DIARY UPDATE: Week 32, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 32 2021 MONDAY, AUGUST 9 My former Telegraph Sports Editor, John Morton described Bobby Banks as the Wally Lewis of his time. […]
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FLASHBACK: January, 1971
JANUARY 1971 Queensland Rugby League chairman, Bruce Hatcher retains fond memories of a time when some of the state’s best footballers were effectively put into isolation for two months, living […]
FLASHBACK: May 1970
FLASHBACK MAY 1970 Brisbane ‘pinched’ the ‘Gold Top Cup’ State Championship from Central Queensland, 45 seconds from the end of the final at Lang Park. Brisbane won 14-12 in a […]
FLASHBACK: June 1967
The touring New Zealand Rugby League side scored a memorable 15-14 win over New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground. NSW, with legendary centre, Reg Gasnier as captain-coach, were […]
FLASHBACK: August 1970
Banished to Newcastle for the second year in a row, Queensland were no match for New South Wales in the fourth and final inter-state match of the 1970 season, the […]
FLASHBACK: April 1970
‘HAGAN’S HEROES’ they were dubbed after the Toowoomba Clydesdales breathed new life into the Bulimba Cup inter-city competition with a shock 17-13 win over Brisbane at the Athletic Oval, Toowoomba. The […]
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