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 […]
Tag Archives: NRL
FLASHBACK: November 1997
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 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 43, 2015
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 […]
DAIRY UPDATE: Week 42, 2015
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 […]
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 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 30
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 […]
FLASHBACK: February 1976
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, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 26, 2015
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 […]
FLASHBACK: June 1995
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 […]
Grand Finals
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 […]
High Performance Rugby League…learn more now!
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 REUNION
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 […]
No comparison
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 […]
Pile Drivers
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 […]
Suburban Bliss
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 […]
Crowd Humour
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 […]
Second Tier Competitions
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 […]
2013: NRL Season preview
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 […]
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