FLASHBACK: May 1977
MAY 1977 Queensland hooker, Nick Geiger outplayed his highly regarded New South Wales’ rival, George Peponis in the first match of the 1977 inter-state series, under the lights at Brisbane’s […]
MAY 1977 Queensland hooker, Nick Geiger outplayed his highly regarded New South Wales’ rival, George Peponis in the first match of the 1977 inter-state series, under the lights at Brisbane’s […]
JUNE 1976 Brisbane Souths released exciting young winger, Mitch Brennan from a three-year contract to allow him to play in the Canadian Football League with the Toronto Argonauts. Under the […]
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 OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 9 2019 MONDAY, MARCH 4 The Courier-Mail’s Peter Badel asks new Brisbane Broncos’ coach, Anthony Siebold if he will continue with plans […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 40 2018 MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 The Tweed Daily News is 130 years old. I started my journalistic career at the paper on […]
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 […]
REFEREE, Bernie Pramberg sent five players from the field in a sensational Woolies pre-season semi-final between Redcliffe and Wests at Lang Park. The match, won 37-0 by Wests, was condemned as […]
A record 16 players were sent off or reported in the five senior grades played in week one of the 1980 Brisbane season. There was speculation the referees had become […]