FLASHBACK: May 1982
MAY 1982 The final round of Winfield State League fixtures in 1982 was full of drama, with the comeback of Test rugby league star, Rod Morris; the sin binning of […]
Tag Archives: Bryan Niebling
DIARY UPDATE: Week 17, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 17 2021 MONDAY, APRIL 26 TIGER TV’s Gavin Payne, the former Easts’ fullback and later coach, conducts an interview with yours truly, […]
FLASHBACK: June, 1981
JUNE 1981 QUEENSLANDERS John Ribot, Kerry Boustead and Paul McCabe were outstanding playing for their adopted state, New South Wales in the first match of the 1981 inter-state series, at […]
FLASHBACK: February, 1986
FLASHBACK FEBRUARY 1986 Norths’ centre, Trevor Cook cut his former team to shreds, as the Devils swamped Easts 34-12 in a Woolies’ pre-season rugby league clash at Bishop Park, Nundah. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 2, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 2 2020 MONDAY, JANUARY 13 Fellow rugby league historian, Greg Mallory tells me former Builders Laborers’ Federation boss, Jack Mundey was a […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 40, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 40 2019 MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 Six decades of soccer (football) is remembered in the Tweed Valley, with the likes of Jim Devine […]
FROM TEXAS TO ALICE SPRINGS, VIA WYNNUM AND BLACKPOOL
When rugby league fans talk about ‘what might have been’, the name Terry Saunders quickly springs to mind. Chosen for the Queensland State of Origin side in 1981, the Wynnum-Manly star’s […]
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 26, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 26 2018 TUESDAY, JUNE 26 Arrange an interview with foundation Broncos’ player, Billy Noke, for Men of League magazine. Billy, who lives […]
DID BIG MAL PLAY 500 GAMES?
Melbourne Storm skipper, Cameron Smith already holds the record for most appearances in first grade, and, if he plays another two seasons as planned, his tally will be hard to […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 11, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 11 2017 MONDAY, MARCH 13 Lots of learner surf board riders at Raglan beach. Wild road into the hills, takes us to […]
FLASHBACK: August 1988
AUGUST 1988 Broncos’ skipper, Wally Lewis scored two tries against Newcastle at Lang Park, taking his season tally to 15, with one round remaining of a 22 round season. He would […]
FLASHBACK: February 1982
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 […]
FLASHBACK: November 1986
Australian skipper, Wally Lewis was heavily targeted by St Helens’ players in the seventh match of the 1986 Kangaroo tour of Britain and France. Three times Lewis was hit in back […]
FLASHBACK: June 1986
State of Origin stalwarts, Chris Close, Colin Scott and Dave Brown were axed from the Queensland side to play New South Wales in the second match of the 1986 series. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 33, 2015
MONDAY, AUGUST 10 Brisbane Broncos’ Test centre, Justin Hodges announces he will retire at season’s end. I remember saying, the first time I saw Justin at Broncos’ training, that he […]
FLASHBACK: January 1986
The damage being done to the Brisbane competition by Sydney raids was graphically illustrated by The Courier-Mail’s list of Gains and Losses for the nine clubs. With the help of […]
FLASHBACK: April 1980
EASTS’ lock, John Tobin scored the decisive try three minutes from fulltime as the Roosters carved out a 14-4 win over Combined Brisbane at Lang Park in the opening Tooth […]
FLASHBACK: October 1984
Wynnum-Manly president, Brian Phillips offered superstar, Wally Lewis a new three year contract, backed by bayside businessmen. Several rival Brisbane clubs were interested in Lewis, who began his senior career […]
FLASHBACK: February 1989
Redcliffe’s formidable pack was the talk of the pre-season in Queensland with Bryan Niebling (Valleys) and Brad Tessman (Souths) having been lured to the peninsula to play under the coaching […]
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