DIARY UPDATE: Week 3, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITERWEEK 3 2021 MONDAY, JANUARY 18 Former Broncos’ rugby league hooker, John Driscoll is keen to be part of our Brisbane Men of League […]
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FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1965
DECEMBER 1965 The exploits of the 1951 French rugby league side in Australia and New Zealand are the stuff of legend. But spare a thought for the generations of French […]
WHAT A LOAD OF TRIPE
TRAVEL Roanne was once a power house in rugby league, with the funds to buy rugby union superstars, such as Jean Barthe and Aldo Quaglio, both regarded as the best […]
FLASHBACK: July 1960
JULY 1960 The last rugby league Test played at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds proved an embarrassment for the French touring side, which capitulated 56-6 to the Keith Barnes’ captained Australia. […]
‘STORMY SIXTIES’ by Roger Grime
BOOK REVIEW Rugby League in France soared to incredible highs and plummeted to unparalleled lows in the 1960s, a decade covered by noted English rugby league author, Roger Grime, from […]
FLASHBACK: JANUARY 1960
JANUARY 1960 Australian halfback, Barry Muir was lucky not to be sent off, after he knocked out French rival, Bernard Fabre from Albi, in the Third Rugby League Test at […]
FLASHBACK: December 1959
DECEMBER 1959. FRENCH Rugby League legend, Puig Aubert lambasted France’s pack for not dominating their Australian rivals, as the touring Kangaroos won the Second Test, and the series with a […]
AND STILL THEY COME!
People watching can be the best form of entertainment, and it’s often free. Rarely have I enjoyed a night of people watching more than an unexpected bonanza in a bar/tabac […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 52, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 52 2017 MONDAY, DECEMBER 25 Small congregation at Christmas Day Mass at St Columba’s Wilston. Marie and I have lunch at Sprout […]
FLASHBACK: April 1964
Centre, John McDonald made an impressive Bulimba Cup debut for Towoomba in the Clydesdales 27-18 loss to Brisbane at Lang Park, with the Courier-Mail’s Jack Reardon tipping State honours for […]
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