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Almanac Rugby League: Join the 2024 NRL Tipping Comp

The winner of the Footy Almanac 2023 NRL Tipping Comp has been announced. And the 2024 comp is now open.

Almanac Rugby League – 2024 Season preliminaries get underway

The preliminaries to the 2024 NRL season get underway tomorrow tonight with the annual Indigenous v Maori clash as well as the Pre-season Challenge.

Almanac Rugby League – Season 2024: Put the dates in your diary!

Just when you thought it was going to be a Thursday free of rugby league, here are the details for Season 2024. Put them in your diary now!

Almanac Rugby League – Pacific Championships Wrap: Kangaroos humiliated in Hamilton, Kumuls comeback in Port Moresby

Here’s a wrap on the the Cup and Bowl Finals in the Pacific Championships from our rugby league editor Ian Hauser. And, as far as the season goes, th-th-that’s all, folks!

Almanac Rugby League: I wrote the Redcliffe Dolphins club song

Jon Williams explains how, as a schoolboy on the Redcliffe Peninsula, he came to write the Dolphins club song.

Almanac Rugby League – Pacific Championships Finals: No, it’s not a repeat, just a rematch!

The inaugural Pacific Championships concludes this weekend with the Pool A Cup Final to be played in Hamilton between the Kangaroos and the Kiwis while the Pool B Bowl Final will be played in Port Moresby between the Kumuls and the Bati.

Almanac Rugby League – Pacific Championships Week 3: The one we’ve been waiting for (sort of)

The Kangaroos clash with the Kiwis and the Jillaroos take on the Ferns – this is the weekend we’ve been waiting for! Then the Kumuls and the Bati meet on Sunday.

Almanac Rugby League – The Pacific Championships Week 2: Double headers will bring in the crowds

Week 2 of the rugby league Pacific Championships features double headers in Auckland and Port Moresby where big crowds can be expected. Ian Hauser offers his thoughts on the four matches.

Almanac Rugby League -The Pacific Championships

The inaugural Pacific Championships begins this weekend with matches in Port Moresby and Townsville. Read more about the tournament here.

Almanac Rugby League – Grand Final Day 2023: The cream rises to the top

There’s an old saying that the cream eventually rises to the top. Check out yesterday’s NRLW and NRL Grand Finals to see the proof.

Almanac Rugby League – Book Release: ‘Rugby League in New Zealand: a people’s history

Glen Dwyer from the Newtown Jets brings to our attention a new book about rugby league win New Zealand, ‘Rugby League in New Zealand: a people’s history’ by Ryan Bodman.

Almanac Rugby League: International rugby league gets a shot in the arm!

International rugby league received its biggest boost in decades yesterday with the announcement of a new Pacific Championships to be played in 2023 and 2024.

Almanac Book Review: ‘Jack Gibson’s Fur Coat: Rugby League Oddities and Artefacts’ by Glen Humphries

Rugby league raconteur Matt O’Hanlon reviews Glen Humphries’ latest book, ‘Jack Gibson’s Fur Coat: Rugby League Oddities and Artefacts’. (Here’s a conundrum: Is MOH an oddity or an artefact? – Ed.)

Almanac Rugby League: “Ruck infringement, six again” – six Souths’ bye round comments

Rabbit in the Vineyard used South Sydney’s bye round to pause and take stock of where the season is at, with a couple of fringe benefits thrown in.

Almanac (Rugby League) Life: At Leichhardt

Writer Paul Harman and his sister Melinda don their bucket hats and meet at the much-storied Leichhardt Oval in Balmain for Round 1 of the 2023 season. This is a fine piece of observation and reminiscence from a very handy Almanac recruit. [You do not need to be a rugby league fan to appreciate this – JTH]

A huge week for rugby league!

No matter whether near or far, wherever rugby league fans are, it’s a HUGE week! Ian Hauser reports in from London.

Almanac Rugby League – Never the twain shall meet

An Origin memory from 2012.

What would Mark Twain have thought?

Almanac Rugby League – Magic Round 10: The footy gods are in sync

The footy gods were in church last weekend as they warmed to the theme of the day. This week it’s Magic Round in Brisbane.

Almanac Rugby League: NRLW 2023 season draw released

The season draw for the NRLW has been released with a bold approach to expand the women’s competition. See the latest in player signings too.

Almanac Rugby League – Vale John Sattler: One of South Sydney’s greatest

Rugby league icon John Sattler was immortalised in an image from the 1970 Grand Final. Russel Hansen pays a moving tribute to the South Sydney legend who passed away yesterday.