DIARY UPDATE: Week 1, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK ONE 2021 MONDAY, JANUARY 4 Alan Knott was one of my favourite English cricket players. I loved his energy and quirky traits. […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 14, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 14 2020 MONDAY, APRIL 6 Former Socceroo, Mark Viduka has some damning things to say about our national team, going back a […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2020
DIARY OF RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 5 2019 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Englishman, Shaun Wane succeeds Australian, Wayne Bennett as coach of the Great Britain Rugby League side. It is […]
DIARY UPDATE: Transition 2019 to 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER TRANSITION 2019 TO 2020 MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 Our nephew, Xavier Ricketts and Gemma Wuersching wed in a beautiful ceremony at Toowoomba’s Gabbinbar Homestead, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 36, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 36 2019 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Bratislava proves underwhelming. My wife, Marie and I opted for a coach trip to the Slovakian capital, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2019 MONDAY, MAY 6 ‘Cash-only’ is the mantra at the Dayboro Hotel’s public bar on this Labor Day public holiday. No […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 6, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK SIX 2019 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 OzTag competitors leave lots of litter behind, at our Emerald Beach Caravan Park. Excellent coffee from Emerald […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK FIVE 2019 MONDAY, JANUARY 28 Australian rocker, Billy Thorpe’s version of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ is played on Ray Hadley’s radio program. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 52, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 52 2018 MONDAY, DECEMBER 24 Family gathering at Main Beach on the Gold Coast, with my brother, Jeffrey and his wife, Ann […]
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