FLASHBACK: December 1961
DECEMBER 1961 France and New Zealand played out a violent 5-all draw in the Third Test in 1961, with the draw enough to give the Kiwis a series win after […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 40, 2020
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. […]
FLASHBACK: October, 1960
FLASHBACK OCTOBER 1960 Fiery forwards, Vince Karalius (Great Britain) and Jean Barthe (France) were sent from the field in a brutal rugby league World Cup match at Station Road, Swinton, […]
WHAT A LOAD OF TRIPE
TRAVEL Roanne was once a power house in rugby league, with the funds to buy rugby union superstars, such as Jean Barthe and Aldo Quaglio, both regarded as the best […]
FLASHBACK: July 1960
JULY 1960 The last rugby league Test played at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds proved an embarrassment for the French touring side, which capitulated 56-6 to the Keith Barnes’ captained Australia. […]
FLASHBACK: June, 1960
JUNE 1960 Former French rugby union fullback, Pierre Lacaze came under fire for kicking too much, as France’s rugby league players readied themselves for the First Test against Australia, at […]
BAR LE RUGBY REVISITED
TRAVEL Carcassonne had been a highlight of my ‘backpacking days’ in Europe, and now here I was, on assignment for Brisbane’s Courier-Mail newspaper. I couldn’t believe it. It was September, […]
FLASHBACK: December 1959
DECEMBER 1959. FRENCH Rugby League legend, Puig Aubert lambasted France’s pack for not dominating their Australian rivals, as the touring Kangaroos won the Second Test, and the series with a […]
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 […]
AND STILL THEY COME!
People watching can be the best form of entertainment, and it’s often free. Rarely have I enjoyed a night of people watching more than an unexpected bonanza in a bar/tabac […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 4, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 4 2018 MONDAY, JANUARY 22 Kerry McGreedy and his wife, Roseanne have donated South Queensland Crushers’ magazines to the QRL History Committee. […]
France’s lost opportunity
The rugby league landscape in France would have a vastly different appearance if the code had openly turned professional after the successful 1951 tour of Australia and New Zealand. The […]
FLASHBACK: April 1964
Centre, John McDonald made an impressive Bulimba Cup debut for Towoomba in the Clydesdales 27-18 loss to Brisbane at Lang Park, with the Courier-Mail’s Jack Reardon tipping State honours for […]
FLASHBACK: January 1964
Halfback, Barry Muir scored two tries in the Kangaroos’ 16-8 win over France in Paris to clinch the Test series 2-1. France had won the First Test 8-5 in Bordeaux […]
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