FLASHBACK: April 1997
APRIL 1997 Wendell Sailor was sent to the sin bin by referee, Bill Harrigan after a melee in which the Broncos’ winger hit Cowboys’ centre, Paul Bowman with a flurry […]
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FLASHBACK: NOVEMBER 2001
NOVEMBER 2001 It was the Rugby League Ashes campaign which almost didn’t go ahead, because of terrorism. The 2001 Australia v Great Britain and Ireland series was played over two […]
OLD TRAFFORD SALUTES THE KANGAROOS
I wish I could say there was a great sense of anticipation across the UK, as the countdown began to the 2000 Rugby League World Cup final at Old Trafford, […]
FROM WATFORD TO WIDNES FOR THE WORLD CUP
My decision to have an early night before a Rugby League World Cup quarter final, meant I missed a spectacular bar room brawl, with women the main participants. The fact the […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 30, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 30 2018 MONDAY, JULY 23 Things are crook in the Northern Rivers Rugby League, with Lower Clarence forfeiting, after being down 62-0 […]
MAD BUTCHER, GREAT MATE
The ‘Mad Butcher’ Sir Peter Leitch, is one of my favorite people, not just because of his great work for rugby league, but also because of his generous, outgoing, and […]
RUGBY LEAGUE VIOLENCE AT TWICKENHAM
Testicle grabbing and hand stomping. It was all part of the England v Australia World Cup rugby league match at London’s Twickenham Stadium on October 28, 2000. It was the […]
SIGN OF THINGS TO COME
What a time for a sports journalist to take a holiday! It was September, 2000; the Sydney Olympics were being held, and my editor told me to go on leave! […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 12, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 12, 2017 MONDAY, MARCH 20 Attend ‘Friends of Rugby League’ function at State Parliament House, where I chat to MPs from the […]
FLASHBACK: April 1976
Brothers created history when they became the first Brisbane club side to defeat a Sydney club in a ‘competition’ match. The competition was the knock-out Amco Cup and Penrith was […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2015
TUESDAY, MAY 19 To the Brisbane Showgrounds for announcement of the Queensland State of Origin side. I was invited on the basis of having provided information on the 1975 Queensland side (and […]
FLASHBACK: MAY 1995
Paul Vautin’s Queensland, the most maligned team in State of Origin history, clinched the 1995 series with a 20-12 win over New South Wales in the return match at the […]
FLASHBACK: November 1984
Brisbane Easts’ Queensland State of Origin winger, Steve Stacey stunned officials of Salford in England by walking out on the club and flying back to Australia. Stacey and Englishman, Roby […]
Steve Ricketts 