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FLASHBACK: August 1949

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AUGUST 1949 Ted Verrenkamp scored four tries for Leeds in a 63-3 win over fellow Yorkshire club, York, setting the stage for another fine season for the former Queensland rugby […]

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FLASHBACK: March 1967

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New Sydney rugby league club, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, budgeted to spend $73,000 in their first season, after being promoted from second division with the Penrith Panthers. “That is the amount we need to […]

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FLASHBACK: December 1956

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Australia’s rugby league team, branded by some critics as ‘the worst ever’ to tour the northern hemisphere, shocked Great Britain with a deserved 22-9 win in the Second Test, in […]

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Doug Muir in action for Brisbane club, Valleys

Wayne Lindenberg in action for Easts

Peter Gallagher in action for Queensland against New South Wales at the SCG.

Dean Pay in action for Canterbury-Bankstown. Pay scored a try in the 1994 Ashes decider.

Shane Bernardin trains with Redcliffe, the club he joined after leaving Norths

Jon and Lola Ricketts on their wedding day, May 12, 1951, outside St Carthages Cathedral, Lismore.

Allan Ayres (second from left in the back row) could have been anything in rugby league. He is pictured here with the 1971 Tweed/Gold Coast premiership winning South Murwillumbah side. The captain-coach was Claude McDermott (third from right in the front row).

Jack Reardon (right) with former QRL boss, Ron McAuliffe (centre) and noted Brisbane journalist, Paul Sweeney

Andrew Ettingshausen

Alex Murphy holds the Challenge Cup aloft after leading Leigh to victory over Leeds at Wembley

Adrian Lam on the attack for Brisbane Wests with Ipswich Jets lock, Jeremy Schloss applying the pressure in defence.

Murwillumbah Brothers’ captain-coach, Milton Whybrow (second from left), watches the progress of teammate, Jack Nardi in the play-off for fifth spot in the 1974 Group 18-Gold Coast finals series at Murwillumbah Oval. Prop, Paul ‘Porky’ Weaver is on Whybrow’s left. Surfers Paradise captain-coach, John Chisholm (left knee strapped) sizes up Nardi. The Pirates won, but Tweed Heads Seagulls would go on to beat Mullumbimby in the grand final.

Lee Crooks in action for Great Britain against Australia

French captain, Puig Aubert (right) shakes hands with British counterpart, Scotsman, Dave Valentine, ahead of their World Cup clash in Toulouse. Watching on is English referee, Charlie Appleton from Warrington

‘Sister Dorrie’ and Tex Morton. Born Dorothy May Ricketts, ‘Sister’ Dorrie was my great Aunty.

Greg Conescu in a pensive mood

Wigan superstar, Ellery Hanley

Valleys coach, Henry Holloway

‘Smokin’ Joe Kilroy and Brett Le Man at Brothers’ training.

Rodger Kuhn in action for Easts at Lang Park

Ben Ikin (left) with former Broncos’ Test prop, Shane Webcke at a Men of League function.

David Waite (right) when he was Great Britain coach. His assistant at that time, Brian Noble, is the other man in the photo.

Duncan Thompson

ARL boss, Ken Arthurson

France rugby league forward, Jean Pambrun in action for Catalans XIII

French manager, Antoine Blain receives the symbolic gift of a Kangaroo from Queensland Rugby League president, Vic Jensen during the historic 1951 tour

Brad Backer in action for Easts

Wally Lewis, pictured here during his stint with English club, Wakefield, played in five Brisbane grand finals, winning three.

Don Lancashire and his wife, Carol at their Mount Warren home in Queensland

Ross Strudwick sells raffle tickets at the Kirra Beach Hotel in the 1980s

Scene from a Brisbane v Toowoomba Bulimba Cup match at the Gabba in the 1950s, with Brisbane on the attack. Photo from the Melit family collection.

Kiwi Test hooker, Duane Mann in action for New Zealand Residents versus Australian Residents at Lang Park in 1994, watched by rival hooker, Shane Christensen.

Canberra Raiders’ winger, John Ferguson

Claude Mantoulan on the attack in a Test against Great Britain

Darren Smith in action for his first club, Brisbane Easts

Ken Day in his Manly-Warringah gear

Reg Gasnier

Frank Stanton as coach of the New South Wales State of Origin side in 1984. Legendary trainer, Alf Richards is on his right and prop, Peter Tunks on his left.

They love their league in the pretty French town of Limoux.

Noel Cleal in action for NSW

Manly skipper, Fred Jones celebrates the Sea Eagles’ 1972 grand final win over the Roosters. Allan Thompson is behind him and Terry Randall on the right.

The late, great Harold ‘Mick’ Crocker.

Kevin and Mary Donnelly in 1975

Clive Churchill (centre back) in the official Easts team photo from 1965. In the centre at the front is skipper, Ben Wall.

Tall winger, Darren Plowman. He was one of the Crushers’ best in their first top grade hit-out against Manly at Emerald

Captain, Gary Freeman tries to rally Kiwi teammates after Australia score a try in the series deciding Third Test at Lang Park, Brisbane in 1991. Australia won 40-12

Western Division coach, Johnny King holds the Amco Cup aloft after the country boys’ 6-2 win over Penrith in the final of the knock-out competition’s inaugural season in 1974. To King’s right is cult hero, ‘TV Ted’ Ellery.

Eric Harris (centre) with Leeds’ teammates, Welshman, Con Murphy (left) and John Kelly before a match in the 1938-39 English season

Don Fox scores for Featherstone with referee, Eric Clay on the spot to award the try. Australian defenders are nowhere to be seen.

Peter Leis in action for Redcliffe

Gene Miles in action for the Broncos. He started his senior career with Souths in Townsville.

Referee, Stan Scamp issues a caution to Easts, Greg Holben, one of many the fiery five eighth received in his career

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FLASHBACK: August 1949

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