Almanac Rugby League

The Almanac Rugby league Crew

If you’d like to publish a rugby league story on The Footy Almanac website, please contact Ian Hauser.

 

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Thursday updates during the season and occasional updates in the off-season, contact John Harms in the first instance.

 

The Footy Almanac’s coverage of rugby league features a team of four regular columnists:

Ian Hauser provides a round by round preview/review and comments on specific players/incidents.
Matt O’Hanlon (Prop by the Sea) offers a quirky take of the week’s happenings on and off the field.
Mark Shannon (The Prospector) comments on various issues in the code, both historical and current.
Russel Hansen (Rabbit in the Vineyard) gives a specific take on South Sydney’s progress.

as well as numerous other occasional contributors.

Our collection of articles appears below. The first article was published in 2010.

 

NRL Round 13 (and State of Origin I) – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

May 29, 2025 by 3 Comments

Prop was at Origin I and has a few thoughts as he does for last week’s round and the fixtures coming up. He’s coming off a 0/5 tipping performance. [He’s not the only one – Ed]

Almanac Rugby League State of Origin I: Blues Dominant

May 29, 2025 by 3 Comments

Rabbit in the Vineyard is forced to admit that the Blues are a very good rugby league outfit as they showed in State of Origin I.

NRL Round 11 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Back-to-back wins (or is it wines?)

May 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Rabbit in the Vineyard is enjoying the better performances from his beloved Rabbitohs as they register a second win in a row leading in to Origin time.

NRL Round 12 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

May 21, 2025 by 1 Comment

Prop analyses Round 11 and makes a few predictions for Round 12 with sides missing Origin players.

NRL Round 11 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

May 15, 2025 by 1 Comment

Prop leaves the Pacific and heads to the inland sea, to Quilpie in the far south-west of Queensland, where he punts like a Watson, and takes in the superb football of Round 10.

NRL Round 10 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Why Latrell is Latrell.

May 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Rabbit in the Vineyard is on top of the world after Latrell led Souths to an unlikely victory (that is, unlikely at half-time) and he and Mrs Rabbit spent a brilliant Mother’s Day in the Barossa.

NRL Round 9 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: No magic for Souths in Magic Round

May 8, 2025 by 3 Comments

Rabbit has retreated to the vineyard, such is the absence of magic in Brisvegas.

NRL Round 10 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

May 7, 2025 by 4 Comments

Prop is not by the sea this weekend, unless of course we’re talking about the inland seas, because he’s off to Quilpie. Those nostalgic about Queensland town names will enjoy this report.

NRL Round 8 – RITV: Souths yet to break their Melbourne drought

May 1, 2025 by 2 Comments

RITV lives in hope that, one day, he’ll see his Rabbitohs defeat the Storm in Melbourne! It looks a long way off if last week is anything to go by.

Almanac (New) Books – ‘State of Origin: 45 Years’ by Liam Hauser

May 1, 2025 by 1 Comment

With the 2025 State of Origin series just weeks away, the release of Liam Hauser’s ‘State of Origin: 45 Years’ is timely indeed. The Footy Almanac is happy to support Liam, a rugby league (and cricket) specialist who has made many contributions to our pages over many years.