SCHOOLIES 1970’s STYLE
Many years before Schoolies became a headline grabber, the Gold Coast was still a mecca for high school graduates, looking to let their hair down after six years of graft. […]
Author Archives: SteveRicketts
FLASHBACK: December 1978
DECEMBER 1978 CLEVER scrum tactics were the secret to France’s series clinching 11-10 win over Australia in the Second Test at Toulouse, the last match of the Kangaroos’ 1978 northern […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 7, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 7 2017. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Dinner with English friends, John and Glenda Tapp at their holiday unit, ‘Mariner’s Point’, Point Cartwright, on […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 6, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 6 2017 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 There is a magnificent roll-up in Lismore, New South Wales for the funeral of Neville Charles Soward, […]
FLASHBACK: November 1963
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 1963 Less than 18 months after winning the Ashes series in Australia, Great Britain fell to its greatest humiliation at the hands of the Kangaroos when the Arthur […]
COMMENT: Give Ipswich a go
COMMENT By Steve Ricketts, former chief rugby league writer, The Courier-Mail. GIVE IPSWICH A GO THE Broncos stand-alone-status in Brisbane is the stuff of envy elsewhere in the NRL, given […]
GETTING IT HOME
There’s a saying in journalism, that you can have the best story in the world, but if you don’t get it out there in time for your readership, it doesn’t […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 5 2017 TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 My wife, Marie’s brother-in-law, Neville Soward passes away in Lismore today. Neville, who married Marie’s sister, Carolyne, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 4, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 4, 2017 MONDAY, JANUARY 23. A tearful Matt Hayden is inducted into Australian Cricket’s Hall of Fame at Allan Border Medal Awards […]
FLASHBACK: November 1973
FLASHBACK – NOVEMBER 1973 Tall, rampaging forward, Phil Lowe scored two tries in Great Britain’s brilliant 21-11 win over Australia in the First Test at London’s Wembley Stadium. Lowe, from […]
