DOARY UPDATE: Week 35, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 35 2018 MONDAY, AUGUST 27 Day 19 of Britain/Ireland adventure and we head north from London to Lymm in Cheshire, where we […]
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FLASHBACK: August 1989
AUGUST 1989 Giant Englishman, Brendan Hill powered Easts to a 18-16 win over Wynnum-Manly at Langlands Park, to keep the Tigers on top of the 1989 Brisbane Rugby League premiership. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 33, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 33 2018 MONDAY, AUGUST 13 It is day five of our UK/Ireland trip and I am hanging out for a coffee, in […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 32, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 32 2018 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 My wife, Marie and I depart for a UK/Ireland adventure. Cathay check-in staff are very helpful. An […]
FLASHBACK: AUGUST 1979
AUGUST 1979 The touring Great Britain rugby league side spoiled its unbeaten record in New Zealand, going down 18-11 to the Kiwis in the last of the three Tests, at […]
FLASHBACK: August 1939
AUGUST 1939 The 1939 New Zealand Rugby League side in the UK included a man who would play Test cricket in England 10 years later. The 1939/40 Kiwi and Wallaby rugby union […]
FLASHBACK: July 1959
JULY 1959 A halftime oxygen boost may have played a roll in North Queensland’s come-from-behind, 41-33 win over South Queensland in a State rugby league ‘trial’ in Townsville, watched by […]
THE TRACKS OF MY YEARS
TRAVEL The Milford Track walk was magnificent, but there is an Australian walking destination, which I prefer. At the risk of receiving derisive messages from my Kiwi friends, let me […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 31, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 31 2018 MONDAY, JULY 30 On Radio TAB, Peter Psaltis says Allan ‘Alfie’ Langer should be added to the exclusive Immortals club. […]
FLASHBACK: July 1984
Australian Rugby League skipper, Wally Lewis was heckled by spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as he made a speech following the Kangaroos’ 20-7 win over Great Britain, to clinch […]
