FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1956
DECEMBER 1956 AUSTRALIAN lock, Ian ‘Ripper’ Doyle from Toowoomba was hailed the hero of the series clinching 10-6 win over France in the Second Test of the 1956 tour, played […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK FIVE 2021 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Noted rugby league administrator, Shane Richardson is one of the driving forces behind the Brisbane Easts’ (Firehawks) […]
FLASHBACK: October, 1955
OCTOBER 1955 French Rugby League officials left Hilton Park, Leigh in England full of confidence about the future, despite France’s 32-19 loss to a star-studded Other Nationalities side, in a […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 38, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 38, 2019 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Another day at Aurillac would have been too much. It is not the most exciting town in […]
REQUESTS. I’VE HAD A FEW.
As chairman of the Queensland Rugby League History Committee, I receive many requests from people, via the QRL offices, wanting answers to questions about matters relating to the code’s heritage. […]
FLASHBACK: November 1954
NOVEMBER 1954 A record crowd for rugby league in France – 37,474 – attended the World Cup match between the home side, captained by the legendary, Puig Aubert, and Great […]
FLASHBACK: October 1959
OCTOBER 1959 France’s Test rugby league players had to catch taxis to Parc des Princes in Paris, after the bus that was due to transport them to the stadium, was […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 50, 2015
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 ‘Old Farts’ journos lunch at Plough Inn, South Bank. Former Lord Mayor, Sallyanne Atkinson, an ‘old’ journo, is there. We chat about State of Origin II in […]
FLASHBACK: November 1956
There were amazing scenes in the dying minutes of the First Test between Australia and France at Parc des Princes, Paris, with the Kangaroos hanging on for a tense 15-8 […]
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