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DIARY UPDATE: Week 37, 2017

21/03/2019by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

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 […]

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EUROPEAN ODYSSEY TOUR

27/02/2019by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

The 9/11 terror attacks on the United States in 2001 made air travel, particularly international flights, unappealing for many people. So it was an absolute miracle that my fourth, and final, ‘supporters’ […]

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CAN I HAVE ICE WITH THAT?

10/01/2019by SteveRicketts 1 Comment

As my 1990 Kangaroo Supporters’ Tour, ‘Regis’ coach pulled up outside the Hindhead Hotel in Surrey, England, I reinforced to my 33 loyal ‘subjects’, that ‘When in Rome, do as […]

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DIARY UPDATE: 2015 becomes 2016!

04/10/2017by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

Monday December 28. Our eldest son, Damien texts with the wonderful news that he and wife, Emma are parents – a beautiful baby girl, Parker Kerri Ricketts has been born. […]

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Kiwi Test hooker, Duane Mann in action for New Zealand Residents versus Australian Residents at Lang Park in 1994, watched by rival hooker, Shane Christensen.

Brad Backer in action for Easts

Peter Gallagher in action for Queensland against New South Wales at the SCG.

Manly skipper, Fred Jones celebrates the Sea Eagles’ 1972 grand final win over the Roosters. Allan Thompson is behind him and Terry Randall on the right.

France rugby league forward, Jean Pambrun in action for Catalans XIII

Allan Ayres (second from left in the back row) could have been anything in rugby league. He is pictured here with the 1971 Tweed/Gold Coast premiership winning South Murwillumbah side. The captain-coach was Claude McDermott (third from right in the front row).

French captain, Puig Aubert (right) shakes hands with British counterpart, Scotsman, Dave Valentine, ahead of their World Cup clash in Toulouse. Watching on is English referee, Charlie Appleton from Warrington

David Waite (right) when he was Great Britain coach. His assistant at that time, Brian Noble, is the other man in the photo.

‘Smokin’ Joe Kilroy and Brett Le Man at Brothers’ training.

Scene from a Brisbane v Toowoomba Bulimba Cup match at the Gabba in the 1950s, with Brisbane on the attack. Photo from the Melit family collection.

Frank Stanton as coach of the New South Wales State of Origin side in 1984. Legendary trainer, Alf Richards is on his right and prop, Peter Tunks on his left.

Gene Miles in action for the Broncos. He started his senior career with Souths in Townsville.

Valleys coach, Henry Holloway

French manager, Antoine Blain receives the symbolic gift of a Kangaroo from Queensland Rugby League president, Vic Jensen during the historic 1951 tour

Canberra Raiders’ winger, John Ferguson

ARL boss, Ken Arthurson

Dean Pay in action for Canterbury-Bankstown. Pay scored a try in the 1994 Ashes decider.

Rodger Kuhn in action for Easts at Lang Park

Greg Conescu in a pensive mood

Duncan Thompson

Eric Harris (centre) with Leeds’ teammates, Welshman, Con Murphy (left) and John Kelly before a match in the 1938-39 English season

Wayne Lindenberg in action for Easts

Andrew Ettingshausen

Peter Leis in action for Redcliffe

Don Fox scores for Featherstone with referee, Eric Clay on the spot to award the try. Australian defenders are nowhere to be seen.

Don Lancashire and his wife, Carol at their Mount Warren home in Queensland

Jon and Lola Ricketts on their wedding day, May 12, 1951, outside St Carthages Cathedral, Lismore.

Ross Strudwick sells raffle tickets at the Kirra Beach Hotel in the 1980s

Captain, Gary Freeman tries to rally Kiwi teammates after Australia score a try in the series deciding Third Test at Lang Park, Brisbane in 1991. Australia won 40-12

Kevin and Mary Donnelly in 1975

Wally Lewis, pictured here during his stint with English club, Wakefield, played in five Brisbane grand finals, winning three.

Ben Ikin (left) with former Broncos’ Test prop, Shane Webcke at a Men of League function.

The late, great Harold ‘Mick’ Crocker.

Tall winger, Darren Plowman. He was one of the Crushers’ best in their first top grade hit-out against Manly at Emerald

Referee, Stan Scamp issues a caution to Easts, Greg Holben, one of many the fiery five eighth received in his career

Doug Muir in action for Brisbane club, Valleys

Alex Murphy holds the Challenge Cup aloft after leading Leigh to victory over Leeds at Wembley

Ken Day in his Manly-Warringah gear

‘Sister Dorrie’ and Tex Morton. Born Dorothy May Ricketts, ‘Sister’ Dorrie was my great Aunty.

They love their league in the pretty French town of Limoux.

Adrian Lam on the attack for Brisbane Wests with Ipswich Jets lock, Jeremy Schloss applying the pressure in defence.

Reg Gasnier

Murwillumbah Brothers’ captain-coach, Milton Whybrow (second from left), watches the progress of teammate, Jack Nardi in the play-off for fifth spot in the 1974 Group 18-Gold Coast finals series at Murwillumbah Oval. Prop, Paul ‘Porky’ Weaver is on Whybrow’s left. Surfers Paradise captain-coach, John Chisholm (left knee strapped) sizes up Nardi. The Pirates won, but Tweed Heads Seagulls would go on to beat Mullumbimby in the grand final.

Western Division coach, Johnny King holds the Amco Cup aloft after the country boys’ 6-2 win over Penrith in the final of the knock-out competition’s inaugural season in 1974. To King’s right is cult hero, ‘TV Ted’ Ellery.