DIARY UPDATE: Week 9, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 9 2019 MONDAY, MARCH 4 The Courier-Mail’s Peter Badel asks new Brisbane Broncos’ coach, Anthony Siebold if he will continue with plans […]
Tag Archives: Mal Meninga
HISTORY OF RUGBY LEAGUE ON THE GOLD COAST: A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT
Just as there was life ‘Before the Broncos’ in Brisbane, there was a proud history of rugby league on the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers before the Titans and its […]
FLASHBACK: November 1994
NOVEMBER 1994 A pledge of loyalty from the Brisbane Broncos was accepted by a New South Wales Rugby League Board meeting in the League’s Phillip Street headquarters in Sydney. NSWRL […]
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 48, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 48 2018 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Prominent Gold Coast real estate agent and staunch Broncos’ supporter, Bruce Wilson tells me he believes the […]
ORIGIN FOOTBALL AT CROSSROADS
COMMENT by Steve Ricketts, former Chief Rugby League Writer, The Courier-Mail Good luck to rugby league administrators next year, as they try to promote State of Origin as ‘The Best […]
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 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 31, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 31 2018 MONDAY, JULY 30 On Radio TAB, Peter Psaltis says Allan ‘Alfie’ Langer should be added to the exclusive Immortals club. […]
FLASHBACK: July 1984
Australian Rugby League skipper, Wally Lewis was heckled by spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as he made a speech following the Kangaroos’ 20-7 win over Great Britain, to clinch […]
FLASHBACK: June 2009
JUNE 2009 ‘We’ll get through this mate,” Nate Myles said to Dallas Johnson, as they caught the lift to the foyer of the Parramatta hotel, where the Queensland team was […]
WHAT GOES ON TOUR, STAYS ON TOUR
Former Australian skipper, Laurie Daley has revealed that Andrew ‘Joey’ Johns was his funniest ‘roomie’, while on tour, although Joey’s bathroom habits left a lot to be desired. Daley also […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2018 MONDAY, APRIL 30 Two blokes in a van, try to sell me a surround sound system, as I leave bottle […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 14, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 14 2018 MONDAY, APRIL 2 In India, our daughter, Melanie’s tour bus has been targeted by an angry mob, as part of […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 13, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 13 2018 MONDAY, MARCH 26 Radio TAB’s John McCoy said he was in tears, when he heard the news, Australian cricketers had […]
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 […]
2019 ROSS LIVERMORE MEMORIAL LECTURE: AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND
AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND Former Queensland State of Origin coach and player, Michael Hagan will deliver the 2019 Ross Livermore Memorial Lecture, at Queensland Rugby League Central, Castlemaine Street, Milton, on Saturday, […]
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 […]
DID BIG MAL PLAY 500 GAMES?
Melbourne Storm skipper, Cameron Smith already holds the record for most appearances in first grade, and, if he plays another two seasons as planned, his tally will be hard to […]
FLASHBACK
JANUARY 1979 The Courier-Mail’s Barry Dick trumpeted Mal Meninga as a player to watch in the 1979 Brisbane Rugby League season, after the giant centre starred for the Queensland under-18s […]
COMMENT: Weight divisions, Titans pre-season
By Steve Ricketts – Former Chief Rugby League Writer, The Courier-Mail. It was reassuring to see that The Courier-Mail’s Mike Colman was on the ‘same page’ as me, in relation to […]
