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 […]
Category Archives: Flashbacks
A trip down memory lane…
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 […]
FLASHBACK: August 1989
AUGUST 1989 Giant Englishman, Brendan Hill powered Easts to a 18-16 win over Wynnum-Manly at Langlands Park, to keep the Tigers on top of the 1989 Brisbane Rugby League premiership. […]
FLASHBACK: AUGUST 1979
AUGUST 1979 The touring Great Britain rugby league side spoiled its unbeaten record in New Zealand, going down 18-11 to the Kiwis in the last of the three Tests, at […]
FLASHBACK: August 1939
AUGUST 1939 The 1939 New Zealand Rugby League side in the UK included a man who would play Test cricket in England 10 years later. The 1939/40 Kiwi and Wallaby rugby union […]
FLASHBACK: July 1959
JULY 1959 A halftime oxygen boost may have played a roll in North Queensland’s come-from-behind, 41-33 win over South Queensland in a State rugby league ‘trial’ in Townsville, watched by […]
FLASHBACK: July 1984
Australian Rugby League skipper, Wally Lewis was heckled by spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as he made a speech following the Kangaroos’ 20-7 win over Great Britain, to clinch […]
FLASHBACK: July 1979
JULY 1979 A galloping 40 metre try by prop, Rohan Hancock was the big talking point from Queensland Country’s 18-9 win over Parramatta Eels in an Amco Cup round 3 […]
FLASHBACK: July 1969
JULY 1969 REFEREE, Henry Albert showed ‘admirable restraint’ by not sending anyone off, in a wild Lang Park Brisbane Rugby League fixture between Wests and Brothers, with the crowd of […]
FLASHBACK: June 2009
JUNE 2009 ‘We’ll get through this mate,” Nate Myles said to Dallas Johnson, as they caught the lift to the foyer of the Parramatta hotel, where the Queensland team was […]
