FLASHBACK: February,
FLASHBACK FEBRUARY 1951 THREE players from Easts in Sydney arrived in Queensland, and there were high expectations about the impact they might make on the game in the State. Most […]
Category Archives: Flashbacks
A trip down memory lane…
FLASHBACK: February, 1986
FLASHBACK FEBRUARY 1986 Norths’ centre, Trevor Cook cut his former team to shreds, as the Devils swamped Easts 34-12 in a Woolies’ pre-season rugby league clash at Bishop Park, Nundah. […]
FLASHBACK: February, 1996
FLASHBACK FEBRUARY 1996 The Brisbane Broncos’ camp cried foul after rookie prop, Shane Webcke was sickened by a front-on tackle by Penrith hooker, Danny Farrar in a Super League trial, […]
FLASHBACK: January, 1981
FLASHBACK JANUARY 1981 There is nothing new about the struggle to get kids to play that toughest of all team body contact sports, rugby league. When I was growing up […]
FLASHBACK: January, 1971
JANUARY 1971 Queensland Rugby League chairman, Bruce Hatcher retains fond memories of a time when some of the state’s best footballers were effectively put into isolation for two months, living […]
FLASHBACK: January, 1951
FLASHBACK JANUARY 1951 Renowned BBC commentator, Eddie Waring warned that France’s historic tour of Australia and New Zealand could be a huge success, or a colossal failure. Waring said if […]
FLASHBACK: December 1955
FLASHBACK DECEMBER 1955 France’s former Basque rugby union star, Jean Dop stole the limelight from Welsh dual rugby international, Lewis Jones in France’s 17-5 win over Great Britain at Parc […]
FLASHBACK: December, 1985
FLASHBACK DECEMBER 1985 New Zealand Rugby League coach, Graham Lowe led his team from a formal, post-Test match function in Perpignan, France, in protest at the way the Kiwis had […]
FLASHBACK: December 1995
DECEMBER 1995 Queensland State of Origin coach, Paul Vautin made it clear Allan Langer would not have a saloon passage back into the Maroons’ squad, if Super League players were […]
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1965
DECEMBER 1965 The exploits of the 1951 French rugby league side in Australia and New Zealand are the stuff of legend. But spare a thought for the generations of French […]
FLASHBACK: November, 1980
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 1980 English clubs scrambled to sign New Zealand rugby league players, after the Kiwi’s tour of the UK, under the captaincy of Mark Graham and the coaching of […]
FLASHBACK: November, 1975
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 1975 Wales finished the 1975 Rugby League World Series with a flourish, defeating New Zealand and France within six days. The 25-24 win over the Kiwis, at the […]
FLASHBACK: November 2010
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 2010 Australian fullback, Billy Slater described the 2010 Four Nations final at Suncorp Stadium as a ‘dogfight’, with the Kiwis walking away with bragging rights again, just two […]
FLASHBACK: November, 1995
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 1995 Former Wallaby, Garrick Morgan’s return to rugby union was confirmed, after he struggled in rugby league, playing for new club, the South Queensland Crushers, under novice coach, […]
FLASHBACK: October, 1955
OCTOBER 1955 French Rugby League officials left Hilton Park, Leigh in England full of confidence about the future, despite France’s 32-19 loss to a star-studded Other Nationalities side, in a […]
FLASHBACK: November, 1965
NOVEMBER 1965 France defeated New Zealand 14-3 in a brawling First Test at Stade Velodrome, Marseilles, watched by a vocal crowd of 30,000, at what was a double header with […]
FLASHBACK: October, 1970
OCTOBER 1970 Referee, Fred Lindop dealt out 15 cautions in a brutal World Cup rugby league match at Headingley, Leeds with Great Britain scoring the only try of the contest, […]
FLASHBACK: October 1995
FLASHBACK OCTOBER 1995 ENGLAND captain, Shaun Edwards was accused of taunting Australian winger, John Hopoate with racial abuse at London’s Wembley Stadium, in the opening match of the 1995 Rugby […]
FLASHBACK: October, 1960
FLASHBACK OCTOBER 1960 Fiery forwards, Vince Karalius (Great Britain) and Jean Barthe (France) were sent from the field in a brutal rugby league World Cup match at Station Road, Swinton, […]
FLASHBACK: September, 2005
FLASHBACK SEPTEMBER 2005 The Rugby League, Rugby Union and Journalistic communities were mourning the loss of Harry Jefferies, who died on September 6, 2005, aged 83. Jefferies was a long […]
