FLASHBACK: November 1996
Gold Coast Chargers’ coach, Phil Economidis blasted the inflated egos of players signed by the rebel Super League competition, as he talked up his club’s chances in the establishment Australian […]
Author Archives: SteveRicketts
FLASHBACK: November 1991
Former Welsh rugby union international, Paul Moriarty scored two tries in his Great Britain rugby league Test debut against Papua New Guinea at Central Park, Wigan. Moriarty, who was signed by Widnes […]
FLASHBACK: November 1986
Australian skipper, Wally Lewis was heavily targeted by St Helens’ players in the seventh match of the 1986 Kangaroo tour of Britain and France. Three times Lewis was hit in back […]
FLASHBACK: November 1956
There were amazing scenes in the dying minutes of the First Test between Australia and France at Parc des Princes, Paris, with the Kangaroos hanging on for a tense 15-8 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 46, 2015
WEEK 46, 2015 Visit my uncle, Bill Ricketts and his wife, Nola at Ballina. Bill, a former Queensland policeman, is my late father’s younger brother, his only sibling. Bill, whose police […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 45, 2015
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Melbourne Cup day, and Marie goes next door to Bandits/Brothers Club and places several bets. My money was on Bondi Beach (on the nose). We both dip out, with […]
FLASHBACK: October 1996
Great Britain undertook what proved a disastrous South Pacific tour, making a mockery of Super League’s claim to be creating a new world order in which a well funded rugby league would reach new […]
FLASHBACK: October 1991
Wigan defeated Penrith 21-4 in a brutal World Club Challenge encounter at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium, with former All Black, Frano ‘The Boot’ Botica kicking six goals from seven shots to win […]
FLASHBACK: October 1986
WIGAN coach, Graham Lowe predicted Australia would not go through their tour of England undefeated, after his club side made the Kangaroos battle every step of the way in the opening […]
FLASHBACK: October 1946
Ipswich club, Tivoli, coached by former international, Dan Dempsey, boasted they were as good as any team in Australia after beating champion Brisbane side, Valleys 7-2 at the Brisbane Exhibition […]
