FLASHBACK: December 1991
Hull prop, Andy Dannant was suspended for eight matches for a high shot which left Leeds’ superstar, Ellery Hanley with his jaw broken in three places. The incident was reviewed by ‘trial by […]
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DIARY ENTRY: Week 8, 2015
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 There is an In Memoriam in The Northern Star today for Ken Boyd, a fine fullback in NSW Country in the 1950s and 60s, particularly at Murwillumbah […]
Flashback: JULY 1965
Just 24 hours after beating Queensland 30-9 at Lang Park, New South Wales headed to Townsville for a ‘friendly’ match against North Queensland. Can you imagine something like that happening now, […]
FLASHBACK: December 1989
Great Britain rugby league skipper, Ellery Hanley is awarded the MBE in the New Year’s honours list. Ellery was playing for Wigan at the time and a few days earlier […]
FLASHBACK: November 1984
Brisbane Easts’ Queensland State of Origin winger, Steve Stacey stunned officials of Salford in England by walking out on the club and flying back to Australia. Stacey and Englishman, Roby […]
FLASHBACK: October 1954
SEVEN Queensland players were named in the Australian team for the inaugural Rugby League World Cup in France. Twenty three years before rugby union staged its first world tournament, league […]
FLASHBACK: September 1964
SEPTEMBER 1964 International forwards, John Cleary and Jim Paterson were sent from the field by Sydney referee, Laurie Bruyeres in the Foley Shield Grand Final in Townsville, played in front […]
FLASHBACK: March 1984
Wynnum-Manly star, Wally Lewis was named captain of the Oceania team to play Europe in Paris in a match to mark the 50th anniversary of rugby league in France. Kiwi, […]
FLASHBACK: December 1998
Dublin Blues winger, Brian Carney signs for English club, Gateshead after being discovered playing university rugby league by Gateshead’s Australian CEO, Shane Richardson. Carney would go on to play 14 […]
FLASHBACK: November 1972
Australia were magnificent in their 31-9 victory over host nation, France in a 1972 World Cup match played at Toulouse. France, captained by Francis de Nadai from Limoux, impressed in […]
FLASHBACK: November 1948
There were calls for England based Australians to be allowed to play for the touring Kangaroos after Great Britain wrapped up the 1948 Ashes series with a 16-7 win at […]
FLASHBACK: April 1973
Test forward, Col Weiss announced his retirement from representative football, but the QRL was quick to point out that while he was playing club football (for Brothers) he had to […]
Parochial Maroons
THE parochialism of Queenslanders is to be admired in many circumstances, but card carrying members of the local league fraternity have gone too far in describing the Intrust Super Cup […]
Steve Ricketts 