DIARY UPDATE: Week 26, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 26 2021 MONDAY, JUNE 28 THE FIGS (Former International Greats), via secretary, Peter Hogan, seek permission to post my Flashbacks on their […]
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BRISBANE BEER AND BEEF CLUB
When I retired from Queensland Newspapers in October, 2012, aged 60, I wondered how I would keep myself busy in the coming years. I needn’t have worried because, like many […]
REV HEAD MICK
Former Test rugby league winger, Michael Hancock was a ‘rev head’ in his younger days at Stanthorpe, where he said there wasn’t much to do as a teenager. In an […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 41, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 41 2018 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 A neighbor tells me about wild brawls at Julia Creek, in western Queensland, some years back, involving […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 29, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 29 2018 TUESDAY, JULY 17 Rugby League Hall of Fame’s new inductees are Mark Graham, Cliff Lyons, Ricky Stuart, Petero Civoniceva, Gorden […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 24, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 24 2018 MONDAY, JUNE 11 Tweed legend, Keith ‘Clackers’ Kennedy appears in the Queens Honors List. ‘Clackers’ is synonymous with rugby league […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 23, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 23 2018 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 Great State of Origin rugby league rivals, Glenn Lazarus and Steve Renouf are my interview subjects at […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2018
DIARY OF RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 21 2018 TUESDAY, MAY 22 FoxSports reporter, James Hooper has a scoop on the Broncos offering Melbourne Storm coach, Craig Bellamy a four […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 5 2018 TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 LUNCH at Port Office Hotel with journo mates, among them Bart Sinclair, Robert ‘Crash’ Craddock, Steve Waddingham, […]
Steve Ricketts 