FLASHBACK: May 1957
MAY 1957 Australian rugby league stars, Brian Davies and Brian Carlson stole the headlines in the lead-up to 1957’s big representative games, while the famous old Valleys club in Brisbane […]
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FLASHBACK: February, 1960
FEBRUARY 1960 Cashed up Sydney rugby league club officials headed straight for Queenslanders, Gary Parcell and Elton Rasmussen when the Kangaroo touring party returned to Australia after five months touring […]
FLASHBACK: May 1958
MAY 1958 Lloyd Weir, one of 15 children from a dairy farming family from Tansey, in the Mary Valley, made his representative debut – for Queensland Country against South Queensland […]
FLASHBACK: March 1957
Brisbane Wests rugby league fans breathed a huge sigh of relief when Test centre, Alex Watson announced he would remain with the club after it was feared he would defect […]
FLASHBACK: September 1971
Wynnum-Manly fielded a father-and-son combination against Brothers in a Brisbane Rugby League ‘Special Second Four’ competition match at Lang Park. Wynnum coach, Paul ‘Pappy’ Pyers, then 36, played centre, and […]
Lions Tour Diary Part 5
THE 1958 Great Britain Lions Rugby League tour travels the length of Queensland leading up to the return Test match against Australia. We continue our tour diary as it might […]
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