DIARY UPDATE: Week 29, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 29 2021 MONDAY, JULY 19 St George premiership winning forward, Robin Gourley has died aged 85. In an interview with the ABC’s […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 20 2021 MONDAY, MAY 17 Mitch Brennan was selected for Australia in 1979, but St George told the national selectors he was […]
FLASHBACK: SEPTEMBER 1981
SEPTEMBER 1981 Redcliffe captain-coach, Arthur Beetson blasted his side for conceding cheap tries, despite the Dolphins’ convincing 21-10 win over Souths in the 1981 Brisbane Rugby League major semi-final at […]
FLASHBACK: July, 1981
JULY 1981 Wally Lewis will never forget the look of pride on his parents, Jim and Jean’s faces as he took the field for his Test debut against France at […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 41, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 41 2020 Gilgandra’s rugby league players are enjoying ‘Mad Monday’, as my good mates, Greg Grainger and Mark Conway, and their wives, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 11, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 11 2020 MONDAY, MARCH 16 Some of the regulars at Stafford Tavern are sceptical about the ‘Chinese flu’, despite the fact non-essential […]
FLASHBACK: July 1975
JULY 1975 Queensland Rugby League Chairman, Senator Ron McAuliffe called for the Maroons to be included as a separate entity, in future international tournaments, after they came within an ace […]
VALE BIG LEAGUE?
Have we seen the last of ‘Big League’? I fear for the future of the official program of the NRL, after it closed shop for the rest of the 2020 […]
I HAVE A CUNNING PLAN
TRAVEL What could possibly go wrong? It was November, 1982, and I had chosen a pub called ‘The Old Bore’ at Cunning Corner, for lunch, on the way to the Australian Rugby League Kangaroos’ match against Bradford Northern at Odsal Stadium. Although I was not the driver, I had been tasked with planning many of […]
HISTORY OF RUGBY LEAGUE ON THE GOLD COAST:Â 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 […]
FLASHBACK: August 1984
AUGUST 1984 Brothers staged one of the most remarkable comebacks in rugby league history, to beat Redcliffe 40-36 at Lang Park in a match that would live long in the […]
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, […]
FLASHBACK: May 1994
MAY 1994 Broncos’ Queensland State of Origin forward, Gavin ‘Jed’ Allen was banned for 12 matches for a shoulder charge gone wrong, on Cronulla-Sutherland halfback, Paul Green. Allen stood to […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 8, 2016
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Up at 4.45 a.m. to watch live telecast of Leeds v North Queensland Cowboys World Club Challenge match. It was only 4-4 at halftime, but the Cowboys […]
DIARY: Week 35, 2015
MONDAY, AUGUST 24 Enjoy a lovely two hour chat with former Test rugby league referee and Sheffield Shield cricket umpire, Don Lancashire and his wife, Carol at their Mount Warren […]
FLASHBACK: December 1985
English clubs went on a shopping spree for rugby union talent, with the key signings Terry Holmes (to Bradford Northern from Wales) and South Africians, Ray Mordt and Rob Louw (to Wigan). […]
DIARY ENTRY: Week 6, 2015
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Watch build-up to Super Bowl. Pop singer ruins anthem. So Australia is not the only country where that happens. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Walk to Keith Payne Park, […]
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