FLASHBACK: March 1949
MARCH 1949 Queensland members of the 1948-49 Kangaroo rugby league touring squad to Britain and France, returned to Brisbane on March 12, seven months after they had begun their momentous […]
Category Archives: Flashbacks
A trip down memory lane…
FLASHBACK: MARCH 1994
Firebrand Gold Coast Seagulls’ rugby league prop, Scott Freestone promised to keep his fists down in 1994, to repay the faith of coach, John Harvey. Freestone was dropped to reserve […]
GLORY DAYS IN CHRISTCHURCH
Christchurch before the earthquake – Such a beautiful place, and I’m sure it still is, although I haven’t been there since the disaster in 2011. I look back fondly at the […]
SOMETHING MORE THAN VICTORY
In 1992 ‘the Sunday-Mail’ gave me the task of reviewing a book called ‘Something More than Victory’, by Adrian Zupp. The book was effectively a diary of the 1991 New […]
FLASHBACK: March 1974
MARCH 1974 Former Great Britain rugby league halfback, Tommy Bishop vowed to make Australia his home, after signing as captain-coach of Norths Devils for the 1974 Bisbane premiership season. Tommy; […]
FLASHBACK: FEBRUARY 2009
FEBRUARY 2009 Gold Coast Titans v New Zealand Warriors at Oakes Oval, Lismore, was a dream assignment for me. It was a match in the town where I was born, […]
VALE JOHN PAYNE
JOHN Payne was chosen for Australia on the back of hugely impressive performances for Queensland against New South Wales in the 1975 inter-state series. Payne, who died today, aged 74, […]
GRAND FINISH TO TOURNAMENT
Rugby League’s 1999 Tri-Nations in Australia and New Zealand will not go down as one of the code’s great tournaments, particularly as it went head to head with the rugby […]
FLASHBACK: February 1999
FEBRUARY 1999 by STEVE RICKETTS NRL Premiers, Brisbane Broncos defeated North Queensland Cowboys 28-6 in a trial at Browne Park, Rockhampton, a match I covered for ‘The Courier-Mail’. As trials […]
FLASHBACK: February 1995
FEBRUARY 1994 Gold Coast Seagulls Rugby League Club signed Canberra Raiders’ forward, Dave Woods on a two year deal, as it became apparent Queensland State of Origin prop, Steve Jackson […]
