DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2016
MONDAY, MAY 16. A minute’s silence is observed for former international centre, Rod Saddler ahead of the Titans v Roosters’ NRL match at Robina. That was my doing, I am proud […]
MONDAY, MAY 16. A minute’s silence is observed for former international centre, Rod Saddler ahead of the Titans v Roosters’ NRL match at Robina. That was my doing, I am proud […]
THAT most vitriolic of Super League opponents, George Piggins, the South Sydney chairman, said he was willing to sit down with Melbourne Storm counterpart, John Ribot in the interests of […]
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 David Smith quits as National Rugby League chief executive and the rumour mill goes into overdrive, re. his replacement, with radio commentator, Ray Hadley mentioning former Queensland […]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 Bus it to Frankfurt, then Metro to Marianplatz where there is an International Girls Day march in Berger Street. At Kleinmarket a busker belts out a few […]
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 […]
TUESDAY, JULY 21 Men of League Committee meeting at Broncos as the footy team trains on the fields below. I bump into ‘The King’ Wally Lewis (Channel 9), as well as […]
Norths’ teenagers, Darryl Brohman, Shane Bernardin and Neville Draper were the shining lights of round 2 of the 1976 Brisbane Woolies pre-season competition. The young trio excelled in the pouring rain at Bishop Park, […]
MONDAY, JUNE 22 To Paula Nutting Remedial Massage. She has had a number of sports roles over the years, including physio for Brisbane Brothers Rugby League when Don Gailer was […]
TEENAGER, Ben Ikin’s match clinching try three minutes from full-time in Origin III was a fitting climax to Queensland’s 1995 series win over New South Wales. Ikin’s try, from an […]
THE 2014 NRL Grand Final is proof, if it was ever needed, that rugby league at the top level will always be the most brutal of the football codes. The […]
GOLD Coast Titans assistant coach, Neil Henry is a big fan of Brisbane sports scientist, Dr Tim Gabbett, the prime mover behind a High Performance Rugby League Seminar to be […]
BROTHERS annual reunion will be held at Brothers Community Club, Grange on Saturday, Sep 7 at 5.30 p.m. and all past and present players, officials and supporters are most welcome […]
I tried to put aside my league bias to alternate between Channel 9’s coverage of the Brookvale ‘Bash’ between Manly and Souths and Foxsports telecast of Reds – Blues Rugby match at Suncorp on Friday […]
BULLDOGS centre, Krisnan Inu had little choice but to plead guilty to a dangerous throw charge, but his lifting effort on Souths superstar, Greg Inglis would barely rate a mention on the […]
LAST Saturday’s Gold Coast Titans – Manly Sea Eagles under-20s match drove me out of the comfort of my lounge room for a walk along Kedron Brook. Neither side could […]
RESPECTED English Rugby League journalist, Ray Fletcher was disappointed with what he called “a lack of atmosphere” the first time he attended a Brisbane club fixture back in 1979. Because […]
It’s anyone’s guess how the second and third tiers of rugby league in Australia will pan out in the next five or 10 years. But make no mistake. There […]
THE 2013 rugby league season marks a new stage in my association with the code after 32 years as a fulltime sports journalist with Queensland Newspapers in Brisbane. Suffice to […]