THE LUCK OF THE IRISH
It was my lucky day. A pint of beer for a penny! My wife, Marie and I walked into the ‘Hooded Cloak’ pub in Macroom, Ireland, intent on one or […]
Author Archives: SteveRicketts
DIARY UPDATE: Week 7, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 7 2018. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Interview former Test rugby league winger, Kerry Boustead at Men of League lunch at Club Pine Rivers. […]
FLASHBACK: May 1989
Great Britain five eighth, Shaun Edwards made an impressive Sydney rugby league debut for Balmain in the Tigers’ 12-2 win over a gutsy Gold Coast Seagulls’ outfit at Leichhardt Oval. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 6, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 6 2018 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 There is a moving tribute to former Great Britain rugby league winger, John Atkinson before the Round […]
Dash it all
Whenever I see a dachshund, and they are back in fashion, the nightmares return. It was 1972, and I had arrived at my uncle, Bill Ricketts’ Kingaroy residence to stay […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 5 2018 TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 LUNCH at Port Office Hotel with journo mates, among them Bart Sinclair, Robert ‘Crash’ Craddock, Steve Waddingham, […]
FLASHBACK: May 1969
MAY 1969 The omission of Valleys’ centre, Mick Retchless was the big talking point following the naming of the Queensland side after the ‘Queensland’ v ‘The Rest’ state trial at […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 4, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 4 2018 MONDAY, JANUARY 22 Kerry McGreedy and his wife, Roseanne have donated South Queensland Crushers’ magazines to the QRL History Committee. […]
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY HOSPITALITY
By Steve Ricketts My father, Jon Ricketts had spoken often about the delights of “Yellow Belly”, or Golden Perch, a fresh water fish caught in western Queensland streams. He had […]
2019 ROSS LIVERMORE MEMORIAL LECTURE: AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND
AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND Former Queensland State of Origin coach and player, Michael Hagan will deliver the 2019 Ross Livermore Memorial Lecture, at Queensland Rugby League Central, Castlemaine Street, Milton, on Saturday, […]
