FROM TEXAS TO ALICE SPRINGS, VIA WYNNUM AND BLACKPOOL
When rugby league fans talk about ‘what might have been’, the name Terry Saunders quickly springs to mind. Chosen for the Queensland State of Origin side in 1981, the Wynnum-Manly star’s […]
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FLASHBACK: February, 1985
FEBRUARY 1985 It was the moment Queensland probably lost the chance to defend its State of Origin title, and it happened at the unlikely setting of the Maclean Showgrounds, on […]
HISTORY OF RUGBY LEAGUE ON THE GOLD COAST: A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT
Just as there was life ‘Before the Broncos’ in Brisbane, there was a proud history of rugby league on the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers before the Titans and its […]
‘OUR GAME’ – SPEECH BY STEVE RICKETTS
Chairman of the Queensland Rugby League History Committee, Steve Ricketts addressed the recent QRL administrative conference on the Gold Coast, about the establishment of the code in this state. A […]
FLASHBACK: SEPTEMBER 1959
SEPTEMBER 1959 Norths moved for Redcliffe to be admitted to the Brisbane Rugby League first grade competition in 1960, even though it would mean ceding some of their territory to […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 48, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 48 2017 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 English couple, Terry and Joyce Holmes are our guests on a country drive. Terry is a contributor […]
FLASHBACK: March 1978
CONTROVERSIAL rugby league winger, Mitch Brennan admitted he was the mysterious ‘Micky Lane’ who played for Sydney premiers, St George in a trial at Grafton in Northern New South Wales. […]
FLASHBACK: January 1972
Test lock, Ron Coote rejected a $70,000 contract offer from the Queensland Rugby League, believed to be the biggest deal in the code’s history in Australia. The three year contract also […]
FLASHBACK: June 1986
State of Origin stalwarts, Chris Close, Colin Scott and Dave Brown were axed from the Queensland side to play New South Wales in the second match of the 1986 series. […]
FLASHBACK: February 1981
Former ballboy, Ross Livermore was appointed general manager of the Queensland Rugby League, a new position created for the re-constituted governing body of the code in the Sunshine State. Livermore, […]
FLASHBACK: MAY 1940
IN arguably the most dramatic start to a representative rugby league season in Queensland, virtually the entire Brisbane Bulimba Cup side was dropped after the players refused to back down on demands […]
FLASHBACK: April 1970
‘HAGAN’S HEROES’ they were dubbed after the Toowoomba Clydesdales breathed new life into the Bulimba Cup inter-city competition with a shock 17-13 win over Brisbane at the Athletic Oval, Toowoomba. The […]
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 […]
FLASHBACK: April 1954
Queensland pushed hard for Toowoomba’s Duncan Thompson to coach Australia against the touring Great Britain side, but ultimately New South Wales got their way, with Vic Hey getting the job. […]
FLASHBACK: March 1954
MUCH was made of the State Teacher’s College decision to enter a team in the 1954 Brisbane Rugby League C grade competition. Previously the college only played rugby union, but […]
