DIARY UPDATE: Week 19, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 19 2019. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 A boy weighing over 90kg plays for one of the teams in an under-11s rugby league match […]
Tag Archives: Kevin Walters
DIARY UPDATE: Week 15, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 15 2019 MONDAY, APRIL 15 2019 The 13km Somerset Trail at Mt Mee is tackled by my wife, Marie and I. A […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 12, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 12 2019 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 Former St George and Broncos’ centres, Chris Johns and Mick De Vere are the special guests at […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 8, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 8 2019 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 A statue of rugby union legend, John Eales is unveiled at the southern forecourt of Suncorp Stadium. […]
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1994
December 1994 The Queensland Rugby League State of Origin ‘brains trust’ had a new look, heading into the 1995 season, with Wayne Bennett returning as coach, replacing Wally Lewis. Bennett […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 49, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 49 2018 MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 Drive to our youngest lad, Lliam’s place at Auchenflower, via Red Hill, where a huge media scrum […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 38, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 38 2018 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 The last few days of our UK/Irish adventure. My wife, Marie and I walk a leafy path […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 30, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 30 2018 MONDAY, JULY 23 Things are crook in the Northern Rivers Rugby League, with Lower Clarence forfeiting, after being down 62-0 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 28, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 28 2018 WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Queensland salvage pride from the 2018 State of Origin rugby league series with a 18-12 win in […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 26, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 26 2018 TUESDAY, JUNE 26 Arrange an interview with foundation Broncos’ player, Billy Noke, for Men of League magazine. Billy, who lives […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 24, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 24 2018 MONDAY, JUNE 11 Tweed legend, Keith ‘Clackers’ Kennedy appears in the Queens Honors List. ‘Clackers’ is synonymous with rugby league […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 23, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 23 2018 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 Great State of Origin rugby league rivals, Glenn Lazarus and Steve Renouf are my interview subjects at […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2018
DIARY OF RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 21 2018 TUESDAY, MAY 22 FoxSports reporter, James Hooper has a scoop on the Broncos offering Melbourne Storm coach, Craig Bellamy a four […]
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 2, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 2 2018 MONDAY, JANUARY 8 Rousing scenes from the Australian dressing room as our boys celebrate their win in the Fifth Test […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 42, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2017 MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 Our first full day at Agnes Water on the Central Queensland coast. We visit neighboring Town of […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2017 TUESDAY, MAY 2 Tweed rugby league stalwart, Bill Carroll phones to say Robert ‘Foxy’ Graham passed away yesterday. ‘Foxy’ was […]
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 […]
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COMMENT By Steve Ricketts, former chief rugby league writer, The Courier-Mail. OLD SCHOOL DIGNITY Trevor Gillmeister is a class act. There were no histrionics from the former Queensland State of […]
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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 […]
