FLASHBACK: March 1997
MARCH 1997 Broncos’ Test prop, Glenn Lazarus was left battered, bruised and angry after an incident involving Auckland Warriors’ fullback, Matthew Ridge at Brisbane’s ANZ Stadium in the first round […]
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FLASHBACK: March 1992
MARCH 1992 Gold Coast Seagulls’ captain-coach, Wally Lewis admitted he didn’t know the rules when he turned down the chance to take a pre-season Challenge Cup quarter final against the […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 49, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 49 2020 MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 ‘The King’, Wally Lewis signs 500 copies of his book, ‘My Life. Wally Lewis’, at QRL headquarters, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 22, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 22 2019. MONDAY, JUNE 3 Spring Bluff Rail Station and Ravensbourne National Park are our destinations, as Marie and I drive west […]
REV HEAD MICK
Former Test rugby league winger, Michael Hancock was a ‘rev head’ in his younger days at Stanthorpe, where he said there wasn’t much to do as a teenager. In an […]
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1994
December 1994 The Queensland Rugby League State of Origin ‘brains trust’ had a new look, heading into the 1995 season, with Wayne Bennett returning as coach, replacing Wally Lewis. Bennett […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 47, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER. WEEK 47 2017 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Barber, Eric Pappas tells me Nick Pappas (no relation) was guest speaker at recent function at Greek […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 34, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 34 2017 MONDAY, AUGUST 21 Our youngest son, Lliam takes me for a tour of his Supply Partners Solar Energy equipment supply […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 20 2017 MONDAY, MAY 15 Learn of the passing of a former Brisbane Brothers’ teammate, Mick McGarrity, a rough and ready forward, […]
FLASHBACK: August 1988
AUGUST 1988 Broncos’ skipper, Wally Lewis scored two tries against Newcastle at Lang Park, taking his season tally to 15, with one round remaining of a 22 round season. He would […]
FLASHBACK: February 1996
MARK Geyer took sacked Broncos fullback, Julian O’Neill under his wing in Perth as the talented utility star looked to revitalise his career with the Western Reds in the proposed […]
DIARY ENTRY: Week 7, 2015
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Meet with former Brisbane representative rugby league back, Neil Wharton, who is a new addition to the staff at QRL headquarters. Neil, wants me to write prose […]
FLASHBACK: April 1995
The first derby clash between the Broncos and Crushers proved a sobering affair for the new boys on the block in front of a crowd of 49,607 at Brisbane’s ANZ Stadium. […]
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