FLASHBACK: August 1967
Queensland rugby league halfback, Abe Weimers was seriously injured in an Ipswich club match, with his condition listed as ‘dangerous’ at one stage, as family and friends maintained a vigil […]
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FLASHBACK: June 1957
Former Test centre, Jack Reardon described it as the most humiliating defeat in Queensland Rugby League history as the Maroons trudged off the Sydney Cricket Ground, having been beaten 69-5 by […]
FLASHBACK: JUNE 1937
Queensland’s Test halfback, Fred Gilbert had to be carried from the dressing rooms to a car, before being transported to hospital after he dislocated his shoulder in the first inter-state match […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 1, 2016
WEEK ONE 2016 MONDAY, JANUARY 4 Watch part of San Francisco 49ers v St Louis NFL match from the US. Jarryd Hayne gets only one minute of field time. The 49ers […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 48, 2015
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Watch movie, ‘The Dressmaker’ at Palace Centro Cinema in James Street. Quite mad, but enjoyable. Ian Botham turns 60! I met him only once – in 1987 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 37, 2015
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Day starts so well, with best coffee yet and a free Telegraph. Then I discover my passport is missing! Of woe is me. Where the hell did I […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 25, 2015
MONDAY, JUNE 15 Hilarious segment on Matty Johns Show when Nathan Hindmarsh and Bryan Fletcher take Steve Menzies to Greater Western Sydney Aussie rules training. (Another former league international, Chris […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2015
TUESDAY, MAY 19 To the Brisbane Showgrounds for announcement of the Queensland State of Origin side. I was invited on the basis of having provided information on the 1975 Queensland side (and […]
FLASHBACK: November 1995
Mario Fenech quit the South Queensland Crushers, saying his relationship with coach, Bob Lindner had broken down irretrievably as far as back as round 2 in the 1995 ARL Premiership, […]
DIARY ENTRY – WEEK 5, 2015
MONDAY, JANUARY 26. Marie makes scones instead of damper for Australia Day. George Anderson, a former photographer at The Daily News, Murwillumbah, is mentioned in the Australia Day honours. Chris […]
Steve Ricketts honoured for services to the ‘Greatest Game of All’
New inductees added to Suncorp Stadium Media Hall of Fame Steve Ricketts and Gerry Collins have been announced as the latest inductees to the Suncorp Stadium Media Hall of Fame. […]
Brian Burke
Best wishes to former sports editor of ‘The Courier-Mail’, Brian Burke who retired last week and was farewelled by friends at a function at Brisbane’s Queens Arms Hotel. Brian has […]
