DIARY UPDATE: Week 39, 2016
WEEK 39, 2016 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Watch Foxsports coverage of rugby league’s night of nights, the Dally M Awards. The red carpet stuff beforehand leaves me cold, as does NRL […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 38, 2016
WEEK 38 2016 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 A day on the Gold Coast with our eldest son, Damien; his wife, Emma and their daughter, Parker. Dinner from a Thai restaurant in Tedder […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 37, 2016
WEEK 37 2016 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 To Lismore today, via Chinderah, where we have calamari, prawns and chips on the banks of the Tweed River. Buy fresh parrot fish for dinner […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 36, 2016
WEEK 36, 2016 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 ‘OLD Farts’ (journalists) get-together at Jubilee Hotel in Fortitude Valley. Great to catch up with former workmates, including Mike Holliday, Wayne Watson, Bruce Pickford (A Kiwi […]
FLASHBACK: July 1998
JULY 1998 London Broncos, under the coaching of former Australian Test centre, Tony Currie, enjoyed a stellar start to July, with wins over Hull and Bradford Northern. Former All Black centre, […]
FLASHBACK: July 1988
JULY 1988 Gold Coast Giants’ coach, Bob McCarthy labelled forward, Keith Neller State of Origin material after watching him star against a well regarded Illawarra Steelers’ pack at Seagulls’ Stadium, […]
FLASHBACK: July 1978
JULY 1978 Brisbane premiers, Easts, scored a convincing 27-6 win over North Sydney in a fourth round Amco Cup (knockout) competition match at Lang Park, scoring five tries to one […]
FLASHBACK: July 1948
JULY 1948 The Courier-Mail’s Jack Reardon wrote a hard hitting column, calling for the axing of under performing players from Brisbane first grade teams. Reardon, a former Australian Test centre, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 35, 2016
WEEK 35 2016 TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 Haircut from Paul ‘The Barber’ at Zillmere. The little cafe next door is licensed now. Paul’s side-kick, Chaz, has quit and cuts hair at home. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 34, 2016
WEEK 34, 2016 TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 AT Wynnum-Manly Leagues I discuss up-coming sportsmen’s lunch, where I will be MC. Chat to Wynnum first grade coach, John Buchanan, who is a nephew […]
