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| Mick Glasheen was born in Ravenswood which had been renowned for producing tough Rugby Union players who honed their skill and attitude against the equally tough Charters Towers sides of the day. He moved to Townsville and played for Estates and had a brief stint at the Garget club in the Pioneer Valley near Mackay in 1932. He returned to Townsville for the 1933 season which, after taking some unusual twists and turns, saw his representative career blossom. The first Queensland team chosen to play New South Wales in 1933 contained the entire Toowoomba team which was soundly beaten. After representing North Queensland on a number of occasions from 1928 he was chosen to play in two remaining games | against New South Wales in the interstate series. After initially being overlooked for the Kangaroo Tour at the end of the season Glasheen was eventually included in the squad. The Kangaroos lost the ashes series to Great Britain but played an important role in establishing rugby league in France by playing a match against a British side in Paris. This was at a time when the French rugby followers had been starved of international games while the Brits refused to play them because of allegations of "professionalism". Mick Glasheen's selection in the Australian team at 28 years of age made him the first north Queensland born, bred and based player to do so. |
