DIARY UPDATE: Week 47, 2015
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Our first full day on Lord Howe Island, and we explore the west, forced back by nesting sooty terns. Meet a German couple. Also a group from Canberra […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 33, 2015
MONDAY, AUGUST 10 Brisbane Broncos’ Test centre, Justin Hodges announces he will retire at season’s end. I remember saying, the first time I saw Justin at Broncos’ training, that he […]
FLASHBACK: December 1995
Queensland State of Origin prop, Gavin Allen rejected an offer from Super League franchise, Adelaide Rams, opting instead to honour a commitment to sign with London Broncos for the 1996 […]
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: March 1995
Queensland’s new expansion clubs, the Crushers and Cowboys, got off to losing starts in the 20 team 1995 ARL competition on a weekend when news broke that News Ltd would […]
FLASHBACK: February 1995
Australian Rugby League bosses declared that the challenge from Super League was ‘dead and buried’ after the 20 elite level clubs effectively ‘rejected’ a proposal from News Ltd for a […]
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