DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 7, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 7 2021 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15 There was no-one more competitive than Brisbane Easts’ fullback, Rodger ‘The Dodger’ Kuhn, back in 1970s Brisbane […]
Tag Archives: Arthur Beetson
GIVE US A WAVE, GORDIE
Spectators in ‘The Threepenny Stand’ at The Boulevard, Hull were regarded as some of the most knowledgeable and quick witted in the game of rugby league. They could make life miserable […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 3, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITERWEEK 3 2021 MONDAY, JANUARY 18 Former Broncos’ rugby league hooker, John Driscoll is keen to be part of our Brisbane Men of League […]
FLASHBACK: July, 1981
JULY 1981 Wally Lewis will never forget the look of pride on his parents, Jim and Jean’s faces as he took the field for his Test debut against France at […]
FLASHBACK: June, 1981
JUNE 1981 QUEENSLANDERS John Ribot, Kerry Boustead and Paul McCabe were outstanding playing for their adopted state, New South Wales in the first match of the 1981 inter-state series, at […]
VALE HARRY CAMERON
Harry Cameron won club premierships in Sydney, Brisbane and Ipswich and represented his adopted State of Queensland five times in the 1970s. A crowd favourite in a star-studded Brisbane Wests’ […]
DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 45 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 45 2020 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Charleville product, Kurt Capewell is all the rage in Queensland, after his outstanding effort for the Maroons […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 42, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2020 MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 Men of League patron, Ron Atkins celebrates his 85th birthday at Broncos Leagues Club, and I feel […]
FLASHBACK: March, 1981
FLASHBACK MARCH 1981 Wynnum-Manly five eighth, Brian Walsh created something of a record when he was sent for two spells in the sin bin in one quarter of football at […]
FLASHBACK: January, 1981
FLASHBACK JANUARY 1981 There is nothing new about the struggle to get kids to play that toughest of all team body contact sports, rugby league. When I was growing up […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 30, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 30 2020 MONDAY, JULY 27 The Courier-Mail’s chief sports writer, Robert Craddock speculates on whether the Broncos will drop young forward, Andrew […]
ROOSTERS CROW AGAIN
TRAVEL “What a great spectacle,” commented a young Irish chap, as my wife, Marie and I made our way back to our Coogee Bay hotel, after the 2013 NRL grand […]
FLASHBACK: November 2010
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 2010 Australian fullback, Billy Slater described the 2010 Four Nations final at Suncorp Stadium as a ‘dogfight’, with the Kiwis walking away with bragging rights again, just two […]
VALE GEOFF McLACHLAN
Geoff McLachlan was one of Queensland’s finest sports photographers, with a particular affection for the rugby league code. McLachlan, who played league for Wynnum-Manly, died in September, aged 78. It […]
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 47, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 47 2019 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Former Valleys’ premiership winning halfback, Ross Threlfo has died, aged 77, in a nursing home at Ballina […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 44, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 44 2019 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 On the eve of the Melbourne Cup, Radio TAB’S John McCoy takes a shot at ‘idiot parents’ […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 42, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2019 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 There are four ‘Stop/Go’ people on duty at one tiny roundabout on a back street – Uxbridge […]
FLASHBACK: June, 1970
JUNE 1970 There have been at least three ‘Battles of Brisbane’, involving the Australian and Great Britain rugby league sides, and I was ‘privileged’ to be in the crowd for […]
FLASHBACK: May, 1995
MAY 1995 London Broncos were confirmed as part of the new English Summer Super League competition, despite protests from a number of northern clubs. London director, Barry Maranta, a former […]
