DIARY UPDATE: Week 12, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 12 2019 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 Former St George and Broncos’ centres, Chris Johns and Mick De Vere are the special guests at […]
Tag Archives: Wayne Bennett
DIARY UPDATE: Week 9, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 9 2019 MONDAY, MARCH 4 The Courier-Mail’s Peter Badel asks new Brisbane Broncos’ coach, Anthony Siebold if he will continue with plans […]
HISTORY OF RUGBY LEAGUE ON THE GOLD COAST: A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT
Just as there was life ‘Before the Broncos’ in Brisbane, there was a proud history of rugby league on the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers before the Titans and its […]
‘OUR GAME’ – SPEECH BY STEVE RICKETTS
Chairman of the Queensland Rugby League History Committee, Steve Ricketts addressed the recent QRL administrative conference on the Gold Coast, about the establishment of the code in this state. A […]
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 1994
December 1994 The Queensland Rugby League State of Origin ‘brains trust’ had a new look, heading into the 1995 season, with Wayne Bennett returning as coach, replacing Wally Lewis. Bennett […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 3, 2019
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 […]
FLASHBACK: November, 2004
NOVEMBER, 2004 Big spending rugby union scouts were waiting outside Stade Ernest Wallon in Toulouse after the French rugby league side scored six tries in a gutsy 52-30 loss to […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 49, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 49 2018 MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 Drive to our youngest lad, Lliam’s place at Auchenflower, via Red Hill, where a huge media scrum […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 48, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 48 2018 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Prominent Gold Coast real estate agent and staunch Broncos’ supporter, Bruce Wilson tells me he believes the […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 45, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 45 2018 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Brothers Tom and Liam Duggan are my interview subjects, in Toowoomba, for Men of League magazine. Liam […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 43, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 43 2018 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 The Courier-Mail reports that Anthony Siebold will coach the Broncos next year. Wayne Bennett has been named […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 41, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 41 2018 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 A neighbor tells me about wild brawls at Julia Creek, in western Queensland, some years back, involving […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 37, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 37 2018 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Dingle Peninsula driving day (from our base in Tralee) in atrocious weather. After inspecting Inch Beach (from […]
VALE HUGH O’DOHERTY
Former Queensland hooker, Hugh O’Doherty, an iconic personality of Brisbane Rugby League in the 1970s, has passed away aged 71. O’Doherty, a product of Ipswich Christian Brothers’ College, won BRL […]
KANGAROOS ON TOUR UNDER BENNETT
TRAVEL Phil ‘Gus’ Gould had a heart scare and Tonie Carroll was called a traitor. What a start it was to my 2004 Tri-Nations Test rugby league campaign, as a […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 29, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 29 2018 TUESDAY, JULY 17 Rugby League Hall of Fame’s new inductees are Mark Graham, Cliff Lyons, Ricky Stuart, Petero Civoniceva, Gorden […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 28, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 28 2018 WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Queensland salvage pride from the 2018 State of Origin rugby league series with a 18-12 win in […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 23, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 23 2018 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 Great State of Origin rugby league rivals, Glenn Lazarus and Steve Renouf are my interview subjects at […]
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 […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 20, 2018
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 20 2018 TUESDAY, MAY 15 Former Test hooker, John Lang accepts the Queensland Rugby League History Committee’s invitation to deliver the 2020 […]
