FLASHBACK: July 1966
JULY 1966 Great Britain rugby league players and management were angered by the performance of Sydney referee, Col Pearce after the touring Lions lost the Second Test 6-4 to Australia […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 52, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 52 2020/TRANSITION TO 2021 MONDAY, DECEMBER 28 Legendary dual rugby international, Ray Price played in the Sydney Journalists Rugby League competition, when […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 50, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 50 2018 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 Spend the night at my brother, Jeffrey’s place at South Tweed Heads. Jeff reminds me that, when he […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 42, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 42 2018 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 Murwillumbah rugby league stalwart, Bill Carroll tells me of the passing of former Murwillumbah Brothers’ player, Brian […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 12, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 12 2018 MONDAY, MARCH 19 A fire engine stops, and the firemen wave as I take our grandsons, Ethan and Connor to […]
SCHOOLIES 1970’s STYLE
Many years before Schoolies became a headline grabber, the Gold Coast was still a mecca for high school graduates, looking to let their hair down after six years of graft. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 1, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK ONE 2017 TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 Take up temporary residence at our son, Damien and his wife, Emma’s Main Beach apartment, while they […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 51 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 51 2016 MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 Drinks with my former Murwillumbah High School classmate, Tom Tartan at Brothers’ Leagues. Tom reflects on his time […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 48 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 48 2016 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Marie and I watch movie ‘The Founder’, about the guy who founded McDonalds. In 1973, ‘Big Phil […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 28, 2016
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 Our daughter, Melanie dines with us, ahead of watching the third State of Origin match, from Sydney. New South Wales win 18-14, to send old warrior, Paul […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 45, 2015
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Melbourne Cup day, and Marie goes next door to Bandits/Brothers Club and places several bets. My money was on Bondi Beach (on the nose). We both dip out, with […]
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