FLASHBACK: July 1972
JULY 1972 North Sydney’s block busting winger, George Ambrum made a stunning Test debut for Australia, scoring two tries in the 36-11 win over the ‘world champion’ New Zealand side […]
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FLASHBACK: June 1972
JUNE 1972 Queensland’s three-year plan to wrest rugby league supremacy from New South Wales was in tatters after the Blues thrashed the Maroons 29-5 in the first match of the […]
FLASHBACK: May 1977
MAY 1977 Queensland hooker, Nick Geiger outplayed his highly regarded New South Wales’ rival, George Peponis in the first match of the 1977 inter-state series, under the lights at Brisbane’s […]
VALE DAVE HADFIELD
You may remember him as George Dunkerley, but I remember him as Dave Hadfield from Bolton, a magnificent sports journalist and a friend, who was always entertaining company. Dave’s great […]
JOHNNY RAPER – ‘PRINCE OF LOCKS’
Everyone had a Johnny Raper story at the pub, on the day the legendary rugby league lock passed away – February 9, 2022. Jim Gannon remembered his dad driving him […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 18, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 18 2021 MONDAY, MAY 3 There are reports out of Sydney that many lads at GPS schools are choosing to play Aussie […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 14, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 14 2021 MONDAY, APRIL 5 Yorkshireman, Ray Knight played rugby league in Christchurch, New Zealand, packing down as a hooker between Kiwi […]
FLASHBACK: NOVEMBER 1996
NOVEMBER 1996 The struggling South Queensland Crushers were labelled the ‘Redcliffe Mafia’, after Dolphins’ stalwart, Steve Bleakley was appointed head coach, replacing sacked former Test lock, Bob Lindner, for the […]
FLASHBACK: AUGUST 1986
AUGUST 1986 Wynnum-Manly’s Test rugby league skipper, Wally Lewis welcomed the prospect of a Brisbane side entering the New South Wales competition in 1987, describing it as the salvation of […]
FLASHBACK: June, 1981
JUNE 1981 QUEENSLANDERS John Ribot, Kerry Boustead and Paul McCabe were outstanding playing for their adopted state, New South Wales in the first match of the 1981 inter-state series, at […]
DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 45 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 45 2020 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Charleville product, Kurt Capewell is all the rage in Queensland, after his outstanding effort for the Maroons […]
VALE BOB DUNCAN
by Steve Ricketts, Chairman, Queensland Rugby League History Committee. Bob Duncan was tipped as a future State star when he first burst onto the representative scene with Toowoomba in 1960. […]
TOM TERRIFIC COULD NOT BE CAGED
by Steve Ricketts. Tom Raudonikis took the wheel of his car, after a long lunch at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, and invited the passengers to help themselves to a beer, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 37, 2020 no
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 37 2020 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Queensland State of Origin rugby league forward, Gavin Cooper announces his retirement. Murgon product, Cooper was one […]
THE POWER OF SLEDGING
This is an article I wrote for The Courier-Mail in October, 1995, but to my knowledge was never published, not for sinister reasons. I think it was simply a lack […]
FLASHBACK: November 2010
FLASHBACK NOVEMBER 2010 Australian fullback, Billy Slater described the 2010 Four Nations final at Suncorp Stadium as a ‘dogfight’, with the Kiwis walking away with bragging rights again, just two […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 20 2020 MONDAY, MAY 18 The brewery and a butcher shop on Mt Tamborine have closed. Victims of Covid? Or perhaps their […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 12, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 12 2020 MONDAY, MARCH 23 Coronavirus is hitting hard. Our next-door neighbour, Len O’Brien texts about pubs shutting, at noon today. A […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 8, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER Week 8, 2020 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Erica Elizabeth O’Neale (nee Clear) was one of the unsung heroes of the Queensland Performing Arts scene. […]
FLASHBACK: August, 1995
AUGUST 1980 Brisbane Broncos’ prop, Glenn Lazarus blasted Wests Magpies’ supporters for their parochial support of the Australian Rugby League cause during a match at Campbelltown Stadium. ‘Lazo’ said the […]
Steve Ricketts 