FLASHBACK: March 1967
New Sydney rugby league club, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, budgeted to spend $73,000 in their first season, after being promoted from second division with the Penrith Panthers. “That is the amount we need to […]
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FLASHBACK: January 1982
Redcliffe rugby league fans were left stunned by the news their fiery former State fullback, Tony Obst would play with 1981 wooden spooners, Brothers in 1982. Originally from Longreach, Obst had […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 50, 2015
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 ‘Old Farts’ journos lunch at Plough Inn, South Bank. Former Lord Mayor, Sallyanne Atkinson, an ‘old’ journo, is there. We chat about State of Origin II in […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 30
TUESDAY, JULY 21 Men of League Committee meeting at Broncos as the footy team trains on the fields below. I bump into ‘The King’ Wally Lewis (Channel 9), as well as […]
FLASHBACK: February 1981
Former ballboy, Ross Livermore was appointed general manager of the Queensland Rugby League, a new position created for the re-constituted governing body of the code in the Sunshine State. Livermore, […]
FLASHBACK: February 1996
MARK Geyer took sacked Broncos fullback, Julian O’Neill under his wing in Perth as the talented utility star looked to revitalise his career with the Western Reds in the proposed […]
FLASHBACK: January 1991
French rugby league fans were in mourning after Great Britain beat the national side 45-10 in Perpignan, a record win for the Lions in France. Martin Offiah, Garry Schofield and […]
DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 16, 2015
MONDAY, APRIL 13 Have a haircut in Toowoomba. The female barber, Emma, is a good conversationalist and says she has only ever cut men’s hair. Walk a bush circuit at […]
FLASHBACK: February 1980
NORTHS Rugby League forwards, Shane Bernardin and John Payne were suspended for six weeks and three weeks respectively by the Brisbane Rugby League judiciary following a torrid Woolies pre-season encounter […]
FLASHBACK: January 1965
BRISBANE Easts pulled off a major coup for the game in Queensland when they signed ‘The Little Master’, Clive Churchill as non-playing coach. Churchill, who had coached Canterbury-Bankstown in 1964, […]
FLASHBACK: October 1989
CHESHIRE club, Widnes added the world title to their British and European championships when they beat Australian champions, Canberra at Old Trafford in Manchester, before a crowd of 30,786. The […]
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