FLASHBACK: January 1997
JANUARY 1997 Super League supremos boasted that their new ‘world order’ would see the likes of Allan ‘Alfie’ Langer and Gorden Tallis become household names across Asia. Sounds fanciful, and […]
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FLASHBACK: NOVEMBER 1996
NOVEMBER 1996 The struggling South Queensland Crushers were labelled the ‘Redcliffe Mafia’, after Dolphins’ stalwart, Steve Bleakley was appointed head coach, replacing sacked former Test lock, Bob Lindner, for the […]
FLASHBACK: April 1981
Balmain lock, Neil Pringle revealed details of his battle with a debilitating illness, as he celebrated signing a new contract with the Tigers. Pringle, then 28, had played his 100th […]
FLASHBACK: October, 1970
OCTOBER 1970 Referee, Fred Lindop dealt out 15 cautions in a brutal World Cup rugby league match at Headingley, Leeds with Great Britain scoring the only try of the contest, […]
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 […]
DIARY UPDATE: TRANSITION FROM 2018-19
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 31 2018 Our eldest boy, Damien, wife, Emma and daughter, Parker climb Mt Coolum, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, for the first time. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 28, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 28, 2017 MONDAY, JULY 10 Barry Dick and Wayne ‘Ticker’ Heming are inducted into the Media Hall Fame at Suncorp Stadium, alongside […]
GRAND UNION CANAL WALK
BRITISH Waterways and rugby league. What do they have in common? Quite a lot actually, given that a big part of Britain’s canal system runs through rugby league heartland, the […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 13, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 13 2017 MONDAY, MARCH 27 Former Dally M Medal winner, Ben Barba struggles to get the ball playing rugby union for Toulon […]
COMMENT: TIME TO FORGE A NEW IDENTITY
COMMENT By Steve Ricketts, former chief rugby league writer, The Courier-Mail. TIME TO FORGE A NEW IDENTITY AS a young player at the Canberra Raiders, Anthony Siebold liked a good […]
FLASHBACK: November 1973
FLASHBACK – NOVEMBER 1973 Tall, rampaging forward, Phil Lowe scored two tries in Great Britain’s brilliant 21-11 win over Australia in the First Test at London’s Wembley Stadium. Lowe, from […]
FLASHBACK: July 1986
Alex Murphy, one of the greats of British rugby league, took a pot shot at the egos of Australian players during a talent scouting trip ‘down under’ for the St […]
FLASHBACK: January 1996
The besieged Australian Rugby League confirmed ‘The Muller Group’ as licence holders for the Gold Coast ‘Gladiators’ in the 1996 Optus Cup premiership, and promised shot term support to ensure […]
FLASHBACK: September 1995
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs’ chief executive, Peter ‘Bullfrog’ Moore missed his first Rothmans Medal dinner since the early 1970s, for fear emotions might run over as a result of the Super League war. Moore, […]
FLASHBACK: February 1995
Australian Rugby League bosses declared that the challenge from Super League was ‘dead and buried’ after the 20 elite level clubs effectively ‘rejected’ a proposal from News Ltd for a […]
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