FLASHBACK: June 1982
JUNE 1982 New South Wales’ critics reported a return to normal service after the Blues won the first match of the inaugural State of Origin series in 1982, with the […]
JUNE 1982 New South Wales’ critics reported a return to normal service after the Blues won the first match of the inaugural State of Origin series in 1982, with the […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 30 2021 MONDAY, JULY 26 Former Wynnum-Manly premiership winning halfback, Peter Dawes reckons the Seagulls would have beaten Sydney premiers, Canterbury-Bankstown in […]
MARCH 1982 Ipswich Jets and Brisbane Brothers kicked off a new era in Queensland Rugby League when they were given the honour of playing the first match in the 1982 […]
JANUARY 1992 Broncos’ chairman, Paul ‘Porky’ Morgan took a pot shot at Channel 9 boss, Kerry Packer over the station’s reluctance to televise all the Brisbane club’s games in the […]
AUGUST 1986 Wynnum-Manly’s Test rugby league skipper, Wally Lewis welcomed the prospect of a Brisbane side entering the New South Wales competition in 1987, describing it as the salvation of […]
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 […]
Super coach, Wayne Bennett describes the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Brisbane’s Souths Magpies as kindred spirits, in that they are working class clubs, with a never-say-die ethos. And the embodiment […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 13 2020 MONDAY, MARCH 30 Former Balmain rugby league prop, Steve ‘Blocker’ Roach recalls his time at Warrington in England, in particular […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER TRANSITION 2019 TO 2020 MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 Our nephew, Xavier Ricketts and Gemma Wuersching wed in a beautiful ceremony at Toowoomba’s Gabbinbar Homestead, […]
FEBRUARY 2010. The likes of Northern Rivers’ Indigenous heroes, Lionel Morgan, Walter Slockee, Stokel Currie, Alan Lena, Billy McDermott, Claude McDermott and Gerald Chadburn came to mind as I covered […]
FEBRUARY 1985 It was the moment Queensland probably lost the chance to defend its State of Origin title, and it happened at the unlikely setting of the Maclean Showgrounds, on […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 10 2019 TUESDAY, MARCH 19 Former Welsh rugby league player, Mike Murphy (I know, he should have played for Ireland) has died, aged […]
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 […]
COMMENT By Steve Ricketts, former chief rugby league writer, The Courier-Mail. TIME TO FORGE A NEW IDENTITY AS a young player at the Canberra Raiders, Anthony Siebold liked a good […]
Queensland rugby league forward, Mark Hohn vowed to give the Brisbane Broncos full value, despite having suffered his second broken leg in three months – while playing for English club, […]
Chris Johns, the first of the Brisbane Broncos New South Wales’ signings, took up residency in Brisbane after a four year first grade career with St George. Johns and his father, Bill […]
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. […]
Rugby League ‘Immortal’ Arthur Beetson received a standing ovation after his part in Redcliffe’s 11-2 win over Valleys in the Lang Park match of the day. Beetson, 36, and in […]
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 […]
COACHED by former Test halfback, Barry Muir, Queensland Country put up a brave showing against City at Lang Park, and won six places in the State side to face New South Wales. […]