DIARY UPDATE: Week 29, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 29 2021 MONDAY, JULY 19 St George premiership winning forward, Robin Gourley has died aged 85. In an interview with the ABC’s […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 25, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 25 2021 MONDAY, JUNE 21 Former Wallabies’ hooker, Mark McBain rates French halfback, Antoine Dupont the best player in the world. McBain, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 17, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 17 2021 MONDAY, APRIL 26 TIGER TV’s Gavin Payne, the former Easts’ fullback and later coach, conducts an interview with yours truly, […]
‘BROTHERS CLOSE AND FAR’
Five Star Cinemas at New Farm hosted a World Movie Premiere with a difference on November 4, with the ‘A Listers’ all broken down, old footballers. It was the first […]
DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 8, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 8 2021 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 The Guineas Room, Eagle Farm is the setting for a wonderful memorial service for Paul Malone, one […]
FLASHBACK: July 1976
JULY 1976 Brothers’ players wondered why Queensland centre, Graham Quinn was in no hurry to get under the shower, after the club’s 17-8 win over Norths at Corbett Park, Grange. […]
FLASHBACK: June, 1976
JUNE 1976 Brisbane Souths released exciting young winger, Mitch Brennan from a three-year contract to allow him to play in the Canadian Football League with the Toronto Argonauts. Under the […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 42, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2020 MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 Men of League patron, Ron Atkins celebrates his 85th birthday at Broncos Leagues Club, and I feel […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 32, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 32 2020 MONDAY AUGUST 10 Leeds’ rugby league coach, Richard Agar is worried the new rules will lead to a touch-and-pass type […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 14, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 14 2020 MONDAY, APRIL 6 Former Socceroo, Mark Viduka has some damning things to say about our national team, going back a […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 12, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 12 2020 MONDAY, MARCH 23 Coronavirus is hitting hard. Our next-door neighbour, Len O’Brien texts about pubs shutting, at noon today. A […]
FLASHBACK: August, 1970
AUGUST 1970 David Wright, Barry Lafferty and Greg Thomas, all members of Brothers’ 1969 under-18 side, were no match for their more experienced Norths rivals in the Lang Park, Brisbane […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 51, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 51 2019. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 Former Sydney Wests’ rugby league skipper and ABC commentator, Warren Boland has had open heart surgery. Last […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 40, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 40 2019 MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 Six decades of soccer (football) is remembered in the Tweed Valley, with the likes of Jim Devine […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 19, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 19 2019. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 A boy weighing over 90kg plays for one of the teams in an under-11s rugby league match […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 8, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 8 2019 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 A statue of rugby union legend, John Eales is unveiled at the southern forecourt of Suncorp Stadium. […]
FLASHBACK: May 1974
MAY 1974 Brisbane Brothers’ forward, David Wright tasted success at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London as part of Warrington’s Challenge Cup side, in a 24-9 win over Featherstone Rovers. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 37, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 37 2017 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Former Test rugby league centre, Dale Shearer is keen for his biography to be written, and I […]
FLASHBACK: January 1978
Contract dramas at Brisbane Brothers saw three of the club’s highest profile players – David Wright, Ian Dauth and Bob Cock – quit the club to play for Nerang Roosters in […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 45, 2015
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Melbourne Cup day, and Marie goes next door to Bandits/Brothers Club and places several bets. My money was on Bondi Beach (on the nose). We both dip out, with […]
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