FLASHBACK: July 1972
JULY 1972 North Sydney’s block busting winger, George Ambrum made a stunning Test debut for Australia, scoring two tries in the 36-11 win over the ‘world champion’ New Zealand side […]
Category Archives: Flashbacks
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FLASHBACK: June 1972
JUNE 1972 Queensland’s three-year plan to wrest rugby league supremacy from New South Wales was in tatters after the Blues thrashed the Maroons 29-5 in the first match of the […]
FLASHBACK: June 1977
JUNE 1977 Australian team manager, Duncan Hall was left fuming after local referee, Jack Percival penalised the Kangaroos 15-6 in a match against the Auckland representative side at Carlaw Park, […]
FLASHBACK: June 1982
JUNE 1982 New South Wales’ critics reported a return to normal service after the Blues won the first match of the inaugural State of Origin series in 1982, with the […]
FLASHBACK: June, 1967
JUNE 1967 Brothers’ rugby league five eighth, Johnny Gleeson starred for Australia in the First Test against New Zealand, and then backed up four days later with another impressive display […]
FLASHBACK: May 1967
MAY 1967 Queensland skipper, Peter Gallagher’s crash tackle on ‘North Zone’ dangerman, Bruce Castle gave the touring Maroons an enormous lift, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a loss at […]
FLASHBACK: May 1972
MAY 1972 Wests Panthers emerged as the new glamor team of the Brisbane Rugby League competition, regularly drawing crowds of 15,000 to 20,000 to Lang Park, and capturing the imagination […]
FLASHBACK: May 1957
MAY 1957 Australian rugby league stars, Brian Davies and Brian Carlson stole the headlines in the lead-up to 1957’s big representative games, while the famous old Valleys club in Brisbane […]
FLASHBACK: May 1977
MAY 1977 Queensland hooker, Nick Geiger outplayed his highly regarded New South Wales’ rival, George Peponis in the first match of the 1977 inter-state series, under the lights at Brisbane’s […]
FLASHBACK: May 1982
MAY 1982 The final round of Winfield State League fixtures in 1982 was full of drama, with the comeback of Test rugby league star, Rod Morris; the sin binning of […]
FLASHBACK: April 1977
APRIL 1977 Norths Devils experienced the highs and lows of rugby league in a three day stretch, courageously winning a Brisbane premiership game, and then being humiliated by a Sydney […]
FLASHBACK: APRIL 1982
APRIL 1982 Souths’ coach, Bob McCarthy labelled refereeing in the bush as ‘woeful’, in the fallout from his 1981 Brisbane premiership winning team’s shock 17-16 loss to Wide Bay, in […]
FLASHBACK: April 1997
APRIL 1997 Wendell Sailor was sent to the sin bin by referee, Bill Harrigan after a melee in which the Broncos’ winger hit Cowboys’ centre, Paul Bowman with a flurry […]
FLASHBACK: April 1972
APRIL 1972 Souths and Norths put on a spectacular display of attacking football for Channel 7’s first ever telecast of its new ‘Match of the Day’ format, which went on […]
FLASHBACK: March 1997
MARCH 1997 Broncos’ Test prop, Glenn Lazarus was left battered, bruised and angry after an incident involving Auckland Warriors’ fullback, Matthew Ridge at Brisbane’s ANZ Stadium in the first round […]
FLASHBACK: March 1982
MARCH 1982 Ipswich Jets and Brisbane Brothers kicked off a new era in Queensland Rugby League when they were given the honour of playing the first match in the 1982 […]
FLASHBACK: March 1992
MARCH 1992 Gold Coast Seagulls’ captain-coach, Wally Lewis admitted he didn’t know the rules when he turned down the chance to take a pre-season Challenge Cup quarter final against the […]
FLASHBACK: March 1987
MARCH 1987 QUEENSLAND lock, Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin advocated the selection of skipper, Wally Lewis at halfback for the 1987 State of Origin Series following the career ending eye injury to […]
FLASHBACK: February 1982
FEBRUARY 1982 Norths Devils’ skipper, Shane Bernardin was sent off by referee, Harry Dearness just five minutes into a Woolies pre-season match against Easts at Bishop Park, after the Tigers’ […]
FLASHBACK: February 1997
FEBRUARY 1997 Parramatta coach, Brian Smith tipped Super League’s much hyped World Club Challenge competition to be a fizzer with Australian fans. Smith, who had coached Bradford in England, said […]
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