FLASHBACK: March, 1961
FLASHBACK MARCH 1961 Former Tweed Heads schoolboy teammates, Lionel Morgan and Billy McDermott starred for Brisbane in an upset 21-7 win over Ipswich in an inter-city, Bulimba Cup match, under […]
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BLACKBALL – STAUNCHLY LABOUR AND LEAGUE
TRAVEL The Paparoa Ranges near Blackball, on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island, provide any number of beautiful walks, including the country’s latest ‘Great Walk’. But, back in […]
TOURING WITH ‘PINK’
HAVING bought Rugby League Week every week since the first edition in 1970 (when I was still at school), it was a great thrill to be able to cover the […]
FLASHBACK: October 1953
FLASHBACK OCTOBER 1953 Australian, Brian Bevan was the dazzling star of Other Nationalties’ 15-10 win over France at Stade du Park Lescure, Bordeaux in a European championship match, played in […]
FLASHBACK: October 1947
St George’s superior speed proved the difference as the Sydney club defeated Combined Brisbane 22-17 in an end-of-season floodlit match at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds. The crowd was 14,000, but they […]
FLASHBACK: July 1946
Thousands of people made it into the ground without paying, and 8,000 were locked out when Australia and Great Britain played the Second Test of the 1946 Ashes series at […]
FLASHBACK: May 1946
With a crowd of 51,634 on hand, Great Britain gave notice they would be formidable opponents in the first post-war Ashes series, as they accounted for New South Wales 14-10 at the Sydney […]
FLASHBACK: December 1950
France played a (British) Empire side in Bordeaux, with the crowd of nearly 40,000 giving the day a carnival like atmosphere. Brisbane Sunday-Mail journalist, Alan Cleaver reported on the match […]
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