FLASHBACK: April 1974
There was huge drama at bayside club, Redcliffe, beaten grand finalists in 1973. First their skipper, Ron Raper was banned for three weeks following a wild Lang Park brawl in […]
Tag Archives: Redcliffe
FLASHBACK: March 1974
RANK outsiders, Brothers claimed the 1974 Woolies pre-season title with a 9-8 win over Redcliffe at Lang Park, claiming $3,000 in prizemoney for their trouble. Coached by former St George […]
FLASHBACK: March 1964
Wynnum-Manly’s international five eighth, Johnny Gleeson and Redcliffe hooker, Bob Lawson were sent off following a wild brawl in the final minute of a BRL round 1 fixture at Redcliffe […]
FLASHBACK: February 1979
The Courier-Mail’s Jack Craig was right on the money with his assessment ofyoungster, Mal Meninga after ‘big Mal’s’ senior debut for Souths against Brothers in a Woolies pre-season match at […]
FLASHBACK: January 1984
Easts’ 1983 grand final hero, Wayne Lindenberg, 28, confirmed he would not play for the Tigers in the new season, after announcing his ‘retirement’ from the code during Queensland’s tour […]
FLASHBACK: September 1965
REDCLIFFE, Brisbane’s youngest rugby league club, outplayed Valleys, the oldest, to win the BRL premiership grand final with a convincing 15-2 result at Lang Park. The win was a triumph […]
FLASHBACK: August 1973
EASTS young prop, Paul Khan emerged from the August 5 inter-state match in Sydney as a shock candidate for the Kangaroo tour of Britain and France at the end of […]
Parochial Maroons
THE parochialism of Queenslanders is to be admired in many circumstances, but card carrying members of the local league fraternity have gone too far in describing the Intrust Super Cup […]
FLASHBACK: March 1991
English club, Bradford Northern parted company with Australian coach, Ron Willey and appointed Tommy Smales and David Hobbs in a caretaker role. Willey, a former Manly, Penrith and NSW State […]
Second Tier Competitions
It’s anyone’s guess how the second and third tiers of rugby league in Australia will pan out in the next five or 10 years. But make no mistake. There […]
