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, […]
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THE LUCK OF THE IRISH
It was my lucky day. A pint of beer for a penny! My wife, Marie and I walked into the ‘Hooded Cloak’ pub in Macroom, Ireland, intent on one or […]
SOMETHING MORE THAN VICTORY
In 1992 ‘the Sunday-Mail’ gave me the task of reviewing a book called ‘Something More than Victory’, by Adrian Zupp. The book was effectively a diary of the 1991 New […]
PACK YOUR BAGS GATOR
It’s not often you get to tell a young man he has just been selected for Australia. But I had that honor in 1983 when second rower, Wally Fullerton Smith […]
FLASHBACK: September 1978
SEPTEMBER, 1978 Referee, Ian Smith was spat at by a spectator and widely abused after Brisbane Rugby League premiers, Easts, defeated Redcliffe 21-16 in a major semi-final at Lang Park. […]
FLASHBACK: August 1978
AUGUST 1978 State rugby league centre, Brad Kennedy, semi-paralysed after a tackle in a Fourex Cup match in Ipswich the previous month, made a remarkable recovery, and returned home to Gympie. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 23, 2016
MONDAY, JUNE 6 Get my haircut at Stafford today, and an almost bald guy storms off, swearing as he goes, when the barber tells him there is a half hour wait. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 6, 2016
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Morning tea with my former Murwillumbah Brothers’ teammate, Kevin ‘Porky’ Weaver, who is in Brisbane to be with his wife, Jan who is in hospital. ‘Porky’ has had […]
FLASHBACK: May 1977
NORTHS’ hooker, Nick Geiger was the obvious, but somewhat controversial choice in the Queensland side to play New South Wales in the first match of the 1977 inter-state series, with […]
FLASHBACK: February 1982
Valleys’ rugby league coach, Ross Strudwick predicted Murgon product, Bryan Niebling would play for Australia that season, either against the touring Kiwis or on the Kangaroos’ European tour. Strudwick, who […]
