DIARY UPDATE: Week 36, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 36 2021 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 The Dolphins are everyone’s tip to be the NRL’s 17th team in 2023, with the decision to […]
Category Archives: Diary of a retired Rugby League Journalist
DIARY UPDATE: Week 35, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 35 2021 TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 England Rugby Union coach, Eddie Jones is a guest of Warrington Rugby League for their home match […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 34, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 34 2021 MONDAY, AUGUST 23 One of the great characters of Queensland sports journalism was the late Kev Keliher, who was the […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 33, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 33 2021 MONDAY, AUGUST 16 Queensland Rugby League’s Manager of Government Relations, Arthur Eustace-Earl was a fitness trainer with the famous Valleys’ […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 32, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 32 2021 MONDAY, AUGUST 9 My former Telegraph Sports Editor, John Morton described Bobby Banks as the Wally Lewis of his time. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 31, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 31 2021 MONDAY, AUGUST 2 The live streaming of Wally Lewis’s Ross Livermore Memorial Lecture proves a winner, with the Queensland Rugby […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 30, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 30 2021 MONDAY, JULY 26 Former Wynnum-Manly premiership winning halfback, Peter Dawes reckons the Seagulls would have beaten Sydney premiers, Canterbury-Bankstown in […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 29, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 29 2021 MONDAY, JULY 19 St George premiership winning forward, Robin Gourley has died aged 85. In an interview with the ABC’s […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 28, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 28 2021 MONDAY, JULY 12 Sydney Telegraph’s Editor at Large, Phil Rothfield says rugby league in Queensland is in trouble, and if […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 27, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 27 2021 MONDAY, JULY 5 My former Brisbane Brothers’ rugby league teammate, Graham Quinn, who represented Australia in 1980, lost most of […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 26, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 26 2021 MONDAY, JUNE 28 THE FIGS (Former International Greats), via secretary, Peter Hogan, seek permission to post my Flashbacks on their […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 25, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 25 2021 MONDAY, JUNE 21 Former Wallabies’ hooker, Mark McBain rates French halfback, Antoine Dupont the best player in the world. McBain, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 24, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 24 2021 MONDAY, JUNE14 Rugby league people feature prominently in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, which is par for the course. We […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 23, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 23 2021 MONDAY, JUNE 7 WHEN I think of Tim Pickup, the 1972 Second Test between Australia and New Zealand at Lang […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 22, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 22 2021 MONDAY, MAY 31 The Queensland team is announced for the first match of the 2021 State of Origin series, with […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 21 2021 MONDAY, MAY 24 Former North Queensland Cowboys’ rugby league players, Gavin Cooper and Ray Thompson visit Ayr, on development work […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 20 2021 MONDAY, MAY 17 Mitch Brennan was selected for Australia in 1979, but St George told the national selectors he was […]
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 […]
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, […]
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