FLASHBACK: November 1967
Brisbane Brothers’ legend, Peter Gallagher captained Australia to a memorable 17-11 win over Great Britain at London’s White City Stadium, to keep alive the Ashes series, after the home side won […]
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FLASHBACK: December 1937
Australia’s touring Kangaroos played an extraodinary three matches in four days on their tour of Britain, and not surprisingly finished on the wrong end of the scoreline in two encounters. […]
FLASHBACK: MAY 1957
Debutant winger, Eddie Lumsden scored four tries in New South Wales’ 49-11 thrashing of Queensland in the first match of the 1957 inter-state series at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds. Lumsden, […]
FLASHBACK: MAY 1947
LEN Kenny emerged as a champion winger after a dazzling display for Brisbane in a 23-5 thrashing of Toowoomba in a Bulimba cup match at the Brisbane Cricket Ground. Kenny played […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 4, 2016
MONDAY, JANUARY 25 Attend Australia Day long weekend festivities at South Bank – more specifically ‘Great Australian Bite’ food tents, where we tuck into calamari, beef cheeks and pork rolls. Live […]
FLASHBACK: March 1977
Dayboro Dairy farmer, Peter Leis scored four tries for Redcliffe in their 26-0 Round 1 thrashing of Brisbane premiers, Wests at Lang Park, and in the process earned a rare perfect […]
FLASHBACK: March 1947
The Courier-Mail announced former international back, Jack Reardon would join their staff as a rugby league writer. Reardon announced his retirement from football at a function at Brothers Rugby League […]
FLASHBACK: February 1977
Pat Kelly scored a controversial ‘extra time’ try for 1976 Brisbane Rugby League premiers, Wests in their 11-9 win over Wynnum-Manly in a round 1 Woolies pre-season competition match at Purtell Park, Bardon. […]
FLASHBACK: January 1997
After 18 months self imposed exile from rugby league, Gorden ‘Raging Bull’ Tallis made his return to the playing field – for Australia against the United States in the inaugural Super […]
FLASHBACK: January 1982
Redcliffe rugby league fans were left stunned by the news their fiery former State fullback, Tony Obst would play with 1981 wooden spooners, Brothers in 1982. Originally from Longreach, Obst had […]
FLASHBACK: January 1972
Test lock, Ron Coote rejected a $70,000 contract offer from the Queensland Rugby League, believed to be the biggest deal in the code’s history in Australia. The three year contract also […]
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 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 43, 2015
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 David Smith quits as National Rugby League chief executive and the rumour mill goes into overdrive, re. his replacement, with radio commentator, Ray Hadley mentioning former Queensland […]
FLASHBACK: September 1946
Electrifying winger, Len Kenny scored five tries for Combined Brisbane in their 36-7 thrashing of Sydney premiers, Balmain Tigers at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds Each of Kenny’s tries was a […]
FLASHBACK: August 1966
Referee, Roy Massey sent four players from the field in four minutes, late in Ipswich’s dramatic 7-2 win over Brisbane in the final of the inter-city, Bulimba Cup competition at […]
FLASHBACK: August 1946
The wizardry of Brothers’ international centre, Jack Reardon in the Brisbane elimination final 17-8 win over Souths had critics wondering how he could have been left out of the Australian side for the failed […]
FLASHBACK: March 1981
Redcliffe rugby league coach, the great Arthur Beetson, used the unlimited tackle rule to his side’s advantage in a 20-13 win over Brothers at Dolphin Oval, and then immediately called for […]
FLASHBACK: February 1956
Vandalism is not really something we associate with ‘sedate’ 1950s Australia, but it’s a sad fact that rugby league was on the receiving end of a blatant bit of public desecration […]
FLASHBACK: February 1976
Norths’ teenagers, Darryl Brohman, Shane Bernardin and Neville Draper were the shining lights of round 2 of the 1976 Brisbane Woolies pre-season competition. The young trio excelled in the pouring rain at Bishop Park, […]
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 […]
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