DIARY UPDATE: Week 9, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 9 2020 MONDAY, MARCH 2 Kenya belt Wales in Rugby Union Sevens. How can that be? The French Government limits crowds to […]
Category Archives: Diary of a retired Rugby League Journalist
DIARY UPDATE: Week 8, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER Week 8, 2020 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Erica Elizabeth O’Neale (nee Clear) was one of the unsung heroes of the Queensland Performing Arts scene. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 7, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 7 2020 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 The Queensland Rugby League is searching for a ‘brand’ name for their Residents’ side. The Origin team […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 6, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 6 2020 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 One of the commentators at Mount Maunganui – in the New Zealand v India cricket one day […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2020
DIARY OF RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 5 2019 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Englishman, Shaun Wane succeeds Australian, Wayne Bennett as coach of the Great Britain Rugby League side. It is […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 4, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 4 2020 TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 Iconic Queensland broadcaster, John McCoy thanks a myriad people for their messages of good will, following his […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 3, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 3 2020. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 In 2019, 28,593 females played rugby league in Australia, compared with 11,633 in 2015. Male participation rates […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 2, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 2 2020 MONDAY, JANUARY 13 Fellow rugby league historian, Greg Mallory tells me former Builders Laborers’ Federation boss, Jack Mundey was a […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 1, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 1 2020 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 Former Queensland National Party MP, Vic Sullivan once called a race at Jandowae in western Queensland, after […]
DIARY UPDATE: Transition 2019 to 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER TRANSITION 2019 TO 2020 MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 Our nephew, Xavier Ricketts and Gemma Wuersching wed in a beautiful ceremony at Toowoomba’s Gabbinbar Homestead, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 49, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 49 2019 MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 On assignment for Rugby League History Committee at St George in South West Queensland, with QRL Government […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 51, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 51 2019. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 Former Sydney Wests’ rugby league skipper and ABC commentator, Warren Boland has had open heart surgery. Last […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 50, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 50 2019 MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 There are reports Australian Rugby League back, Latrell Mitchell may switch from the Roosters to South Sydney, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 48, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 48 2019 MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 The funeral of our former neighbour, Susan Andersen (nee Biggs) at Little Flower Church, Kedron proves a […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 47, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 47 2019 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Former Valleys’ premiership winning halfback, Ross Threlfo has died, aged 77, in a nursing home at Ballina […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 46, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 46 2019. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Bush-fire smoke has cleared enough to be able to see Broken Head for the first time, from […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 45, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 45 2019 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Remembrance Day is observed with respect, as I shop in Coles, Lutwyche after a medical appointment at 10.15 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 44, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 44 2019 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 On the eve of the Melbourne Cup, Radio TAB’S John McCoy takes a shot at ‘idiot parents’ […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 43, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 43 2019 MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 Murwillumbah Brothers’ rugby league stalwart, Bill Carroll receives positive feedback from those who attended yesterday’s reunion for […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 42, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2019 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 There are four ‘Stop/Go’ people on duty at one tiny roundabout on a back street – Uxbridge […]
