There were dire predictions about the future of the Bulimba Cup inter-city rugby league competition after the Bob Bax coached Brisbane representative side thrashed title holders, Toowoomba 30-5 at Lang Park. The Courier-Mail’s […]
Redcliffe rugby league coach, the great Arthur Beetson, used the unlimited tackle rule to his side’s advantage in a 20-13 win over Brothers at Dolphin Oval, and then immediately called for […]
REFEREE, Bernie Pramberg sent five players from the field in a sensational Woolies pre-season semi-final between Redcliffe and Wests at Lang Park. The match, won 37-0 by Wests, was condemned as […]
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, […]
THE shock loss of international fullback, Wayne Bennett to the Ipswich competition had Brisbane Brothers’ fans worried about the club’s prospects under new coach, John Lohman. But chairman of selectors, […]
TUESDAY, MAY 19 To the Brisbane Showgrounds for announcement of the Queensland State of Origin side. I was invited on the basis of having provided information on the 1975 Queensland side (and […]
MAYHEM was the order of the day as bitter rivals Norths and Brothers slugged it out at Corbett Park in the last round of Brisbane Rugby League home and away fixtures in […]
THE ‘Golden Greek’, Fonda Metassa hit the headlines for all the right and wrong reasons in August, 1965. The colourful Norths’ Devils winger was sent off in one Brisbane Rugby […]
‘UNKNOWN’ Beaudesert product, Ian Dauth took Brothers to a surprise 23-18 win over premiers Norths in a Brisbane competition match at Lang Park. Dauth, playing in the centres in only his second […]
COACHED by former Test halfback, Barry Muir, Queensland Country put up a brave showing against City at Lang Park, and won six places in the State side to face New South Wales. […]
More than 1,000 booing, jeering spectators swarmed on to Oxenham Park at Nundah in Brisbane’s north after a fiery rugby league clash controlled by referee, Don Lancashire. The Courier-Mail’s Lawrie […]
A record 16 players were sent off or reported in the five senior grades played in week one of the 1980 Brisbane season. There was speculation the referees had become […]
NORTHS Rugby League forwards, Shane Bernardin and John Payne were suspended for six weeks and three weeks respectively by the Brisbane Rugby League judiciary following a torrid Woolies pre-season encounter […]
Legendary coach, Duncan Thompson begged rugby league authorities not to introduce a six tackle rule, claiming it could set the game back years. Thompson was a great supporter of the […]
The arrival of Test coach, Frank Stanton raised the hopes of Redcliffe supporters, with the club experiencing a premiership drought going back to their inaugural title in 1965, when Henry […]
Wynnum-Manly president, Brian Phillips offered superstar, Wally Lewis a new three year contract, backed by bayside businessmen. Several rival Brisbane clubs were interested in Lewis, who began his senior career […]
SOUTHS coach, Wayne Bennett took his second Brisbane grand final thrashing on the chin after Wynnum-Manly laid claim to being Australia’s top club side, with a 42-8 win at Lang […]
The experience and guile of legendary Valleys’ halves, Marty Scanlan and Ross Strudwick proved decisive in the Diehards 9-2 win over a young Brothers’ outfit in a tryless grand final […]
TEST centre, Gene Miles signed a three year deal with the Queensland Rugby League and a two year deal with Wynnum-Manly. The Townsville Souths’ product turned his back on mammoth […]
IN his recently released biography, John Sattler called Russell Hughes a ‘young punk’. Back in ’74, that ‘punk’ baited Sattler in a match at Purtell Park, and the result was […]
Steve Ricketts 