By Wayne Heming FOG #55, Joe Kilroy, was a charismatic showman, entrepreneur and a damn good rugby league player. His sheer speed, evasiveness, and ability to bounce off players, combined with his try-scoring ability from either fullback or wing, saw fans dub him āSmokin' Joeā. He was electrifying. Even to this day, it remains one
By Wayne Heming Journalist, rugby league commentator, player, coach, mentor, husband, father, and grandfather, Michael Hagan, has done it all. Thatās why he was such an ideal subject for our latest FOGS Life After Origin series. However, just a few minutes into our 40 minutes phone interview, Michael, asks: ācan I call you back?ā A
By Wayne Heming During his playing days, Peter Civoniceva was an enforcer, an intimidator who commanded plenty of respect. But since hanging up his boots in 2014, after fulfilling a lifetime dream of playing for Fiji, FOG #120,Ā Ā has taken on a new persona as āThe Ambassadorā promoting the game and its causes far and
By Wayne Heming If you commissioned a coach to create a quintessential warrior with all the qualities required to play Origin for Queensland -- extraordinary courage, passion, heart, and pride -- then the chances are high that Brent Tate could emerge as the perfect prototype. Tate fought ferociously for every metre he made on a
By Wayne Heming By his own admission, Gary Belcher never wanted to be a rugby league fullback. As a teenager, he had a crack at five-eighth, centre, and even lock, The one position he never wanted to play was fullback -- a position he didnāt rate as too exciting or that important. As it turned
In this episode of Life After Origin, we catch up with FOG#106, Jason Hetherington, for an enlightening and entertaining chat about his career and life after rugby league. The āBushy from Baralabaā lived up to his reputation as a dry and at times deadpan character, speaking openly about a number of topics, including his own
Last week we launched our āLife After Originā series by chatting with former Queensland forward Dave Brown. This time we catch up with the man named āHorseā -- Bryan Niebling. As a teenager playing in Murgon, a rural country town some 250 kilometers northwest of Brisbane, Niebling attracted interest from a few Brisbane clubs who
Welcome to a new column where we catch up with some FOGS players and talk about life after league and get their thoughts and opinions on the great game. We kick off the series with Brisbane-born Dave Brown FOG #33 -- a tungsten-tough prop who played during rugby leagueās wild west days when players were
