued so highly that they plan to sacrifice it for a quadrennial World Rugby Club Cup from 2028. The old game is in such a mess as it is that if Webb Ellis had his time at Rugby School over again, he'd think twice about running off with the football.
Sam Northeast's monumental innings has reached a global scale. By adding a triple century to his 410* at Leicester 2 years ago, the uncapped Glamorgan batsmen puts himself alongside Don Bradman Cricket Australia and Brian Lara Windies Cricket. Phenomenal. And he's not finished...