PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Sam Peters is a rugby writer who has been credited with driving cultural change to the sport'sattitude towards head injuries and concussion. In 2014 Sam was shortlisted as sports journalist ofthe year at the UK Press Gazette Awards and was runner-up as rugby writer of the year at the 2017SJA Awards. Sam has written two books; Broadside with England cricketer StuartBroad and The Row to Recovery.
'There's no question Sam's work changed sport and saved lives. And he did it while those with the power to make change refused to take him seriously. It was one of the most phenomenal achievements in sports journalism. He should receive every award going for what he did.' * Alison Kervin, Mail on Sunday sports editor * 'Sam's work is comparable to David Walsh exposing Lance Armstrong. It should go down along with Walsh and the work of someone like Marie Colvin as one of the great pieces of investigative journalism.' * Stephen Jones, Sunday Times rugby correspondent * 'Peters is driven, balanced, incredibly bright and appropriately relentless.' -- David Flatman 'Sam achieved more in a year than most journalists achieve in their lifetimes. There's no doubt his work saved lives.' -- Alison Kervin 'Rugby will never be the same again knowing what we now know. In a time when others obfuscated and trod water, Peters asked the difficult questions and told the terrible stories. Sport needs voices like Sam's.' -- Alan Dymock, editor of Rugby World
