HISTORY OF RUGBY LEAGUE ON THE GOLD COAST: A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT
Just as there was life ‘Before the Broncos’ in Brisbane, there was a proud history of rugby league on the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers before the Titans and its […]
Category Archives: Flashbacks
A trip down memory lane…
FLASHBACK: January, 1975
JANUARY 1975 Referees threatened to ‘pack up their gear and leave the ground’ if alcohol was sold before first grade matches in the cross border, Group 18 competition, which encompassed […]
FLASHBACK: December 1959
DECEMBER 1959. FRENCH Rugby League legend, Puig Aubert lambasted France’s pack for not dominating their Australian rivals, as the touring Kangaroos won the Second Test, and the series with a […]
FLASHBACK: December 2009
DECEMBER 2009 Queensland Rugby League managing director, Ross Livermore said his organisation would not stand in the away of an independent commission taking over the game, but insisted grassroots development […]
FLASHBACK: December 1994 – England
DECEMBER 1994 – England THE Rugby Football Union banned Cambridge University centre, Ady Spencer for 12 months, because he played a handful of matches with London Broncos Rugby League Club. […]
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1994
December 1994 The Queensland Rugby League State of Origin ‘brains trust’ had a new look, heading into the 1995 season, with Wayne Bennett returning as coach, replacing Wally Lewis. Bennett […]
FLASHBACK: November 1994
NOVEMBER 1994 A pledge of loyalty from the Brisbane Broncos was accepted by a New South Wales Rugby League Board meeting in the League’s Phillip Street headquarters in Sydney. NSWRL […]
FLASHBACK: November, 1989
NOVEMBER 1989 English club, Barrow sacked Australian coach, Rod Reddy, just eight matches into the 1989-90 English season. Reddy, a veteran of 17 Tests for Australia and a member of […]
FLASHBACK: November, 2004
NOVEMBER, 2004 Big spending rugby union scouts were waiting outside Stade Ernest Wallon in Toulouse after the French rugby league side scored six tries in a gutsy 52-30 loss to […]
FLASHBACK: November 1954
NOVEMBER 1954 A record crowd for rugby league in France – 37,474 – attended the World Cup match between the home side, captained by the legendary, Puig Aubert, and Great […]
FLASHBACK: October 1959
OCTOBER 1959 France’s Test rugby league players had to catch taxis to Parc des Princes in Paris, after the bus that was due to transport them to the stadium, was […]
FLASHBACK: October, 1984
OCTOBER 1984 Hull Kingston Rovers’ winger, Garry Clarke scored three tries for England in their 28-9 win over Wales at Ebbw Vale. Clarke, still a teenager, had snared a hat-trick for […]
FLASHBACK: October 1989
OCTOBER 1989 New Zealand were set a monumental task at the start of their tour of Britain and France, with two matches in three days, the first against St Helens […]
FLASHBACK: October 1959
OCTOBER 1959 Kangaroos’ rugby league coach, Clive Churchill was threatened with arrest after small boys pelted Australians sitting along the sideline at Oldham in England, with orange peel. Churchill threw […]
FLASHBACK: SEPTEMBER 1959
SEPTEMBER 1959 Norths moved for Redcliffe to be admitted to the Brisbane Rugby League first grade competition in 1960, even though it would mean ceding some of their territory to […]
FLASHBACK: SEPTEMBER, 1969
SEPTEMBER 1969 Murwillumbah Brothers broke a seven year drought when they won the Group 18-Gold Coast A grade premiership by defeating Cudgen 11-0 at the new Murwillumbah Oval. Brothers’ winger, […]
FLASHBACK: September 1989
SEPTEMBER 1989 Valleys five eighth, Peter Coyne, a controversial omission from the Queensland Residents team for the historic tour of France, turned in a classy performance for the Diehards in […]
FLASHBACK: September 1979
SEPTEMBER 1979 A Valleys’ official and an Easts’ reserve grade player were cited to appear before the Brisbane Rugby League, following an incident in the Lang Park grandstand during the […]
FLASHBACK: August 1949
AUGUST 1949 Ted Verrenkamp scored four tries for Leeds in a 63-3 win over fellow Yorkshire club, York, setting the stage for another fine season for the former Queensland rugby […]
FLASHBACK: August 1984
AUGUST 1984 Brothers staged one of the most remarkable comebacks in rugby league history, to beat Redcliffe 40-36 at Lang Park in a match that would live long in the […]
