DIARY UPDATE: Week 33, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 33 2018 MONDAY, AUGUST 13 It is day five of our UK/Ireland trip and I am hanging out for a coffee, in […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 32, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 32 2018 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 My wife, Marie and I depart for a UK/Ireland adventure. Cathay check-in staff are very helpful. An […]
THE TRACKS OF MY YEARS
TRAVEL The Milford Track walk was magnificent, but there is an Australian walking destination, which I prefer. At the risk of receiving derisive messages from my Kiwi friends, let me […]
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. […]
DANISH LADS ON SONG
What could go wrong? The singing from the cellar bar in down town Copenhagen, Denmark, sounded like a bunch of footy fans enjoying a few beers before a match. So […]
RUGBY LEAGUE VIOLENCE AT TWICKENHAM
Testicle grabbing and hand stomping. It was all part of the England v Australia World Cup rugby league match at London’s Twickenham Stadium on October 28, 2000. It was the […]
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 […]
IT’S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
Rocket fuel! That best described the liqueur I shouted 43 fellow Australians (and one Welshman), in a posh Strasbourg restaurant, one October night in 1994. My intentions were good. My […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2018
DIARY OF RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 21 2018 TUESDAY, MAY 22 FoxSports reporter, James Hooper has a scoop on the Broncos offering Melbourne Storm coach, Craig Bellamy a four […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 17, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 17 2018 MONDAY, APRIL 23 Nostalgic day in Lismore, where I was born, and where my parents, Jon and Lola Ricketts (nee […]
