DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2018 MONDAY, APRIL 30 Two blokes in a van, try to sell me a surround sound system, as I leave bottle […]
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DRUNKEN KIWI STEALS HEARTS AT WEMBLEY
It could have been an absolute disaster, but it had a happy ending. For the first and only time in my life, I sold a ticket to a scalper, outside […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 17, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 17 2018 MONDAY, APRIL 23 Nostalgic day in Lismore, where I was born, and where my parents, Jon and Lola Ricketts (nee […]
VALE TED WEBER
by Steve Ricketts Edward ‘Ted’ Christian Weber, OAM, a stalwart of Rugby League in the Wide Bay district, has passed away, aged 86. Maryborough based Weber, was a Life Member […]
FLASHBACK: June 1969
JUNE 1969 PROP FORWARD, John Sattler led Australia to a 20-10 First Test win over New Zealand at a packed Carlaw Park in Auckland, with his South Sydney teammate, Ron […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 16, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 16 2018 THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Sydney Telegraph’s editor at large, Phil ‘Buzz’ Rothfield Tweets that rugby league is now officially shit. After […]
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
IT’S a photograph which has always fascinated me. Australian skipper, Arthur Beetson is holding a trophy aloft, as his teammates gather round. The photograph obviously was taken before a match, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 15, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 15 2018 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 Valleys’ rugby league legend, Ray Edwards, has passed away. His daughter is 4KQ Breakfast host, Laurel Edwards. […]
RING! RING! WHY DON’T YOU GIVE ME A CALL
“That’ll be the phone”, Rod Jennings said, barely able to suppress his laughter. There was a bloke, at the bar of the Swansea Rugby Union Social Club, who could perfectly […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 14, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 14 2018 MONDAY, APRIL 2 In India, our daughter, Melanie’s tour bus has been targeted by an angry mob, as part of […]
