FLASHBACK: January 1967
JANUARY 1967 Wallaby stars, Bob Honan and George Ruebner switched to rugby league with South Sydney and Balmain respectively, but it was a lesser known University union player from Brisbane, […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 19, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 19 2021 MONDAY, MAY 10 My interview with Gavin Payne on EastsTV attracted 5,000 viewers, according to producer, Darryl Bogan. Brisbane Men […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2021 MONDAY, MAY 3 There are reports out of Sydney that many lads at GPS schools are choosing to play Aussie […]
FLASHBACK: January 1997
JANUARY 1997 Super League supremos boasted that their new ‘world order’ would see the likes of Allan ‘Alfie’ Langer and Gorden Tallis become household names across Asia. Sounds fanciful, and […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 17, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 17 2021 MONDAY, APRIL 26 TIGER TV’s Gavin Payne, the former Easts’ fullback and later coach, conducts an interview with yours truly, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 16, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 16 2021 TUESDAY, APRIL 20 The cross country at Murwillumbah High School in the 1960s/early 1970s, was a real ‘country’ course, taking […]
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1956
DECEMBER 1956 AUSTRALIAN lock, Ian ‘Ripper’ Doyle from Toowoomba was hailed the hero of the series clinching 10-6 win over France in the Second Test of the 1956 tour, played […]
FLASHBACK: November, 2006
NOVEMBER 2006 This post is different from the ‘classic’ Flashbacks on my website, in that is largely an extract from my diary. It is meant to give readers a look […]
A TRUE QUEENSLAND GREAT – JOHNNY GLEESON.
By Steve Ricketts. Johnny Gleeson was a quiet, humble man, who largely retreated from the spotlight after a stellar rugby league playing career at International, State and Club level. Gleeson, […]
VALE JOHNNY GLEESON
One of Australia’s greatest rugby league players, Johnny Gleeson, died today just four days short of his 83rd birthday. Gleeson, a brilliant five eighth, toured Britain and France with the […]
FLASHBACK: December 1961
DECEMBER 1961 France and New Zealand played out a violent 5-all draw in the Third Test in 1961, with the draw enough to give the Kiwis a series win after […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 15, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 15 2021 TUESDAY, APRIL 13 Former Canterbury-Bankstown and New Zealand Warriors rugby league skipper, Steve Price is my interview subject when I […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 14, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 14 2021 MONDAY, APRIL 5 Yorkshireman, Ray Knight played rugby league in Christchurch, New Zealand, packing down as a hooker between Kiwi […]
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1996
DECEMBER 1996 One of the saddest rugby league stories I have had to write concerned a car accident involving promising young footballer, Cameron Carr, the son of legendary Brisbane Wests’ […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 13, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 13 2021 MONDAY, MARCH 29 The NRL is talking about introducing forward pass technology. That will just about be the last straw […]
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1986
DECEMBER 1986 Australian Rugby League skipper, Wally Lewis rejected an offer from Wigan to play the remainder of the English season with the Greater Manchester club, after his commitments with […]
FLASHBACK: OCTOBER 1971
OCTOBER 1971 Rugby League ‘Immortal’, Bob Fulton rated the All Blacks’ rugby union pack the most formidable he had faced, at that stage of his career. Hang on a minute! […]
FLASHBACK: NOVEMBER 1996 (UK)
NOVEMBER 1996 Great Britain’s injury hit squad battled hard before losing 32-12 to New Zealand in the Third Test at Christchurch’s Lancaster Park, the Kiwis completing a clean sweep of […]
VALE JIM FENWICK
Jim Fenwick was one of Queensland’s finest news photographers, with a special feel for events on the rugby league field. He won several awards for his photographs of matches at […]
FLASHBACK: NOVEMBER 1996
NOVEMBER 1996 The struggling South Queensland Crushers were labelled the ‘Redcliffe Mafia’, after Dolphins’ stalwart, Steve Bleakley was appointed head coach, replacing sacked former Test lock, Bob Lindner, for the […]
Steve Ricketts 