OLD TRAFFORD SALUTES THE KANGAROOS
I wish I could say there was a great sense of anticipation across the UK, as the countdown began to the 2000 Rugby League World Cup final at Old Trafford, […]
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WELSH BREATHE FIRE INTO CUP
The much-maligned Welsh team restored some credibility to the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, thanks to a courageous 46-22 loss to Australia in a semi-final at Huddersfield’s McAlpine Stadium. The […]
FROM WATFORD TO WIDNES FOR THE WORLD CUP
My decision to have an early night before a Rugby League World Cup quarter final, meant I missed a spectacular bar room brawl, with women the main participants. The fact the […]
BREWING UP A STORM IN BLENHEIM
TRAVEL Think Marlborough in New Zealand, and wine is the first thing that comes to mind, most probably the ubiquitous sauvignon blanc. But the region, on the top of the […]
PAYING OUR RESPECTS IN FRANCE
TRAVEL 1998 When Rod Jennings found the grave of his uncle, killed in the trench warfare of World War 1, it was hard not to become emotional, as the former […]
MOTUEKA MEMORIES
TRAVEL Friday night, in any country town in Australia and New Zealand back in the 1960s and ’70s, was a time to dress up and impress, and perhaps do a […]
ROOSTERS CROW AGAIN
TRAVEL “What a great spectacle,” commented a young Irish chap, as my wife, Marie and I made our way back to our Coogee Bay hotel, after the 2013 NRL grand […]
THE HOME OF JOGGING
TRAVEL “Is there a Lion on the Loose?’ English cricket commentator, David Lloyd was heard to say, as he walked around Wellington’s impressive harbour, a few years back, his comment […]
PROUD EMMYLOU ON THE MURRAY
TRAVEL SONNY Bill Williams’ signing by the Roosters made headlines in areas where the two rugby codes are popular, but the news hardly even rated a mention in Echuca, Victoria, […]
RUGBY LEAGUE IN THE GIRONDE
TRAVEL Agricultural studies and rugby league were strange bedfellows at La Reole, in the Gironde-Aquitaine region of France, when my wife, Marie and I visited the riverside town in October, […]
RIVER CRUISING AND FRENCH DRIVING
TRAVEL 2019 Recently – well, not that recently – a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20’, he said I […]
RUGBY LEAGUE TO CAMOGIE
TRAVEL 2018 Recently a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20’, he said I should write a book. I’m not […]
THE DELIGHTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
TRAVEL 2017 Recently a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20’, he said I should write a book. I’m not […]
RELATED TO A SWASHBUCKLER
TRAVEL ‘Errol Flynn Reserve’ was always going to be part of a walking tour of Hobart, Tasmania for my wife, Marie and I, given she is a distant relation of […]
BRITAIN TO BRITTANY TO GERMANY
TRAVEL Recently, a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20’, he said I should write a book. I’m not in […]
THE FIGHT FOR LIBERATION
TRAVEL A 2011 Rugby Union World Cup match between France and Wales was being played, but you wouldn’t have known it, as the people of Villeneuve-sur-Lot went about their daily […]
THIS WAS NO COMMON RIDING
TRAVEL Recently, a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20, he said I should write a book. I’m not in […]
A WEDDING IN THE PARK
TRAVEL Recently, a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20’, he said I should write a book. I’m not in […]
WHAT A LOAD OF TRIPE
TRAVEL Roanne was once a power house in rugby league, with the funds to buy rugby union superstars, such as Jean Barthe and Aldo Quaglio, both regarded as the best […]
WHITE CHRISTMAS IN TIPPERARY
TRAVEL Recently, a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20’, he said I should write a book. I’m not in […]
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