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 […]
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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 […]
FLASHBACK: FEBRUARY 1992
FEBRUARY 1992 After a 10-year absence from the code, former rugby league star, Gary Seaton gave an interview about his return as coach of Wynnum-Manly Seagulls in the Brisbane competition. […]
FLASHBACK: FEBRUARY 1977
FEBRUARY 1977 In what surely were unprecedented scenes in Brisbane Rugby League, players from the Valleys and Easts’ clubs did an emu bob of Langlands Park, looking for part of […]
FLASHBACK: JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012 After having covered the funeral of the great Arthur Beetson, in December, 2011, it was somehow fitting that my first big task in 2012 was to cover the […]
FLASHBACK: January, 1982
JANUARY 1982 Test rugby league fullback, Garry Dowling signed for the Burleigh Bears in what shaped as a major coup for the inaugural Winfield State League, in which the eight […]
FLASHBACK: November 1986
NOVEMBER 1986 The Kangaroos survived a combination of English skill and aggression to beat Oldham 22-16 at the ‘ancient’ Watersheddings Ground, to maintain their undefeated record on the tour of […]
FLASHBACK: January 1992
JANUARY 1992 Broncos’ chairman, Paul ‘Porky’ Morgan took a pot shot at Channel 9 boss, Kerry Packer over the station’s reluctance to televise all the Brisbane club’s games in the […]
FLASHBACK: January 1967
JANUARY 1967 Wallaby stars, Bob Honan and George Ruebner switched to rugby league with South Sydney and Balmain respectively, but it was a lesser known University union player from Brisbane, […]
FLASHBACK: January 1997
JANUARY 1997 Super League supremos boasted that their new ‘world order’ would see the likes of Allan ‘Alfie’ Langer and Gorden Tallis become household names across Asia. Sounds fanciful, and […]
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1956
DECEMBER 1956 AUSTRALIAN lock, Ian ‘Ripper’ Doyle from Toowoomba was hailed the hero of the series clinching 10-6 win over France in the Second Test of the 1956 tour, played […]
FLASHBACK: November, 2006
NOVEMBER 2006 This post is different from the ‘classic’ Flashbacks on my website, in that is largely an extract from my diary. It is meant to give readers a look […]
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