DIARY UPDATE: Week 11, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 11 2021 MONDAY, MARCH 15 Brisbane Rugby League cult hero, Greg ‘Slippery’ McCarthy found his way to Brisbane from Coffs Harbour […]
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DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 10, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 10 2021 MONDAY, MARCH 8 Former rugby league television commentator, George Doniger and I swap yarns about Kangaroo Supporters’ tours of the […]
DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 8, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 8 2021 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 The Guineas Room, Eagle Farm is the setting for a wonderful memorial service for Paul Malone, one […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 43, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 43 2020 MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 Melbourne Storm return to their Sunshine Coast base to celebrate their NRL Grand final win, and there […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 42, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2020 MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 Men of League patron, Ron Atkins celebrates his 85th birthday at Broncos Leagues Club, and I feel […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 41, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 41 2020 Gilgandra’s rugby league players are enjoying ‘Mad Monday’, as my good mates, Greg Grainger and Mark Conway, and their wives, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 33, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 33 2020 MONDAY, AUGUST 17 My former ‘Telegraph’ and ‘Courier-Mail’ newspaper colleague Mark Oberhardt retires from mainstream journalism after an eternity in […]
ROOSTERS CROW AGAIN
TRAVEL “What a great spectacle,” commented a young Irish chap, as my wife, Marie and I made our way back to our Coogee Bay hotel, after the 2013 NRL grand […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 32, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 32 2019 MONDAY, AUGUST 12 Australians, Craig Young and Danny Buderus, along with New Zealanders, Ruben Wiki and Stacey Jones are announced […]
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE MOI MOI MOI
TRAVEL The first time I saw Australia Day ‘jingoism’ in full swing was 2007, in Perth. Until then, for me, Australia Day was just a quiet, public holiday, where one […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 14, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 14 2019 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 My physio, Paula Nutting’s brother, Bill is interviewed in The Courier-Mail about the family business, Brett’s Hardware. […]
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
TRAVEL Noted sports trainer, Jack Hartigan was keen to prepare Jon Ricketts for the 1949 Stawell Gift. Now, I should point out that Jack was my uncle, and Jon my […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 28, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 28 2018 WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Queensland salvage pride from the 2018 State of Origin rugby league series with a 18-12 win in […]
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 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2018
DIARY OF RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 21 2018 TUESDAY, MAY 22 FoxSports reporter, James Hooper has a scoop on the Broncos offering Melbourne Storm coach, Craig Bellamy a four […]
FLASHBACK: June 2009
JUNE 2009 ‘We’ll get through this mate,” Nate Myles said to Dallas Johnson, as they caught the lift to the foyer of the Parramatta hotel, where the Queensland team was […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 19, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 19 2018 MONDAY, MAY 7 Several Labor Day marchers down a few ales at Stafford Tavern. One eyewitness to the march, tells […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 7, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 7 2018. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Interview former Test rugby league winger, Kerry Boustead at Men of League lunch at Club Pine Rivers. […]
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN OFF-SEASON
The last thing Australian rugby league captain, Cameron Smith wanted on Melbourne Cup day, 2012, was to be bothered by a league journo. But he tolerated my request for a […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 39, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 39 2017 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Our daughter, Melanie phones at 4 a.m. Her flight back to Hong Kong (from Brisbane) has been cancelled […]
