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DIARY UPDATE: Week 31, 2018

07/08/2019by SteveRicketts 2 Comments

DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 31 2018 MONDAY, JULY 30 On Radio TAB, Peter Psaltis says Allan ‘Alfie’ Langer should be added to the exclusive Immortals club. […]

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DIARY UPDATE: Week 17, 2017

08/01/2019by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

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 […]

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DIARY UPDATE: Week 38, 2015

24/05/2017by SteveRicketts Leave a comment

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Meet our apartment proprietors this morning after their weekend London trip to see modern version of Hamlet at The Barbican – directed by Lindsay Turner. Head into […]

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FLASHBACK: May 1984

11/06/2014by SteveRicketts 2 Comments

Toowoomba’s Peter Gill scored two tries as Queensland Country scored an excellent 25 -18 win over Auckland in a National Panasonic Cup match at Lang Park. The Courier-Mail’s Lawrie Kavanagh […]

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Flashbacks

Second Tier Competitions

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It’s anyone’s guess how the second and third tiers of rugby league in Australia will pan out in the next five or 10 years. But make no mistake. There […]

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Brad Backer in action for Easts

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

Wayne Lindenberg in action for Easts

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.

Greg Conescu in a pensive mood

Wigan superstar, Ellery Hanley

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

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

Claude Mantoulan on the attack in a Test against Great Britain

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

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

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).

Noel Cleal in action for NSW

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

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

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

ARL boss, Ken Arthurson

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

Darren Smith in action for his first club, Brisbane Easts

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

Kevin and Mary Donnelly in 1975

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

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

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.

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

Duncan Thompson

Canberra Raiders’ winger, John Ferguson

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

Peter Leis in action for Redcliffe

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

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.

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.

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

Ken Day in his Manly-Warringah gear

Rodger Kuhn in action for Easts at Lang Park

Doug Muir in action for Brisbane club, Valleys

Reg Gasnier

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

The late, great Harold ‘Mick’ Crocker.

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

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

Andrew Ettingshausen

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

Lee Crooks in action for Great Britain against Australia

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

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

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

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.

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.