DIARY UPDATE: Week 13, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 13 2020 MONDAY, MARCH 30 Former Balmain rugby league prop, Steve ‘Blocker’ Roach recalls his time at Warrington in England, in particular […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 13 2020 MONDAY, MARCH 30 Former Balmain rugby league prop, Steve ‘Blocker’ Roach recalls his time at Warrington in England, in particular […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER Week 8, 2020 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Erica Elizabeth O’Neale (nee Clear) was one of the unsung heroes of the Queensland Performing Arts scene. […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 20 2019. MONDAY, MAY 20 Luke Howard’s funeral at Buderim is proof, if any is needed, there is a lot that is […]
New Zealand Test representative, Robert Orchard made Queensland his home in 1973, and played for his adopted State from the Redcliffe Dolphins. Orchard, who died on March 10 aged 74, […]
BOOK REVIEW Jasper Samuel Creagh, from Wingham in New South Wales, was one of the ‘old originals’, who sailed to Europe with 13 Battery in 1915. Two years later, Creagh’s war […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 51 2018 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 Nate Searle, the son of former Gold Coast Titans’ rugby league chief executive, Michael Searle, almost drowns […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 33 2018 MONDAY, AUGUST 13 It is day five of our UK/Ireland trip and I am hanging out for a coffee, in […]
Former Queensland hooker, Hugh O’Doherty, an iconic personality of Brisbane Rugby League in the 1970s, has passed away aged 71. O’Doherty, a product of Ipswich Christian Brothers’ College, won BRL […]
‘How Rugby League Explains Queensland’ It’s an interesting discussion point, and one that is explored by independent journalist and author, Joe Gorman in his latest book, ‘Heartland’. Brisbane born, but […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2018 MONDAY, APRIL 30 Two blokes in a van, try to sell me a surround sound system, as I leave bottle […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 12 2018 MONDAY, MARCH 19 A fire engine stops, and the firemen wave as I take our grandsons, Ethan and Connor to […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 35 2017 MONDAY, AUGUST 28 The family of the late, Reg ‘Bubbles Pegg, have donated his State jersey to the Queensland Rugby […]
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 […]
It was the ultimate put down, and is now part of rugby league folklore. The setting was Brisbane’s Lang Park, and the occasion the First Test of Great Britain’s tour […]
It was a Gold Coast Titans’ training session at Runaway Bay in 2007 when former Queensland State of Origin forward, Scott Sattler told me Gavin Cooper reminded him of Gorden […]
‘See you at Kevin and Beth’s’. How many times did members of our extended family say that over the years, and we still say it, even though Beth is gone. […]
Max Ford, an indigenous gentleman who lives at Mt Gravatt in Brisbane, recently gave me a collection of Sporting Life magazines from the late 1940s, early 1950s. They are absolute […]
For many years I contributed to, or edited, rugby league programs in Brisbane. So, it always gives me a thrill to look back through old programs, ones that I call […]
MONDAY, MAY 30 Watch quirky New Zealand movie, ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’. Very good. Love the line about the ‘Bloody Warriors’ (rugby league side). Bump into former Courier-Mail workmate, Darryl […]
The 10 Brisbane Rugby League Clubs were looking towards a season without State of Origin stars and Internationals, with all players of that calibre having signed with New South Wales […]