SPA TOWN TO A SPANKING
TRAVEL CELEBRATED spa town, Harrogate one night; former coal mining borough, Leigh in Greater Manchester the next. Such is the lot of rugby league writer based in northern England. It […]
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
IT’S a photograph which has always fascinated me. Australian skipper, Arthur Beetson is holding a trophy aloft, as his teammates gather round. The photograph obviously was taken before a match, […]
GORDON SMITH – A WEST COAST TREASURE
Gordon Smith is probably an unlikely ‘favorite player’, but he ranks highly on my list of overseas’ stars who impressed me when I was a rugby league journalist with the […]
FLASHBACK: November 1978
NOVEMBER 1978 A Great Britain side, dabbed ‘Dad’s Army’, caused one of the great rugby league upsets with a 18-14 win over the touring Kangaroos at Odsal Stadium, Bradford in […]
FLASHBACK: October 1978
OCTOBER 1978 Rival halfbacks, Tom Raudonikis (Australia) and Steve Nash were sent off by referee, Ron Campbell in the opening match of the 1978 Ashes series at Central Park, Wigan. […]
FLASHBACK: November 1967
Brisbane Brothers’ legend, Peter Gallagher captained Australia to a memorable 17-11 win over Great Britain at London’s White City Stadium, to keep alive the Ashes series, after the home side won […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2016
MONDAY, MAY 2 Learn of the passing of Anne Maree Hession (nee McDonald), after a long battle with illness. She was only 62, the wife of one my former schoolmates and […]
FLASHBACK: December 1967
Snow blasted the Australians as they confronted the old enemy, Great Britain in the Ashes deciding Third Rugby League Test, but the lads from down under handled the conditions better than the […]
FLASHBACK: April 1946
Australian and New Zealand Air Force men on the HMS Indomitable gave plenty of stick to members of the Great Britain Rugby League side, which was travelling ‘down under’ for the […]
Flashback: JULY 1970
FORMER Australian vice-captain, Jack Reardon predicted a long drought for the Kangaroos at international level after Great Britain regained the Ashes with a 21-17 win in the Third Test at the […]
