SPA TOWN TO A SPANKING
TRAVEL CELEBRATED spa town, Harrogate one night; former coal mining borough, Leigh in Greater Manchester the next. Such is the lot of rugby league writer based in northern England. It […]
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FLASHBACK: SEPTEMBER, 1969
SEPTEMBER 1969 Murwillumbah Brothers broke a seven year drought when they won the Group 18-Gold Coast A grade premiership by defeating Cudgen 11-0 at the new Murwillumbah Oval. Brothers’ winger, […]
FLASHBACK: September 1979
SEPTEMBER 1979 A Valleys’ official and an Easts’ reserve grade player were cited to appear before the Brisbane Rugby League, following an incident in the Lang Park grandstand during the […]
FLASHBACK: July 1969
JULY 1969 REFEREE, Henry Albert showed ‘admirable restraint’ by not sending anyone off, in a wild Lang Park Brisbane Rugby League fixture between Wests and Brothers, with the crowd of […]
FLASHBACK: May 1979
MAY 1979 Combined Brisbane made an explosive debut in the mid-week Amco Cup competition with a 13-10 win over StGeorge at Lang Park, with veteran forward, Des Morris the star. Since […]
FLASHBACK: April 1969
APRIL 1969 Aussie rules convert, Barry Spring kicked four field goals for Norths in a 13-9 win over Valleys in the Easter Monday clash at Lang Park, one of them […]
RED AND WHITE PHOENIX
The name Pannowitz is revered in the Hunter Valley district of New South Wales. So it did not come as any surprise when former Hull Kingston Rovers and Keighley (England) […]
FLASHBACK: March 1984
MARCH 1984 Brothers began the 1984 season in sensational fashion, thrashing Brisbane rugby league premiers, Easts 34-0 at Corbett Park, with winger, ‘Smokin’ Joel Kilroy in magnificent form. Kilroy and […]
BAD DAY AT SERCOMBE FIELD
Rugby League Grand finals are always memorable, win or lose. After winning both my grand finals in the under-18 grade – in 1968 and ’70 – it was almost as […]
FLASHBACK: February 1972
Young Brisbane Easts’ forwards, Johnny Lang and Paul Khan spent four days training with Sydney premiers, Souths, thanks to the generosity – and contacts – of Stones Corner publican, Jack Loth. […]
