DIARY UPDATE: Week 51, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 51 2020 MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 Indigenous rugby league on the Tweed is the main topic of conversation when our eldest son, Damien […]
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Taking It To The Streets
The Second Life of the Newtown RLFC, by Glen Dwyer Book review. It is one of the regrets of my life in rugby league, to date, that I have never […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 37, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 37 2018 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Dingle Peninsula driving day (from our base in Tralee) in atrocious weather. After inspecting Inch Beach (from […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 6, 2016
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Morning tea with my former Murwillumbah Brothers’ teammate, Kevin ‘Porky’ Weaver, who is in Brisbane to be with his wife, Jan who is in hospital. ‘Porky’ has had […]
FLASHBACK: December 1991
Hull prop, Andy Dannant was suspended for eight matches for a high shot which left Leeds’ superstar, Ellery Hanley with his jaw broken in three places. The incident was reviewed by ‘trial by […]
FLASHBACK: October 1985
New Zealand arrived in England for their 11th tour of the northern hemisphere. They opened with a 14-8 loss to Wigan at Central Park, a match played in torrential rain before […]
FLASHBACK: November 1985
Brilliant young centre, Garry Schofield scored a record four tries as Great Britain wrapped up the series against New Zealand with a 25-8 win at Central Park, Wigan. It was Britain’s […]
FLASHBACK: November 1989
Great Britain clinched their first home series against New Zealand in 24 years with a 10-6 win over the Kiwis at Central Park, Wigan in front of a crowd of […]
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