NSW Players
NSWPRL State Team, NZ Tour 1983
On Tuesday, 13 September, 1983 the touring party of the NSW Police Rugby Football League Association assembled at the departure lounge of Mascot Overseas Terminal. The party, under the supervision of Sergeant 2nd Class, Laurie Jones of Maroubra, who is the Senior Vice President of the Association, consisted of 29 players and 11 officials and…
NSWPRL Team 1983
Queensland Tour 1983 NSWPRL Under 21’s On Tuesday, 7 June, 1983 the NSW Police Under 21 Rugby league Football Team departed Mascot Airport flying East West Airlines enroute to Brisbane, Sunny Queensland. The purpose of the trip was to play the Queensland Police Academy Under 21 Side as the preliminary game before the State of…
NSWPRL State representative team 1980
Being selected in the NSWPRL State team in 1980, was bitter/sweet for a number of players. Bitter, becasue the NSW/Queensland game never went ahead. Sweet, because the team were a great bunch of blokes and they had a fantastic time as mates. Gary Bourke a member of the teams said, “We got off the plane…
1930 NSW POLICE RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM
The photo was taken in July 1930. It was taken prior to the police V fire brigade match. My father is in the front row—2nd from left—and the same Wal Maisey is in the back row, 2nd from left. Dad told me that Ron Waldron who later became Commissioner, is in the photo. I am…
1929 NSW POLICE RUGBY LEAGUE
INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY RON WEBER My father told me, when I was a young boy, that the police played rugby union in a mid-week competition with other public service branches. My father, Ben Weber, played rugby league on the weekends with Balmain. The small photo was taken at Bombala in 1929, which is the year…