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 […]
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DIARY UPDATE: Week 21, 2018
DIARY OF RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 21 2018 TUESDAY, MAY 22 FoxSports reporter, James Hooper has a scoop on the Broncos offering Melbourne Storm coach, Craig Bellamy a four […]
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, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 12, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 12 2018 MONDAY, MARCH 19 A fire engine stops, and the firemen wave as I take our grandsons, Ethan and Connor to […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 4, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 4 2018 MONDAY, JANUARY 22 Kerry McGreedy and his wife, Roseanne have donated South Queensland Crushers’ magazines to the QRL History Committee. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 1, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 1 2018 MONDAY, JANUARY 1 A Cardiff v Scarletts rugby union match is my first live sport for 2018, and it is […]
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Dual rugby international, Brad Thorn has promised tough love for the Queensland Reds in this year’s Super Rugby campaign, and with former Broncos hit-man, Peter Ryan in charge of defence, […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 19, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 19 2017 MONDAY, MAY 8 Hermitage Gardens manager, Harry Moore says the company that erected new fences here, wont be back. The […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 49 2016
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 49 2016 MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 Attend ‘Old Journos’ get-together at Plough Inn, South Brisbane, a gathering of former newspaper employees in Brisbane. Talk […]
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 1997
THAT most vitriolic of Super League opponents, George Piggins, the South Sydney chairman, said he was willing to sit down with Melbourne Storm counterpart, John Ribot in the interests of […]
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. […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 32, 2015
MONDAY, AUGUST 3 My lovely wife, Marie turns 65 today. We have lunch at Vintaged in the Hilton Hotel with our daughter, Melanie. Our waiters are in the veteran category […]
FLASHBACK: January 1986
Australian Test prop, Greg Dowling suffered severe lime burns to the right eye playing for Wigan in a 16-6 loss to Widnes at Naughton Park in the English Rugby League, where the Wynnum-Manly […]
FLASHBACK: November 1975
ENGLAND defeated Australia 16-13 in a fiery World Series match at Wigan’s Central Park, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Kangaroos from claiming the tournament’s major prize. England, who […]
FLASHBACK: September 1995
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs’ chief executive, Peter ‘Bullfrog’ Moore missed his first Rothmans Medal dinner since the early 1970s, for fear emotions might run over as a result of the Super League war. Moore, […]
FLASHBACK: April 1984
Former Wallaby rugby union prop, Tony D’Arcy signed with Brisbane Wests after an unsuccessful stint with Sydney club, Penrith. D’Arcy, who played 10 union Tests for Australia, said league was […]
FLASHBACK: February 1989
Valleys coach, Ross Henrick claimed Ipswich players received preferential treatment in selection for Brisbane’s National Panasonic Cup squad for a qualifying match against Port Moresby. Henrick said the selection of […]
