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 […]
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 […]
By Steve Ricketts. QRL History Committee. A one club man, Gary Parcell played all of his eight Tests for Australia and 14 matches for Queensland from Ipswich Brothers. The Parcell […]
FEBRUARY 1960 Cashed up Sydney rugby league club officials headed straight for Queenslanders, Gary Parcell and Elton Rasmussen when the Kangaroo touring party returned to Australia after five months touring […]
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 […]
MONDAY, JULY 6 Lovely time at Carbine Club Lunch at Tatts Club in the City, with the notorious Billy J Smith as MC, at a function where members of the […]
AUSTRALIAN selectors handed out one of the biggest shocks in years with the naming of North Queensland centre, Gary Wellington in the Kangaroos’ squad to tour New Zealand. WellingtonĀ at firstĀ refused […]