FLASHBACK: September 1976
Goal kicking horrors cost Brothers any chance of advancing to the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League grand final. Brothers’ ace goal kicker, Ian Dauth was in the Frank Burke Stand at […]
Tag Archives: Manly-Warringah
FLASHBACK: January 1966
AN extraordinary Queensland Rugby League ban on Toowoomba Souths’ participating in the local competition was finally lifted, ending the concerns of the club’s 116 registered players and 30 officials. The […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2015
TUESDAY, MAY 19 To the Brisbane Showgrounds for announcement of the Queensland State of Origin side. I was invited on the basis of having provided information on the 1975 Queensland side (and […]
FLASHBACK: June 1965
AUSTRALIAN selectors handed out one of the biggest shocks in years with the naming of North Queensland centre, Gary Wellington in the Kangaroos’ squad to tour New Zealand. Wellington at first refused […]
FLASHBACK: March 1965
STAR Queensland players Mick Veivers, Ken Day and Arch Brown were cleared to play with Sydney clubs after an ugly inter-state transfer wrangle which threatened to sideline the trio for […]
FLASHBACK: January 1965
BRISBANE Easts pulled off a major coup for the game in Queensland when they signed ‘The Little Master’, Clive Churchill as non-playing coach. Churchill, who had coached Canterbury-Bankstown in 1964, […]
FLASHBACK: July 1984
Manly-Warringah forward, Les Boyd was suspended for 15 months after being found guilty of gouging Canterbury-Bankstown hooker, Billy Johnstone in a match at Brookvale Oval. Boyd, one of the stars […]
FLASHBACK: August 1983
Despite playing only three A grade matches for Wynnum-Manly in 1983, fiery front rower, Greg Dowling was chosen in a 21 man Queensland squad named to prepare for an historic […]
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