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DIARY UPDATE: Week 8, 2019

21/01/2020by SteveRicketts 1 Comment

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. […]

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DIARY UPDATE: Week 7, 2016

04/02/2018by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Finish work on my ‘first chapter’ (1960) in Steve Haddan’s book about Brisbane Rugby League, ‘Our Game’. It was a hard slog, but enjoyable. In 1960, champion coach, Bob Bax […]

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DIARY UPDATE: Week 33, 2015

05/04/2017by SteveRicketts 1 Comment

MONDAY, AUGUST 10 Brisbane Broncos’ Test centre, Justin Hodges announces he will retire at season’s end. I remember saying, the first time I saw Justin at Broncos’ training, that he […]

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DIARY UPDATE: Week 23, 2015

22/12/2016by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

TUESDAY, JUNE 2 Racing guru, Bart Sinclair turns 65 today. Still not a hair out of place. It is wonderful to see that my my former Brisbane ‘Telegraph’ colleague, Rod […]

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Suburban Bliss

27/03/2013by SteveRicketts 4 Comments

LAST Saturday’s Gold Coast Titans – Manly Sea Eagles under-20s match drove me out of the comfort of my lounge room for a walk along Kedron Brook. Neither side could […]

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Doug Muir in action for Brisbane club, Valleys

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.

Claude Mantoulan on the attack in a Test against Great Britain

ARL boss, Ken Arthurson

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.

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

Ken Day in his Manly-Warringah gear

The late, great Harold ‘Mick’ Crocker.

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

Rodger Kuhn in action for Easts at Lang Park

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.

Jack Reardon (right) with former QRL boss, Ron McAuliffe (centre) and noted Brisbane journalist, Paul Sweeney

Noel Cleal in action for NSW

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

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

Lee Crooks in action for Great Britain against Australia

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

Duncan Thompson

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

Shane Bernardin trains with Redcliffe, the club he joined after leaving Norths

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

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

Darren Smith in action for his first club, Brisbane Easts

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

Canberra Raiders’ winger, John Ferguson

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.

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.

Greg Conescu in a pensive mood

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

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

Wigan superstar, Ellery Hanley

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

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

Andrew Ettingshausen

Brad Backer in action for Easts

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).

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.

Valleys coach, Henry Holloway

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

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

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

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

Reg Gasnier

Clive Churchill (centre back) in the official Easts team photo from 1965. In the centre at the front is skipper, Ben Wall.

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

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

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.