FLASHBACK: May 1957
MAY 1957 Australian rugby league stars, Brian Davies and Brian Carlson stole the headlines in the lead-up to 1957’s big representative games, while the famous old Valleys club in Brisbane […]
MAY 1957 Australian rugby league stars, Brian Davies and Brian Carlson stole the headlines in the lead-up to 1957’s big representative games, while the famous old Valleys club in Brisbane […]
Former Queensland Rugby League centre, Bill Pearson, is best remembered for the leadership qualities which enshrined him as one of the legends of the Norths’ club, in the Brisbane competition. […]
SEPTEMBER 1961 Maryborough product, Jimmy Sutton scored four splendid tries in minor premiers, Norths’ 29-5 win over Redcliffe in the Brisbane Rugby League major semi-final at Lang Park. Sutton, 21, had […]
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 […]
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 […]
SEPTEMBER 1968 In what was rated the best match of the season, Valleys defeated Norths 18-15 in the Brisbane knock-out semi-final at Lang Park, with the goal kicking of Des […]
AUGUST 1958 Australian captain-coach, Brian Davies scored a try and kicked four goals in Brothers’ 23-11 win over Easts at Lang Park in a Brisbane Rugby League fixture. With Davies at […]
Former Test centre, Jack Reardon described it as the most humiliating defeat in Queensland Rugby League history as the Maroons trudged off the Sydney Cricket Ground, having been beaten 69-5 by […]
Brisbane Wests rugby league fans breathed a huge sigh of relief when Test centre, Alex Watson announced he would remain with the club after it was feared he would defect […]