RING! RING! WHY DON’T YOU GIVE ME A CALL
“That’ll be the phone”, Rod Jennings said, barely able to suppress his laughter. There was a bloke, at the bar of the Swansea Rugby Union Social Club, who could perfectly […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 13, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 13 2018 MONDAY, MARCH 26 Radio TAB’s John McCoy said he was in tears, when he heard the news, Australian cricketers had […]
KERRI-ANNE SHOWED THE WAY
My late sister, Kerri-Anne was the pioneer overseas adventurer in our family, and I owe her a lot. Her tales from Britain and Europe helped plant the seeds of travel […]
Dash it all
Whenever I see a dachshund, and they are back in fashion, the nightmares return. It was 1972, and I had arrived at my uncle, Bill Ricketts’ Kingaroy residence to stay […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 5, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 5 2018 TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 LUNCH at Port Office Hotel with journo mates, among them Bart Sinclair, Robert ‘Crash’ Craddock, Steve Waddingham, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 1, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 1 2018 MONDAY, JANUARY 1 A Cardiff v Scarletts rugby union match is my first live sport for 2018, and it is […]
RUGBY LEAGUE’S ANZAC SPIRIT
WHEN I think of ANZAC Day and rugby league connections, gentleman footballer, Jack Rayner immediately springs to mind. My father, Jon Ricketts often mentioned Jack as one of the toughest […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 45, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 45 2017 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Remedial Massage physiotherapist, Paula Nutting mentions former Illawarra rugby league player, ‘bone crusher’ Jefferies, as she does […]
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 […]
BAN LIFTED FOR PR REASONS
by Steve Ricketts It was the tour which saw Wayne Bennett lift the media ban he had imposed on me, three years earlier. The peace accord was brokered by Australian […]
