THORNETT BOYS WERE PRODUCTS OF A GOLDEN AGE.
The Burgess Brothers. As much as I love them, they are not in the same class as the Thornett brothers. Let me explain. The reason I love the Burgess boys […]
Category Archives: Flashbacks
A trip down memory lane…
DIARY UPDATE: Week 19, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 19 2017 MONDAY, MAY 8 Hermitage Gardens manager, Harry Moore says the company that erected new fences here, wont be back. The […]
FLASHBACK: January 1949
JANUARY 1949 MARSEILLES was the setting of Australia’s first post-war rugby league Test against France, and the crowd of 15,679 got full value for money in a free flowing, fiery […]
FLASHBACK: December 1988
DECEMBER 1988 Wigan Superstar, Ellery Hanley signed a lucrative contract to play the English off-season with Sydney’s Western Suburbs Magpies in Australia. Hanley had had a guest stint with Balmain […]
FLASHBACK: December 1998
DECEMBER 1998 Former Great Britain rugby league forward, Roy Powell died of a suspected heart attack during training with Rochdale Hornets. Powell, who was 33, played 19 Tests for Britain […]
BYRON BLUES AND REGRETS
Trips to Byron Bay always terrified me. I’m talking quite some time back, and it was nothing to do with the traffic, alternative life style people or anti-vaxxers. No, back […]
FLASHBACK: December 1963
DECEMBER 1963 France registered a shock 8-5 win over Australia in the First Test in Bordeaux, scoring two tries to one and overcoming the dismissal of halfback and skipper, Georges […]
‘THE BOOL’ AND THE BLUES
RADIO TAB’s Gerard Daffy from Ubet, is forever singing the praises of his home town, Warrnambool in Victoria, when he appears on RadioTAB’s Sports Breakfast show. In 1974 ‘The Bool’, […]
FLASHBACK: December 1973
DECEMBER 1973 A bloke with three bullets in his back was France’s most courageous player in their 14-3 loss to Australia in the Second Test in Toulouse. Georges Bonnet, the […]
SCHOOLIES 1970’s STYLE
Many years before Schoolies became a headline grabber, the Gold Coast was still a mecca for high school graduates, looking to let their hair down after six years of graft. […]
