FLASHBACK: December 1991
Hull prop, Andy Dannant was suspended for eight matches for a high shot which left Leeds’ superstar, Ellery Hanley with his jaw broken in three places. The incident was reviewed by ‘trial by […]
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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: 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: November 1975
ENGLAND defeated Australia 16-13 in a fiery World Series match at Wigan’s Central Park, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Kangaroos from claiming the tournament’s major prize. England, who […]
FLASHBACK: March 1995
Queensland’s new expansion clubs, the Crushers and Cowboys, got off to losing starts in the 20 team 1995 ARL competition on a weekend when news broke that News Ltd would […]
FLASHBACK: January 1995
The South Queensland Crushers won a lot of friends, but not the honour of a first up win when they clashed with Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in a trial at Emerald […]
FLASHBACK: December 1989
Great Britain rugby league skipper, Ellery Hanley is awarded the MBE in the New Year’s honours list. Ellery was playing for Wigan at the time and a few days earlier […]
FLASHBACK: December 1984
BRITISH clubs swooped on a host of Australian players as well as a former England Rugby union international in the build-up to the second half of the season. The most […]
FLASHBACK: November 1989
Great Britain clinched their first home series against New Zealand in 24 years with a 10-6 win over the Kiwis at Central Park, Wigan in front of a crowd of […]
Graham Murray
The first time I met Graham Murray we spoke at length about his maiden coaching assignment at Lismore Workers Club in the then Group 1 competition in New South Wales […]
British League Lions
BRITISH Lions rugby league tours were the greatest thing on the international football stage in Australia up until the mid-1970s when our infatuation with ‘The Chooms’ as they were known, […]
Parochial Maroons
THE parochialism of Queenslanders is to be admired in many circumstances, but card carrying members of the local league fraternity have gone too far in describing the Intrust Super Cup […]
Steve Ricketts 