FLASHBACK: February 2010
FEBRUARY 2010. The likes of Northern Rivers’ Indigenous heroes, Lionel Morgan, Walter Slockee, Stokel Currie, Alan Lena, Billy McDermott, Claude McDermott and Gerald Chadburn came to mind as I covered […]
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ORIGIN FOOTBALL AT CROSSROADS
COMMENT by Steve Ricketts, former Chief Rugby League Writer, The Courier-Mail Good luck to rugby league administrators next year, as they try to promote State of Origin as ‘The Best […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 15, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 15 2018 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 Valleys’ rugby league legend, Ray Edwards, has passed away. His daughter is 4KQ Breakfast host, Laurel Edwards. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 39, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 39 2017 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Our daughter, Melanie phones at 4 a.m. Her flight back to Hong Kong (from Brisbane) has been cancelled […]
OUR FIELDS OF DREAMS
By Steve Ricketts. Secretary, Queensland Rugby League History Committee. The history of our rugby league fields across Queensland is a project waiting to be tackled. With that in mind, Kevin […]
COMMENT
COMMENT by Steve Ricketts, former Chief Rugby League Writer, The Courier-Mail. ANTHONY SEIBOLD. IS HE THE MAN? Kevin Walters remains my first choice to take over from Wayne Bennett as […]
FLASHBACK: October 2008
OCTOBER 2008 On October 26, 2008 I covered the Australia v New Zealand first round Rugby League World Cup match at the Sydney Football Stadium. My memories are not so much […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2016
MONDAY, MAY 16. A minute’s silence is observed for former international centre, Rod Saddler ahead of the Titans v Roosters’ NRL match at Robina. That was my doing, I am proud […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 8, 2016
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Up at 4.45 a.m. to watch live telecast of Leeds v North Queensland Cowboys World Club Challenge match. It was only 4-4 at halftime, but the Cowboys […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2016
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 To BUPA Retirement home, Tugun, to interview former Brisbane Souths prop, Jim Murdoch for Men of League magazine. Jim was instrumental in the formation of the Souths […]
Diary update: Week 28, 2015
MONDAY, JULY 6 Lovely time at Carbine Club Lunch at Tatts Club in the City, with the notorious Billy J Smith as MC, at a function where members of the […]
DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 16, 2015
MONDAY, APRIL 13 Have a haircut in Toowoomba. The female barber, Emma, is a good conversationalist and says she has only ever cut men’s hair. Walk a bush circuit at […]
