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DIARY UPDATE: Week 40, 2020

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DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 40 MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 Newcastle was held in the same high regard as Brisbane, when I played rugby league on the Tweed. […]

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FLASHBACK: February, 1986

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FLASHBACK FEBRUARY 1986 Norths’ centre, Trevor Cook cut his former team to shreds, as the Devils swamped Easts 34-12 in a Woolies’ pre-season rugby league clash at Bishop Park, Nundah. […]

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DIARY UPDATE: Week 26, 2019

05/05/2020by SteveRicketts 1 Comment

DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 26 2019 MONDAY, JULY 1 Former Queensland State of Origin centre, Tony Currie and I talk about the future of Origin football, […]

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FLASHBACK: October 1989

26/10/2019by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

OCTOBER 1989 New Zealand were set a monumental task at the start of their tour of Britain and France, with two matches in three days, the first against St Helens […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lee Crooks in action for Great Britain against Australia

Doug Muir in action for Brisbane club, Valleys

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.

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

Rodger Kuhn in action for Easts at Lang Park

Darren Smith in action for his first club, Brisbane Easts

Peter Leis in action for Redcliffe

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.

Duncan Thompson

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

Kevin and Mary Donnelly in 1975

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

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.

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

Canberra Raiders’ winger, John Ferguson

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

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

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

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.

Andrew Ettingshausen

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

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

Brad Backer in action for Easts

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

Greg Conescu in a pensive mood

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

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

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

ARL boss, Ken Arthurson

Valleys coach, Henry Holloway

Wayne Lindenberg in action for Easts

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.

Ken Day in his Manly-Warringah gear

The late, great Harold ‘Mick’ Crocker.

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

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.

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

Noel Cleal in action for NSW

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).

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

Reg Gasnier

Claude Mantoulan on the attack in a Test against Great Britain

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

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

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

Wigan superstar, Ellery Hanley

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Tag Archives: Gary French

DIARY UPDATE: Week 40, 2020

FLASHBACK: February, 1986

DIARY UPDATE: Week 26, 2019

FLASHBACK: October 1989