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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]