Author: Mike Simpson
Meet Queensland’s oldest surviving representative player, aged 100
Harry Griffiths, is Queensland’s oldest surviving representative player, having just turned 100. HARRY GRIFFITHS is the last man standing in a journey that has been…
How an Australian butcher became a Batley Bulldogs legend
Glen Tomlinson left his job as a butcher in Australia to try his luck in the UK and ended up with a Challenge Cup final…
Hong Kong make international rugby league return after six-year hiatus
Laid low by the pandemic, rugby league in Hong Kong is now making a comeback and Gus Spence is at the forefront of it. AFTER…
The Queensland Cup team CEO who played for Scotland and Sheffield Eagles
From Ipswich Jets to Sheffield Eagles as a player, to now taking on the role of CEO at Tweed Heads Seagulls, Brendon Lindsay’s career has…
Former Super League player turns to stand-up comedy
Ben Roarty has played at the highest level in the NRL and Super League with various clubs, but his post rugby league career has seen…
The rugby union convert leading South Africa’s national rugby league team
Coming from a rugby union background, Tjaart Van Der Walt was a late starter to rugby league in South Africa, but once converted, there was…
Clinton Toopi on Leeds Rhinos spell, playing in an NRL Grand Final and his new passion
Clinton Toopi overcame a disadvantaged background to rise to the very top of his chosen sport of rugby league, starring for Auckland Warriors, Leeds Rhinos…
‘I knew nothing about Bradford’: Cult hero Tahi Reihana’s long journey to the Bulls
Tahi Reihana admits he knew nothing about Bradford before agreeing to join the Bulls from Perth Western Reds in 1997, but it was a decision…
‘They treated us like rock stars’: Dane O’Hara looks back on special Hull FC career
Dane O’Hara became a folk hero at Hull FC as part of a black and whites side that achieved great success in the early 1980s,…
Meet the Brazilian couple playing in Australia after Rugby League World Cup appearances
Meet two women from Brazil who gave up everything they had at home to pursue the dream of playing rugby league in Australia. IF you…
