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LONDON ‘DIGS’ 1978

20/10/2018by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

Norfolk House, London – sounds grand, doesn’t it. In 1978, for close to three months, it was home to my wife, Marie and I in the second half of our […]

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IF IT’S TUESDAY…

14/10/2018by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

I so wish I had seen the movie, ‘If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium’ before Marie and I embarked on our Trafalgar under-35, 18 day tour of Europe in […]

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Travel

Game at Crossroads

21/09/2018by SteveRicketts 2 Comments

Friday September 21st, 2018 After my most recent trip to the United Kingdom I have returned to Australia a tad pessimistic about the state of rugby league in the country […]

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A Hell of a Hull Man‏

26/08/2013by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

One man who was absolutely devastated at not being able to make it to the 2013 Challenge Cup final at Wembley is Leeds based, Raymond Fletcher. Ray is a Hull […]

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Kangaroo Tours

29/01/2013by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

COVERING a Kangaroo tour of Britain for metropolitan newspapers is one thing. Leading 30 or 40 Australian supporters on such a tour is something else altogether. Meeting deadlines for a […]

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Clive Churchill (centre back) in the official Easts team photo from 1965. In the centre at the front is skipper, Ben Wall.

Ken Day in his Manly-Warringah gear

French manager, Antoine Blain receives the symbolic gift of a Kangaroo from Queensland Rugby League president, Vic Jensen during the historic 1951 tour

Claude Mantoulan on the attack in a Test against Great Britain

Rodger Kuhn in action for Easts at Lang Park

Dean Pay in action for Canterbury-Bankstown. Pay scored a try in the 1994 Ashes decider.

Greg Conescu in a pensive mood

Don Fox scores for Featherstone with referee, Eric Clay on the spot to award the try. Australian defenders are nowhere to be seen.

Wayne Lindenberg in action for Easts

They love their league in the pretty French town of Limoux.

Peter Gallagher in action for Queensland against New South Wales at the SCG.

French captain, Puig Aubert (right) shakes hands with British counterpart, Scotsman, Dave Valentine, ahead of their World Cup clash in Toulouse. Watching on is English referee, Charlie Appleton from Warrington

Shane Bernardin trains with Redcliffe, the club he joined after leaving Norths

Peter Leis in action for Redcliffe

Western Division coach, Johnny King holds the Amco Cup aloft after the country boys’ 6-2 win over Penrith in the final of the knock-out competition’s inaugural season in 1974. To King’s right is cult hero, ‘TV Ted’ Ellery.

Wally Lewis, pictured here during his stint with English club, Wakefield, played in five Brisbane grand finals, winning three.

Captain, Gary Freeman tries to rally Kiwi teammates after Australia score a try in the series deciding Third Test at Lang Park, Brisbane in 1991. Australia won 40-12

Kevin and Mary Donnelly in 1975

Scene from a Brisbane v Toowoomba Bulimba Cup match at the Gabba in the 1950s, with Brisbane on the attack. Photo from the Melit family collection.

Eric Harris (centre) with Leeds’ teammates, Welshman, Con Murphy (left) and John Kelly before a match in the 1938-39 English season

Referee, Stan Scamp issues a caution to Easts, Greg Holben, one of many the fiery five eighth received in his career

Ross Strudwick sells raffle tickets at the Kirra Beach Hotel in the 1980s

Manly skipper, Fred Jones celebrates the Sea Eagles’ 1972 grand final win over the Roosters. Allan Thompson is behind him and Terry Randall on the right.

Duncan Thompson

Darren Smith in action for his first club, Brisbane Easts

Ben Ikin (left) with former Broncos’ Test prop, Shane Webcke at a Men of League function.

Alex Murphy holds the Challenge Cup aloft after leading Leigh to victory over Leeds at Wembley

Lee Crooks in action for Great Britain against Australia

Brad Backer in action for Easts

ARL boss, Ken Arthurson

Kiwi Test hooker, Duane Mann in action for New Zealand Residents versus Australian Residents at Lang Park in 1994, watched by rival hooker, Shane Christensen.

Allan Ayres (second from left in the back row) could have been anything in rugby league. He is pictured here with the 1971 Tweed/Gold Coast premiership winning South Murwillumbah side. The captain-coach was Claude McDermott (third from right in the front row).

The late, great Harold ‘Mick’ Crocker.

‘Smokin’ Joe Kilroy and Brett Le Man at Brothers’ training.

Canberra Raiders’ winger, John Ferguson

David Waite (right) when he was Great Britain coach. His assistant at that time, Brian Noble, is the other man in the photo.

Reg Gasnier

Jack Reardon (right) with former QRL boss, Ron McAuliffe (centre) and noted Brisbane journalist, Paul Sweeney

Andrew Ettingshausen

Adrian Lam on the attack for Brisbane Wests with Ipswich Jets lock, Jeremy Schloss applying the pressure in defence.

Frank Stanton as coach of the New South Wales State of Origin side in 1984. Legendary trainer, Alf Richards is on his right and prop, Peter Tunks on his left.

Murwillumbah Brothers’ captain-coach, Milton Whybrow (second from left), watches the progress of teammate, Jack Nardi in the play-off for fifth spot in the 1974 Group 18-Gold Coast finals series at Murwillumbah Oval. Prop, Paul ‘Porky’ Weaver is on Whybrow’s left. Surfers Paradise captain-coach, John Chisholm (left knee strapped) sizes up Nardi. The Pirates won, but Tweed Heads Seagulls would go on to beat Mullumbimby in the grand final.