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 […]
A trip down memory lane…
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]