SACRE ‘BLUE’ IN BORDEAUX
Travel Twice my waiter asked if I really wanted my steak blue. It was Bordeaux, October 2011, and the reputation of Australians/Kiwis/Englanders had preceded me. Most, it seemed, liked their […]
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LET’S GO TO PUB, LUV
Travel “What could be more romantic?”, I said to my wife, Marie, as she contemplated a wedding anniversary lunch with me; a fellow rugby league writer; a rugby league fan/war […]
IS IT RICKETY GATE OR RICKETY KATE?
Travel My wife’s maiden name is Donnelly, so it seemed only right that we should visit the Donnelly River region during our motoring trip around South West Australia in January, […]
A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT THIS TOWN
Villeneuve-sur-Lot is a town synonymous with prunes and rugby league, not necessarily in that order. It has been a home away from home for my wife, Marie and I on […]
DON’T SKIP THIS ISLAND
DON’T SKIP THIS ISLAND Kangaroo Island – surely one or two nights would be enough. How wrong my wife, Marie and I were, when in November, 2005, we booked in […]
THE TRACKS OF MY YEARS
TRAVEL The Milford Track walk was magnificent, but there is an Australian walking destination, which I prefer. At the risk of receiving derisive messages from my Kiwi friends, let me […]
KANGAROOS ON TOUR UNDER BENNETT
TRAVEL Phil ‘Gus’ Gould had a heart scare and Tonie Carroll was called a traitor. What a start it was to my 2004 Tri-Nations Test rugby league campaign, as a […]
MAD BUTCHER, GREAT MATE
The ‘Mad Butcher’ Sir Peter Leitch, is one of my favorite people, not just because of his great work for rugby league, but also because of his generous, outgoing, and […]
DANISH LADS ON SONG
What could go wrong? The singing from the cellar bar in down town Copenhagen, Denmark, sounded like a bunch of footy fans enjoying a few beers before a match. So […]
RUGBY LEAGUE VIOLENCE AT TWICKENHAM
Testicle grabbing and hand stomping. It was all part of the England v Australia World Cup rugby league match at London’s Twickenham Stadium on October 28, 2000. It was the […]
