FLASHBACK: March 1992
MARCH 1992 Gold Coast Seagulls’ captain-coach, Wally Lewis admitted he didn’t know the rules when he turned down the chance to take a pre-season Challenge Cup quarter final against the […]
Tag Archives: Allan Langer
FLASHBACK: March 1987
MARCH 1987 QUEENSLAND lock, Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin advocated the selection of skipper, Wally Lewis at halfback for the 1987 State of Origin Series following the career ending eye injury to […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2021 MONDAY, MAY 3 There are reports out of Sydney that many lads at GPS schools are choosing to play Aussie […]
FLASHBACK: NOVEMBER 1996
NOVEMBER 1996 The struggling South Queensland Crushers were labelled the ‘Redcliffe Mafia’, after Dolphins’ stalwart, Steve Bleakley was appointed head coach, replacing sacked former Test lock, Bob Lindner, for the […]
DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 10, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 10 2021 MONDAY, MARCH 8 Former rugby league television commentator, George Doniger and I swap yarns about Kangaroo Supporters’ tours of the […]
FLASHBACK: AUGUST 1986
AUGUST 1986 Wynnum-Manly’s Test rugby league skipper, Wally Lewis welcomed the prospect of a Brisbane side entering the New South Wales competition in 1987, describing it as the salvation of […]
FLASHBACK: February, 1986
FLASHBACK FEBRUARY 1986 Norths’ centre, Trevor Cook cut his former team to shreds, as the Devils swamped Easts 34-12 in a Woolies’ pre-season rugby league clash at Bishop Park, Nundah. […]
FLASHBACK: February, 1996
FLASHBACK FEBRUARY 1996 The Brisbane Broncos’ camp cried foul after rookie prop, Shane Webcke was sickened by a front-on tackle by Penrith hooker, Danny Farrar in a Super League trial, […]
VALE PAUL ‘SCOBIE’ MALONE
Paul ‘Scobie’ Malone was by my side at countless rugby league matches, firstly as a rival, and then as a ‘teammate’ at ‘The Courier Mail’. We were rivals when I […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 29, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 29 2020 MONDAY, JULY 20 North Queensland Cowboys’ coach, Paul Green, stands down from his post, effective immediately, with Josh Hannay to […]
FLASHBACK: December 1995
DECEMBER 1995 Queensland State of Origin coach, Paul Vautin made it clear Allan Langer would not have a saloon passage back into the Maroons’ squad, if Super League players were […]
THE POWER OF SLEDGING
This is an article I wrote for The Courier-Mail in October, 1995, but to my knowledge was never published, not for sinister reasons. I think it was simply a lack […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 15, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 15 2020 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 Next door neighbour, Len O’Brien and I have a drink out the front of our respective town […]
FLASHBACK: September, 1995
FLASHBACK SEPTEMBER 1995 Brisbane Broncos and Canberra Raiders produced a match of State of Origin intensity in the first week of the 1995 Australian Rugby League finals series. The Raiders […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 6, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 6 2020 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 One of the commentators at Mount Maunganui – in the New Zealand v India cricket one day […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 50, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 50 2019 MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 There are reports Australian Rugby League back, Latrell Mitchell may switch from the Roosters to South Sydney, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 39, 201
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 39 2019. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Our train from Bergerac to Paris reaches speeds of 320km, as song ‘Hold Tight’ by Dave Dee, […]
FLASHBACK: April, 1995
APRIL 1995 Australian Rugby League contracted players were reportedly having second thoughts about staying with the ‘Establishment’, after England and New Zealand confirmed they would be siding with the rebel […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 22, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 22 2019. MONDAY, JUNE 3 Spring Bluff Rail Station and Ravensbourne National Park are our destinations, as Marie and I drive west […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2019
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 […]
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