DIARY UPDATE: WEEK 8, 2021
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 8 2021 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 The Guineas Room, Eagle Farm is the setting for a wonderful memorial service for Paul Malone, one […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 8 2021 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 The Guineas Room, Eagle Farm is the setting for a wonderful memorial service for Paul Malone, one […]
AUGUST 1966 Halfback, Billy Smith was awarded the Harry Sunderland Memorial Medal as Australia’s player of the series against Great Britain. The medal perpetuates the memory of Queenslander, Harry Sunderland, who […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 32 2020 MONDAY AUGUST 10 Leeds’ rugby league coach, Richard Agar is worried the new rules will lead to a touch-and-pass type […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 3 2019 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 Lunch at Montague Pub, West End with fellow members of the Beer and Beef club, to discuss […]
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 3 2018 TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 Former Australian rugby union skipper, Tony Shaw walks by, with his two dogs, as I walk along […]
For many years I contributed to, or edited, rugby league programs in Brisbane. So, it always gives me a thrill to look back through old programs, ones that I call […]
The touring New Zealand Rugby League side scored a memorable 15-14 win over New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground. NSW, with legendary centre, Reg Gasnier as captain-coach, were […]
Brothers’ prop, Garnett Kerr was sent from the field just before halftime in a bruising Lang Park encounter against Wests in front of a crowd of more than 16,000. Kerr, (whose […]
North Queensland scored an historic 17-13 win over Great Britain in Townsville, a huge boost for rugby league in the tropics after some embarrassing losses to previous Lions’ touring sides. […]
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 […]