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Podcast: Fergo And Freak – Episode 113 – 1917 And One Little Lie

Podcast: Fergo And Freak – Episode 113 – 1917 And One Little Lie

Nov 30, 2019 Fergo and The Freak 0

In this episode we look at the 1917 NSWRL season, the impact that one little lie had on not only one club, but on an entire competition, and how the impact of World War One effected Rugby League in...
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Podcast: Fergo And The Freak – Episode 96 – The Chaos Of 1909

Podcast: Fergo And The Freak – Episode 96 – The Chaos Of 1909

Oct 23, 2019 Fergo and The Freak 0

In this episode we look at the extraordinary 1909 season which proved to be a pivotal season for Australian Rugby League. From a failed Kangaroo Tour to the famous forfeited NSWRL Final between...
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Andrew Ferguson – The 1909 Rugby League Season

Andrew Ferguson – The 1909 Rugby League Season

Oct 23, 2019 Featured Guest Writers 0

Rugby League began its second year of existence having survived a busy and financially demanding opening season, culminating in a marathon pioneering Kangaroo tour to Great Britain. With the tour...
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Andrew Ferguson – Dally Messenger

Andrew Ferguson – Dally Messenger

Oct 23, 2019 Featured Guest Writers 0

Dally Messenger Born: Herbert Henry Messenger on 12/4/1883 at Balmain, New South Wales Died: 24/11/1959 at Gunnedah, New South Wales It was just 20 hours before the first game of professional Rugby...
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Andrew Ferguson – Ernest Broughton: An Unenviable Task

Andrew Ferguson – Ernest Broughton: An Unenviable Task

Oct 23, 2019 Featured Guest Writers 0

Very few people know of the second president of the NSWRL. Largely due to the fact he served for less than a month, however Ernest Clement Vernon Broughton was the very definition of a career...
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Andrew Ferguson – Edward Larkin: A Leader Of Men

Andrew Ferguson – Edward Larkin: A Leader Of Men

Oct 23, 2019 Featured Guest Writers 0

Edward Rennix Larkin was a man who is most remembered and revered for his leadership qualities in everything he involved himself. He was a constable in the police force, a journalist, a sergeant in...
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Andrew Ferguson – Jim Devereux: The Other “Master”

Andrew Ferguson – Jim Devereux: The Other “Master”

Oct 22, 2019 Featured Guest Writers 0

While the legacy of the great Dally “The Master” Messenger has endured the tests of time, and rightfully so, there was another great pioneering centre who many argue was as good as Dally. Jim...
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Andrew Ferguson – Pat Walsh: The Natural

Andrew Ferguson – Pat Walsh: The Natural

Oct 22, 2019 Featured Guest Writers 0

Born in Cooks Hill on May 3, 1879, Patrick Bernard Walsh attended Newcastle Superior Public School where he received medals for running and in 1895 he received a medal for the best cricket...
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Andrew Ferguson – The First Boss: Henry Hoyle

Andrew Ferguson – The First Boss: Henry Hoyle

Oct 22, 2019 Featured Guest Writers 0

Henry Clement Hoyle’s entire life read as the perfect plan for a man to become a senior member of the Australian Labor Party and as the first presidents of the game for the working class man, Rugby...
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The Civil War That Tore Rugby Apart And Gave Rise To Rugby League

The Civil War That Tore Rugby Apart And Gave Rise To Rugby League

Oct 18, 2019 Podcasts 0

Renowned Rugby historian professor Tony Collins recently appeared on the Fergo and The Freak podcast to talk about the civil war that gripped Rugby in the last 1800’s. With the controlling body...
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