Peter Jones

Kind words from the Mancunian #Maori, Mark Hudson. Reading ‘He Did His Bit’ while cooling his heels post @rugbyforheroes #newforest walk. #rugby ⁦@NewportRFC⁩ ⁦@WelshRugbyUnion⁩ ⁦@YLolfa⁩ ⁦@wrugbymuseum⁩ #sportshistory linkedin.com/posts/itsmarkh…

The Presenter @PatrickChristys has demanded I respond asap to his outrage I attended a silent disco this weekend in Walthamstow and tweeted about it. Here’s my message- I dare him to show it to his viewers in full as my right of reply. @GBNEWS

From Crisis to Cooperation: A New Model for Welsh Rugby open.substack.com/pub/andymoore5…

@emilyhewertson This you?

Sign this if you're a cunt who likes to torture and kill animals for 'sport' so much, you use 'trail hunting' as a means to do it surreptitiously.

If you like this sort of stuff, please share this thread and give us a follow. And please consider checking out my 'Illustrated History of Rugby Trilogy' or my other books (jpstafford.com for more). It's a tough market for authors and every little helps.

Robert Jenrick complaining that the country is broken is like Fred West complaining that his patio is uneven.

Can someone explain to me how it's possible to attend a free speech festival in a country where free speech is 'dead'? 🤔

@peterallenparis Trump Factor, Pete?

Marine Le Pen & Jordan Bardella's National Rally (RN) was counting on historic victories in today's municipal elections in France. Didn't happen. A Leftist mayor was comfortably re-elected in Marseille, for example. Ominous for the RN as it pledges to deliver a President in 2027.

I was in Paris this weekend for England vs France - and it was one of the most compelling sporting atmospheres I’ve experienced. Rugby Union now has a real opportunity, if it doesn’t retreat into itself or try to become something it’s not. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/mattyhenno…

Return your unwanted Reform UK flyers to this address and it costs them £2.50 a pop. Pop this address on an envelope with the flyer in, and pop it in a post box! The more we return, the less they will send!

@ClarksonsFarm1 Please take it down

Thanks to @US_RFC for your hospitality at yesterday’s @HampshireRFU clash. #ww1 geeks will recognise the name on the stand @Rugbyforheroes @RugbyMemorial #vc @RomseyRUFC #loveclubrugby #grassrootsrugby

@AndyGoode10 Just wrong on both counts

Guinness and blackcurrant everywhere at Twickenham today and England by 12! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

The Treasury and its associated bodies (OBR and Bank of England) are the most powerful institutions in the British state - more so than the Home or Foreign Office. I saw this up close. They are ideologically committed to EU alignment, mass migration and Keynsian economics. If their power structures aren't dismantled, nothing will change.

Maintaining Standards and Respect Across the Game hampshirerfu.com/?p=5313

We learned this weekend that Trump sexually assaulted underage girls, threatened one that she could “disappear like another 12-year-old,” and that Epstein was advising Putin on how to control Trump, according to new documents. And none of it is the lead story on any major outlet.

@BumbleCricket Next in the series - Albert Einstein on how to play the cover drive

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@CharlieFelix @CianTracey1 Also had privilege of interviewing him 10 yrs back for a book on @newportrfc greats. Have to admit it was a misty eyed drive back.

Tend to keep things light on here, but this is probably as personal a piece as I’ve ever written. It’s about my dad and interviewing Keith Jarrett. telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

Well said @michaelsheen 👏Yes, we will rage, rage against the dying of the light 🖤 #ourbloodisblack @ospreys