FLASHBACK: May 1981
MAY 1981 Great Britain Test forward, Brian Lockwood equalled legendary halfback, Alex Murphy’s record of winning at Wembley with three different clubs, when he played a key role in Widnes’ […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 45, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 45 2019 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Remembrance Day is observed with respect, as I shop in Coles, Lutwyche after a medical appointment at 10.15 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 40, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 40 2019 MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 Six decades of soccer (football) is remembered in the Tweed Valley, with the likes of Jim Devine […]
Taking It To The Streets
The Second Life of the Newtown RLFC, by Glen Dwyer Book review. It is one of the regrets of my life in rugby league, to date, that I have never […]
FLASHBACK: June, 1975
JUNE 1975 ‘Bloodbath’. ‘Toughest Game Ever’. ‘Killer Game’ These were some of the headlines, the day after Wales beat England 12-7 in a World Series rugby league Test at Brisbane’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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