FLASHBACK: May 1989
Great Britain five eighth, Shaun Edwards made an impressive Sydney rugby league debut for Balmain in the Tigers’ 12-2 win over a gutsy Gold Coast Seagulls’ outfit at Leichhardt Oval. […]
Category Archives: Flashbacks
A trip down memory lane…
FLASHBACK: May 1969
MAY 1969 The omission of Valleys’ centre, Mick Retchless was the big talking point following the naming of the Queensland side after the ‘Queensland’ v ‘The Rest’ state trial at […]
FLASHBACK: May 1949
MAY 1949 Reports of disharmony among the players emerged in the aftermath of the 1948-49 Kangaroo tour of Britain and France. A Rugby League Board of Control meeting in Brisbane […]
FLASHBACK: April, 1959
APRIL 1959 On a hot spring day, in the French city of Grenoble, France extracted revenge against Great Britain, in one of the great turnarounds of international rugby league history. […]
FLASHBACK: April 1994
APRIL 1994 Broncos’ Test prop, Glenn Lazarus entered into an agreement with coach, Wayne Bennett that he would forfeit $1,000 from his pay cheque the next time he was seen […]
RUGBY LEAGUE’S ANZAC SPIRIT
WHEN I think of ANZAC Day and rugby league connections, gentleman footballer, Jack Rayner immediately springs to mind. My father, Jon Ricketts often mentioned Jack as one of the toughest […]
FLASHBACK: April 1969
APRIL 1969 Aussie rules convert, Barry Spring kicked four field goals for Norths in a 13-9 win over Valleys in the Easter Monday clash at Lang Park, one of them […]
FLASHBACK: April 1949
APRIL 1949 The Courier-Mail’s L H Kearney described Norths’ 19-17 win over Wests in the Brisbane President’s Cup pre-season competition as ‘the greatest upset in rugby league history’. Perhaps Kearney […]
FLASHBACK: April 1979
APRIL 1979 Wally Lewis, Ross Strudwick and Peter McWhirter were rated ‘the most deadly rugby league trio in town’ after Valleys began the 1979 Brisbane premiership campaign with a 30-8 […]
FLASHBACK: March 1979
MARCH 1979 Souths’ rugby league captain, Greg Veivers copped a one match ban from the Brisbane judiciary, while teammate, Dave Brown waited outside to plead guilty to the same offence. Brown […]
