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 […]
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FLASHBACK: October 1989
OCTOBER 1989 New Zealand were set a monumental task at the start of their tour of Britain and France, with two matches in three days, the first against St Helens […]
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
IT’S a photograph which has always fascinated me. Australian skipper, Arthur Beetson is holding a trophy aloft, as his teammates gather round. The photograph obviously was taken before a match, […]
FLASHBACK: May 1974
MAY 1974 Brisbane Brothers’ forward, David Wright tasted success at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London as part of Warrington’s Challenge Cup side, in a 24-9 win over Featherstone Rovers. […]
FLASHBACK: April, 1959
APRIL 1959 On a hot spring day, in the French city of Grenoble, France extracted revenge against Great Britain, in one of the great turnarounds of international rugby league history. […]
FLASHBACK: November 1963
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 1963 Less than 18 months after winning the Ashes series in Australia, Great Britain fell to its greatest humiliation at the hands of the Kangaroos when the Arthur […]
FALSE ECONOMICS
by Steve Ricketts, former Chief Rugby League Writer, The Courier-Mail. It seemed to make sense, in terms of the newspaper’s budget, when I was asked to return to Brisbane, from […]
FLASHBACK: November 1986
Australian skipper, Wally Lewis was heavily targeted by St Helens’ players in the seventh match of the 1986 Kangaroo tour of Britain and France. Three times Lewis was hit in back […]
FLASHBACK: July 1986
Alex Murphy, one of the greats of British rugby league, took a pot shot at the egos of Australian players during a talent scouting trip ‘down under’ for the St […]
FLASHBACK: MAy 1966
British Test centre, Eric Ashton named a controversial World Team as he launched his biography, ‘Glory in the Centre Spot’. Missing from Ashton’s side were Queensland greats, Duncan Hall and […]
FLASHBACK: October 1959
A field goal by Brian Fallon gave Leigh a memorable 18-17 win over the touring Kangaroos, with the captaincy of Australia’s Harry Wells criticised in the press. Australia scored three […]
Lions Tour Diary Part 5
THE 1958 Great Britain Lions Rugby League tour travels the length of Queensland leading up to the return Test match against Australia. We continue our tour diary as it might […]
