FLASHBACK: JANUARY 1960
JANUARY 1960 Australian halfback, Barry Muir was lucky not to be sent off, after he knocked out French rival, Bernard Fabre from Albi, in the Third Rugby League Test at […]
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HISTORY OF RUGBY LEAGUE ON THE GOLD COAST: A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT
Just as there was life ‘Before the Broncos’ in Brisbane, there was a proud history of rugby league on the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers before the Titans and its […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 48, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 48 2018 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Prominent Gold Coast real estate agent and staunch Broncos’ supporter, Bruce Wilson tells me he believes the […]
FLASHBACK: October 1959
OCTOBER 1959 Kangaroos’ rugby league coach, Clive Churchill was threatened with arrest after small boys pelted Australians sitting along the sideline at Oldham in England, with orange peel. Churchill threw […]
FLASHBACK: July 1959
JULY 1959 A halftime oxygen boost may have played a roll in North Queensland’s come-from-behind, 41-33 win over South Queensland in a State rugby league ‘trial’ in Townsville, watched by […]
FLASHBACK: July 1984
Australian Rugby League skipper, Wally Lewis was heckled by spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as he made a speech following the Kangaroos’ 20-7 win over Great Britain, to clinch […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 20 2018 TUESDAY, MAY 15 Former Test hooker, John Lang accepts the Queensland Rugby League History Committee’s invitation to deliver the 2020 […]
FLASHBACK: May 1969
MAY 1969 The omission of Valleys’ centre, Mick Retchless was the big talking point following the naming of the Queensland side after the ‘Queensland’ v ‘The Rest’ state trial at […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 4, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 4 2018 MONDAY, JANUARY 22 Kerry McGreedy and his wife, Roseanne have donated South Queensland Crushers’ magazines to the QRL History Committee. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 51, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 51 2017 MONDAY, DECEMBER 18 New South Wales State of Origin rugby league coach, Brad ‘Freddy’ Fittler joins my wife, Marie and […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 47, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 47 2017 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Barber, Eric Pappas tells me Nick Pappas (no relation) was guest speaker at recent function at Greek […]
FLASHBACK: March 1984
MARCH 1984 Brothers began the 1984 season in sensational fashion, thrashing Brisbane rugby league premiers, Easts 34-0 at Corbett Park, with winger, ‘Smokin’ Joel Kilroy in magnificent form. Kilroy and […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 37, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 37 2017 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Former Test rugby league centre, Dale Shearer is keen for his biography to be written, and I […]
COAST BOY THINKS OUTSIDE SQUARE
Gary Roberts was one of my favorite players of the mid-1960s. A skilful five eighth for Gold Coast Tigers in the Tweed/Gold Coast league, he was a joy to watch, […]
FLASHBACK: November 1963
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 1963 Less than 18 months after winning the Ashes series in Australia, Great Britain fell to its greatest humiliation at the hands of the Kangaroos when the Arthur […]
JEKYLL AND HYDE TYPES
For many years I contributed to, or edited, rugby league programs in Brisbane. So, it always gives me a thrill to look back through old programs, ones that I call […]
FLASHBACK: May 1978
MAY 1978 Innisfail Souths’ winger, Kerry Boustead was the crowd favorite as Thiess Toyota Country beat City 19-10 at Lang Park, Brisbane. Boustead, 18, did a wonderful job keeping his City rival, […]
FLASHBACK: March 1958
A wild trial match at riverside Hamilton in Brisbane saw Test fullback, Norm Pope (Valleys) and Ossie Hardy (Souths) sent off by referee, Nev Kelly. The match looked like getting out of […]
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: April 1967
Jim Murphy made an impressive senior representative debut for Ipswich against Brisbane in the inter-city Bulimba cup competition. Murphy, who would go on to tour New Zealand with the 1971 […]
