DIARY UPDATE: Week 16, 2021
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 […]
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FLASHBACK: OCTOBER 1971
OCTOBER 1971 Rugby League ‘Immortal’, Bob Fulton rated the All Blacks’ rugby union pack the most formidable he had faced, at that stage of his career. Hang on a minute! […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 6, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 6 2021 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Wally Lewis’s daughter, Jamie Lee is to play for her dad’s old club, Valley Diehards, who are […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2020 MONDAY, MAY 4 Covid restrictions have been eased in Queensland, so my wife, Marie and I enjoy afternoon tea (scones) […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 1, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 1 2020 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 Former Queensland National Party MP, Vic Sullivan once called a race at Jandowae in western Queensland, after […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 24, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 24 2018 MONDAY, JUNE 11 Tweed legend, Keith ‘Clackers’ Kennedy appears in the Queens Honors List. ‘Clackers’ is synonymous with rugby league […]
FLASHBACK: June 1969
JUNE 1969 PROP FORWARD, John Sattler led Australia to a 20-10 First Test win over New Zealand at a packed Carlaw Park in Auckland, with his South Sydney teammate, Ron […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 3, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 3 2018 TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 Former Australian rugby union skipper, Tony Shaw walks by, with his two dogs, as I walk along […]
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