DIARY UPDATE: Week 32, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 32 2019 MONDAY, AUGUST 12 Australians, Craig Young and Danny Buderus, along with New Zealanders, Ruben Wiki and Stacey Jones are announced […]
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FLASHBACK: April, 1995
APRIL 1995 Australian Rugby League contracted players were reportedly having second thoughts about staying with the ‘Establishment’, after England and New Zealand confirmed they would be siding with the rebel […]
REV HEAD MICK
Former Test rugby league winger, Michael Hancock was a ‘rev head’ in his younger days at Stanthorpe, where he said there wasn’t much to do as a teenager. In an […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 9, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 9 2019 MONDAY, MARCH 4 The Courier-Mail’s Peter Badel asks new Brisbane Broncos’ coach, Anthony Siebold if he will continue with plans […]
‘OUR GAME’ – SPEECH BY STEVE RICKETTS
Chairman of the Queensland Rugby League History Committee, Steve Ricketts addressed the recent QRL administrative conference on the Gold Coast, about the establishment of the code in this state. A […]
FLASHBACK: November 1994
NOVEMBER 1994 A pledge of loyalty from the Brisbane Broncos was accepted by a New South Wales Rugby League Board meeting in the League’s Phillip Street headquarters in Sydney. NSWRL […]
SPA TOWN TO A SPANKING
TRAVEL CELEBRATED spa town, Harrogate one night; former coal mining borough, Leigh in Greater Manchester the next. Such is the lot of rugby league writer based in northern England. It […]
FLASHBACK: July 1984
Australian Rugby League skipper, Wally Lewis was heckled by spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as he made a speech following the Kangaroos’ 20-7 win over Great Britain, to clinch […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 24, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 24 2018 MONDAY, JUNE 11 Tweed legend, Keith ‘Clackers’ Kennedy appears in the Queens Honors List. ‘Clackers’ is synonymous with rugby league […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 23, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 23 2018 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 Great State of Origin rugby league rivals, Glenn Lazarus and Steve Renouf are my interview subjects at […]
FLASHBACK: June 1994
JUNE 1994 Wigan’s British Test rugby league winger, Martin Offiah said he feared for his life when spear tackled twice in the 20-14 World Club Challenge win over the Broncos […]
FLASHBACK: May 1994
MAY 1994 Broncos’ Queensland State of Origin forward, Gavin ‘Jed’ Allen was banned for 12 matches for a shoulder charge gone wrong, on Cronulla-Sutherland halfback, Paul Green. Allen stood to […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 40, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 40 2017 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 Chat to Gold Coast Titans’ coaching staff member, Terry Matterson at Beaches Cafe, Main Beach. His daughter […]
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 […]
COMMENT: WE SHOULD HAVE PAID THE MANAGERS
Player-managers – I didn’t have a great deal to do with them during my 32 years as a rugby league writer. I certainly didn’t rely on them as much as […]
FALSE ECONOMICS
by Steve Ricketts, former Chief Rugby League Writer, The Courier-Mail. It seemed to make sense, in terms of the newspaper’s budget, when I was asked to return to Brisbane, from […]
FLASHBACK: December 1987
Queensland rugby league forward, Mark Hohn vowed to give the Brisbane Broncos full value, despite having suffered his second broken leg in three months – while playing for English club, […]
FLASHBACK: November 1997
THAT most vitriolic of Super League opponents, George Piggins, the South Sydney chairman, said he was willing to sit down with Melbourne Storm counterpart, John Ribot in the interests of […]
FLASHBACK: May 1977
NORTHS’ hooker, Nick Geiger was the obvious, but somewhat controversial choice in the Queensland side to play New South Wales in the first match of the 1977 inter-state series, with […]
FLASHBACK: March 1977
Dayboro Dairy farmer, Peter Leis scored four tries for Redcliffe in their 26-0 Round 1 thrashing of Brisbane premiers, Wests at Lang Park, and in the process earned a rare perfect […]
