DIARY UPDATE: Week 49, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 49 2020 MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 ‘The King’, Wally Lewis signs 500 copies of his book, ‘My Life. Wally Lewis’, at QRL headquarters, […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 48 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 48 2020 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Former Rugby League Test prop, Gary Parcell has died, aged 87. Gary played eight Tests for Australia […]
FLASHBACK: May 1966
MAY 1966 Sydney was destined to remain a second-class sporting city, while ever it relied on the obsolete Sydney Cricket Ground for major events. So wrote the Sydney Morning Herald’s […]
FLASHBACK: MAY 1961
MAY 1961 Test forward, Elton Rasmussen scored the try of the match for Wide Bay in their thrilling 22-21 loss to Ipswich in the (Queensland) State rugby league trials at […]
FLASHBACK: May 1981
MAY 1981 Great Britain Test forward, Brian Lockwood equalled legendary halfback, Alex Murphy’s record of winning at Wembley with three different clubs, when he played a key role in Widnes’ […]
DAIRY UPDATE: Week 47, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 47 2020 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 A darts night at ‘The Rugby League Club’ at Lang Park degenerated into an all-in-brawl. This was […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 46, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 46 2020 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 A female malibu rider twice strays into the flagged area at Coolum Beach, and, seemingly, doesn’t give […]
DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 45 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 45 2020 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Charleville product, Kurt Capewell is all the rage in Queensland, after his outstanding effort for the Maroons […]
VALE DES LEE
To say Des Lee played above his weight is an understatement. The feisty rugby league halfback never tipped the scales at anything over 10 stone (63.5kg), but never let his […]
SOUTHS MAGPIES HALL OF FAME
Super coach, Wayne Bennett describes the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Brisbane’s Souths Magpies as kindred spirits, in that they are working class clubs, with a never-say-die ethos. And the embodiment […]
FLASHBACK: April, 1936
Brisbane suffered a humiliating 17-6 loss to Tweed, at Knox Park, Murwillumbah, while Lismore forced a 12-all draw with Ipswich at Oakes Oval, Lismore in a flurry of cross border […]
FLASHBACK: April 1981
Balmain lock, Neil Pringle revealed details of his battle with a debilitating illness, as he celebrated signing a new contract with the Tigers. Pringle, then 28, had played his 100th […]
FLASHBACK: April, 1966
Great Britain’s 1966 Rugby League Touring Squad was given little chance of reclaiming the Ashes in Australia, with only one player in the 26-man outfit having previously been to the […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 44, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 44 2020 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 EXCLUSIVE. Wallaby Star, Andrew Slack to Switch to Rugby League. Well, it would have been a nice […]
VALE BOB DUNCAN
by Steve Ricketts, Chairman, Queensland Rugby League History Committee. Bob Duncan was tipped as a future State star when he first burst onto the representative scene with Toowoomba in 1960. […]
TOM TERRIFIC COULD NOT BE CAGED
by Steve Ricketts. Tom Raudonikis took the wheel of his car, after a long lunch at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, and invited the passengers to help themselves to a beer, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 43, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 43 2020 MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 Melbourne Storm return to their Sunshine Coast base to celebrate their NRL Grand final win, and there […]
FLASHBACK: April, 1971
FLASHBACK APRIL 1971 Young Toowoomba winger, Wayne Bennett scored two tries as the Clydesdales emerged 21-19 winners over Ipswich, in a round one, Bulimba Cup (inter-city) fixture at the Athletic […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 42, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2020 MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 Men of League patron, Ron Atkins celebrates his 85th birthday at Broncos Leagues Club, and I feel […]
FLASHBACK: March, 1966
FLASHBACK MARCH 1966 Huddersfield vice-president, Eric Sellers proposed a new competition, featuring the top 16 English clubs, while, at the same time, Blackpool Borough secretary-director, George Lunn pushed for a […]
