FLASHBACK: February 2010
FEBRUARY 2010. The likes of Northern Rivers’ Indigenous heroes, Lionel Morgan, Walter Slockee, Stokel Currie, Alan Lena, Billy McDermott, Claude McDermott and Gerald Chadburn came to mind as I covered […]
Category Archives: Flashbacks
A trip down memory lane…
FLASHBACK: February 1950
FEBRUARY 1950 Brisbane Rugby League chairman, Frank Moynihan bemoaned the loss of many of the city’s top players to cashed up country clubs. That’s right. Bush football was a bigger […]
FLASHBACK: February, 1960
FEBRUARY 1960 Cashed up Sydney rugby league club officials headed straight for Queenslanders, Gary Parcell and Elton Rasmussen when the Kangaroo touring party returned to Australia after five months touring […]
FLASHBACK: February, 1985
FEBRUARY 1985 It was the moment Queensland probably lost the chance to defend its State of Origin title, and it happened at the unlikely setting of the Maclean Showgrounds, on […]
FLASHBACK: JANUARY 1960
JANUARY 1960 Australian halfback, Barry Muir was lucky not to be sent off, after he knocked out French rival, Bernard Fabre from Albi, in the Third Rugby League Test at […]
FLASHBACK: January, 1995
FLASHBACK JANUARY 1995 CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND announced the signing of dual Welsh rugby international, Allan Bateman, adding even more strike power to an already impressive looking backline. Cronulla boasted the likes of […]
FLASHBACK: January, 1965
FLASHBACK JANUARY 1965 After their disastrous rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand the previous year, France were keen to start 1965 off on the right foot with a good […]
REQUESTS. I’VE HAD A FEW.
As chairman of the Queensland Rugby League History Committee, I receive many requests from people, via the QRL offices, wanting answers to questions about matters relating to the code’s heritage. […]
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 […]
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 […]
