‘GILTINAN’S TOUR -1908’
by Tom Mather. Available in paperback, or as an ebook, via Amazon. BOOK REVIEW Prominent Sydney sportsman, James J Giltinan is widely recognised as the driving force behind the movement, […]
by Tom Mather. Available in paperback, or as an ebook, via Amazon. BOOK REVIEW Prominent Sydney sportsman, James J Giltinan is widely recognised as the driving force behind the movement, […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 23 2020 MONDAY, JUNE 8 The Japanese flag flies from a house at up-market Ascot, here in Brisbane, as my wife, Marie […]
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 […]
JUNE 1975 ‘Bloodbath’. ‘Toughest Game Ever’. ‘Killer Game’ These were some of the headlines, the day after Wales beat England 12-7 in a World Series rugby league Test at Brisbane’s […]
JUNE 1970 There have been at least three ‘Battles of Brisbane’, involving the Australian and Great Britain rugby league sides, and I was ‘privileged’ to be in the crowd for […]
It was the ultimate put down, and is now part of rugby league folklore. The setting was Brisbane’s Lang Park, and the occasion the First Test of Great Britain’s tour […]
CONTROVERSIAL rugby league winger, Mitch Brennan admitted he was the mysterious ‘Micky Lane’ who played for Sydney premiers, St George in a trial at Grafton in Northern New South Wales. […]
MONDAY, AUGUST 24 Enjoy a lovely two hour chat with former Test rugby league referee and Sheffield Shield cricket umpire, Don Lancashire and his wife, Carol at their Mount Warren […]
North Queensland scored an historic 17-13 win over Great Britain in Townsville, a huge boost for rugby league in the tropics after some embarrassing losses to previous Lions’ touring sides. […]
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 […]
More than 1,000 booing, jeering spectators swarmed on to Oxenham Park at Nundah in Brisbane’s north after a fiery rugby league clash controlled by referee, Don Lancashire. The Courier-Mail’s Lawrie […]
Wynnum-Manly’s international five eighth, Johnny Gleeson and Redcliffe hooker, Bob Lawson were sent off following a wild brawl in the final minute of a BRL round 1 fixture at Redcliffe […]