DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2021 MONDAY, MAY 3 There are reports out of Sydney that many lads at GPS schools are choosing to play Aussie […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2021 MONDAY, MAY 3 There are reports out of Sydney that many lads at GPS schools are choosing to play Aussie […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 16 2021 TUESDAY, APRIL 20 The cross country at Murwillumbah High School in the 1960s/early 1970s, was a real ‘country’ course, taking […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 29 2020 MONDAY, JULY 20 North Queensland Cowboys’ coach, Paul Green, stands down from his post, effective immediately, with Josh Hannay to […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 25 2020 MONDAY, JUNE 22 TOM SEARLE, one of rugby league’s good guys, has died, aged 73. I played against Tom in […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 24 2020 MONDAY, JUNE 15 It is disappointing to see the small amount of space which ‘The Courier-Mail’ devotes to the passing […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 17 2019 MONDAY, APRIL 29 Radio TAB’s Peter Psaltis says the Newcastle Knights have a reputation as a party club. Psaltis has […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 10 2019 MONDAY, MARCH 11 The proposed Queensland Sports Museum will not get off the ground, chairman, Denis Brennan informs me. The […]
FLASHBACK JANUARY 1995 CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND announced the signing of dual Welsh rugby international, Allan Bateman, adding even more strike power to an already impressive looking backline. Cronulla boasted the likes 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 […]
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs’ chief executive, Peter ‘Bullfrog’ Moore missed his first Rothmans Medal dinner since the early 1970s, for fear emotions might run over as a result of the Super League war. Moore, […]
Former Harristown (Toowoomba) Schoolboy star, Andrew Dunemann was always destined for big things in rugby league. He was named Queensland Residents captain in 1994 after a City – Country trial […]