Rugby league great Sam Backo's dying wish was to pass away on the country where he was born in far north Queensland, NRL Immortal Wally Lewis has revealed. The former Raiders, Broncos, Queensland and ...

Slammin’ Sam’s wife Chrissy, members of his extended family spanning the Far North to the Gold Coast and fond friends spilt out of St Patrick’s Church in Ingham on Friday morning for a final farewell ...

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. The sad passing of Sam Backo on the eve of the NRL’s Indigenous round ...

Characters like Sam Backo don’t come around often. A fearsome presence on the field but a gentle giant off it, Backo will be remembered for his hilarious imperfections, mental toughness and ...

Australian rugby league is in mourning following the death of former Kangaroos prop Sam Backo. He was 64. The Indigenous prop died in hospital in Cairns after a short battle with the rare tropical ...

Backo, 64, had been in intensive care at Cairns Hospital after being diagnosed with melioidosis - a bacterial infection - in April. Recent media reports stated Backo may have contracted the soil-borne ...

Rugby league legend Sam Backo’s funeral will be held in the small Queensland town in which he was born with his family making a special request. Family members of the former Australian and State of ...

Soaking up the vast array of exotic names in a country which gave us Tokoroa and Te Aroha, Backo spotted another tongue twister which he interpreted as “tar-ka-weey. “No,’’ replied a laughing teammate ...

Backo, 64, had been in intensive care at Cairns Hospital after being diagnosed with melioidosis – a bacterial infection – in April. Recent media reports stated Backo may have contracted the soil-borne ...