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

NRL – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Round 1 Preview

Rabbit in the Vineyard is doing his best to get over the South Sydney’s’ capitulation in the second half of 2023. He’s got some pretty good ideas on how they might improve. And he’s ready to tune into their opener against Manly, live from Las Vegas.

NRL – Prop among the Canefields: You Gotta Love Footy – Round Zero

In the first of his columns, Prop among the Canefields turns the superior mind of the front row to give us a bookend’s look at the pre-season. He also predicts what’s to come.

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.

NRL Round 1: Viva Las Vegas!

‘And now for something completely different’, as they used to say in Monty Python terminology. Rugby League comes to Las Vegas to kick off the 2024 NRL season.

NRL 2024 – Charity Shield: South Sydney Rabbitohs v St George-Illawarra Dragons

Rabbit in the Vineyard is back for the 2024 NRL season! Here’s his take on last weekend’s Charity Shield match.

NRL 2024 Preseason odds and ends

NRL 2024 season preliminaries continue this weekend after an opening weekend that produced some very good footy. Rugby league editor Ian Hauser picks out a few highlights from the past week.

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.