DIARY UPDATE: Week 26, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 46 2017 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 After a surf at Noosa’s Main beach, I hear a bloke say: “I know I’m skyting, but….” […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 37, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 37 2017 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Former Test rugby league centre, Dale Shearer is keen for his biography to be written, and I […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 17, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 17 2017 TUESDAY, APRIL 25 ANZAC Day Dawn Service at The Gap, and there is a big turn-out, for the service itself […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 5 2017 TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 My wife, Marie’s brother-in-law, Neville Soward passes away in Lismore today. Neville, who married Marie’s sister, Carolyne, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 52, 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 52, 2016 MONDAY, DECEMBER 26 Cathryn Cavaney contacts me, wanting information about my late Uncle Tom Dunne, who, with his wife, Ruby […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 34, 2016
WEEK 34, 2016 TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 AT Wynnum-Manly Leagues I discuss up-coming sportsmen’s lunch, where I will be MC. Chat to Wynnum first grade coach, John Buchanan, who is a nephew […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 4, 2016
MONDAY, JANUARY 25 Attend Australia Day long weekend festivities at South Bank – more specifically ‘Great Australian Bite’ food tents, where we tuck into calamari, beef cheeks and pork rolls. Live […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 51, 2015
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 Our youngest son, Lliam shouts me to the movie, ‘Creed’ at Indooroopilly, after a meal in Vietnamese restaurant. A couple of young blokes leave the movie early, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 43, 2015
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 David Smith quits as National Rugby League chief executive and the rumour mill goes into overdrive, re. his replacement, with radio commentator, Ray Hadley mentioning former Queensland […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 33, 2015
MONDAY, AUGUST 10 Brisbane Broncos’ Test centre, Justin Hodges announces he will retire at season’s end. I remember saying, the first time I saw Justin at Broncos’ training, that he […]
