Vale Bob Smith
Highly respected Royals member, Bob Smith, passed away on 28 October 2024 following a long illness. Bob was well known...
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Blue Bloods | Cookie and the calf blood
ON a Saturday morning early in 1996, 16-year-old Davina Wright (then Cooke) was woken in bed by a loud tap...
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Blue Bloods | Cocka: the mild-mannered gangster
MICHAEL Roche was known as ‘Cocka’ as a nod to Al Pacino’s character, Tony Montana, from the movie Scarface (1981)....
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Blue Bloods | Royals make small screen history
ALL three Royals teams – firsts, seconds and thirds (U/18s) – appeared in grand finals in 1959 though only the...
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Blue Bloods | Save the Boathouse!
IN the first four seasons of Canberra Royals RUFC, the club was without a clubhouse. Home games and training were...
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The Legend of Lou Ferris
COL Spence won’t betray the Tour Secrets Act – what went on tour will stay forever on tour. But he...
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