Author: Mike Simpson
The twins who went on a six-month trek by camel to follow their rugby league dreams
Indigenous twins Tashiem and Tyler Abbott embarked on a 2,900km trek by camel from Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory, to Taree in New South…
The New Zealand police officer who starred for London Broncos and Hull KR
Leaving his native New Zealand in 1988 to try his luck in Australia could not have worked out any better for former Kiwi international Sam…
How ‘Smokin’ Joe Kilroy became a cult hero in Queensland and Halifax
Queensland rugby league legend Joe Kilroy enjoyed an illustrious career in Australia and retains fond memories of his time at Halifax in the late 1980s….
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…