France’s lost opportunity
The rugby league landscape in France would have a vastly different appearance if the code had openly turned professional after the successful 1951 tour of Australia and New Zealand. The […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 49, 2015
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Former All Black, Jonah Lomu’s memorial service from Eden Park, Auckland is live on Fox. The entire Warriors’ NRL squad is in attendance and Warriors’ Kiwi international […]
FLASHBACK: December 1986
Australia belted France 52-0 at Carcassonne in a Test match that also was played for World Cup points. Australian winger, Dale Shearer scored four tries and fullback, Garry Jack three, in […]
FLASHBACK: November 1991
Former Welsh rugby union international, Paul Moriarty scored two tries in his Great Britain rugby league Test debut against Papua New Guinea at Central Park, Wigan. Moriarty, who was signed by Widnes […]
FLASHBACK: January 1991
French rugby league fans were in mourning after Great Britain beat the national side 45-10 in Perpignan, a record win for the Lions in France. Martin Offiah, Garry Schofield and […]
FLASHBACK: December 1950
France played a (British) Empire side in Bordeaux, with the crowd of nearly 40,000 giving the day a carnival like atmosphere. Brisbane Sunday-Mail journalist, Alan Cleaver reported on the match […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2015
MONDAY, MAY 11 Sad day in Townsville, with the funeral or former Kirwan High principal, John Livingstone, who was in charge when our eldest son, Damien was on staff. A […]
Diary entry – Week 3, 2015
MONDAY, JANUARY 12 Wally Lewis emails ‘Foreword’ to the book ‘For the Love of the Game’, written by former school teacher, Murray Barnett about some of the legends of RUGBY LEAGUE from the 1950s […]
FLASHBACK: December 1959
Australia claimed the Test series against France with a 17-2 win in Bordeaux after several setbacks in regional matches. The Kangaroos suffered shock losses to Albi and then Carcassonne/Lezignan after […]
FLASHBACK: April 1964
Centre, John McDonald made an impressive Bulimba Cup debut for Towoomba in the Clydesdales 27-18 loss to Brisbane at Lang Park, with the Courier-Mail’s Jack Reardon tipping State honours for […]
FLASHBACK: December 1948
STOCKY little French fullback, Puig Aubert practised his goal kicking at the same ground as the Australian rugby league players ahead of their tour match against L’Aude Province at Carcassonne. […]
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