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.

 

If you’d like to join the Footy Almanac’s rugby league email list to receive our regular
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.

 

Almanac Rugby League: The NRL season preliminaries kick off

February 6, 2025 by 1 Comment

The NRL 2025 season preliminaries kick off this weekend. Here’s a brief guide to what’s happening in the coming weeks.

RITV Summer Series: 2024 Barossa Red Wine of Year

December 26, 2024 by 8 Comments

It was an arduous task for RITV each week of the footy season – having to choose a Barossa Red Wine of the Week! Today he announces the winner of his Best Barossa red of 2024.

RITV Summer Series: Nina Kennedy – RITV Performance of the Year 2024

December 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment

RITV continues his Summer Series with his award for Performance of the Year.

RITV Summer Series – With gratitude to the Almanac community, particularly the Barossa chapter

November 28, 2024 by 14 Comments

The past two years have been a time of major changes for RITV. On reflection, he comes to a renewed appreciation of his roots and life experiences to date as well as an understanding of his new surroundings in the Barossa Valley and his persona as Rabbit in the Vineyard.

The Great Interceptor – The Intriguing Case Of Dennis Tutty

November 22, 2024 by 2 Comments

Braham Dabscheck recounts the importance of the Dennis Tutty case and how it changed the way sporting codes addressed players’ ’employment’.

RITV Summer series: Abbreviated ODI at Adelaide Oval

November 14, 2024 by 4 Comments

RITV introduces his Summer Series with memories of his first experience of Test cricket at the Gabba in 1979.

Almanac Rugby League – Pacific Championships Wrap: Aussies rule the Pacific

November 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Australia rules the Pacific, at least when it comes to rugby league. Here’s our wrap on the Pacific Championships which reached their conclusion on Sunday.

Almanac Rugby League (Book Review) – ‘The Power and the Passion: Rugby League in the 1980s’

November 7, 2024 by 4 Comments

Russel Hansen revisits rugby league in the 1980s via his review of ‘The Power and the Passion: Rugby League in the 1980s’ by Alan Whiticker and Ian Collis.

Almanac Rugby League (Publications): Bob Bax and Roy Francis

November 7, 2024 by 2 Comments

Dr Greg Mallory is, among other things, a rugby league historian and an academic. He brings to our attention two new publications for diehard fans of ‘the greatest game of all’.

Almanac Rugby League – Pacific Championships 2024: The Finals

November 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment

The 2024 Pacific Championships Finals will be played on Sunday. Get yourself comfortable for a quadruple-header of international rugby league!