DIARY UPDATE: Week 42, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2020 MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 Men of League patron, Ron Atkins celebrates his 85th birthday at Broncos Leagues Club, and I feel […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2020 MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 Men of League patron, Ron Atkins celebrates his 85th birthday at Broncos Leagues Club, and I feel […]
TRAVEL Recently, a mate asked how many times I had been to Britain and/or Europe, and when I answered ’20’, he said I should write a book. I’m not in […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 13 2019 Devon (England) couple, John and Glenda Tapp’s travels have brought them to Australia again, and we catch up for breakfast […]
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 OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 7 2017. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Dinner with English friends, John and Glenda Tapp at their holiday unit, ‘Mariner’s Point’, Point Cartwright, on […]
MAY 1988 Gold Coast Giants caused one of the upsets of the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League season when they defeated the Brisbane Broncos in an absorbing ‘derby’ at […]
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 […]