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Remembering those who departed in 2020 A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size 2020 was both a year to remember and a year we all want to forget. Before it’s too far gone, let’s take some time to remember some of the rugby league players who left us for good in 2020. 1. Paul Fisher A Souths-Sunnybank junior and a very accomplished and highly regarded player in the Brisbane competition, Paul Fisher was equall...

Brian James 1943-January 10, 2020 A high-quality winger for South Sydney who represented Australia at the 1968 World Cup before retiring at the age of 26. The son of former Cootamundra Maher Cup prop Jack "Swifty" James, he came to rugby league via rugby union after attending Newington College and playing a season of first grade with the St George rugby club. He switched to rugby league with St George in 1961 where he played centre and wing but top-grade opportunities were scarce in the Dragons...

Brett Kitching AFTER the rain last week, the Ipswich track was not even in the heavy range this morning. There was however a further 10 millimetres of rain midmorning prior to the racing commencement and this rain pushed the track rating back to the heavy range. There was an upgrade after race 4 back to a soft 7 giving further clear evidence of the newly free-draining Ipswich surface of 2020. Despite being rated in the heavy range, the times of the early races were more like good to soft r...

Anthony Breeze ALTHOUGH 2020 has been a difficult year for all sports around the world, sport maniacs like me should be grateful that we got to see some sport locally, nationally and internationally. With this being my last column for the year, I have decided to hand out my awards. Team of the year: This was a hard one with several sides putting their hands up for this honour. The Goodna Eagles swept all before them in winning the Volunteers Cup rugby league competition. The Melbourne Storm w...