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.

 

NRL Round 19 – Prop in the Canefield: You gotta love footy!

July 11, 2024 by 7 Comments

Can Prop get Cronulla right this week? Let’s just say that he’s given Tigers supporters hope. Just what is the Origin state of fluid birthday? And check out the odd field goal facts!

NRL Round 19 – More Origin chaos makes tipping a nightmare

July 11, 2024 by 2 Comments

The absence of State of Origin players makes this week’s NRL tipping a bit of a lottery. But let’s have a go anyway!

Almanac Rugby League: Henson Park

July 4, 2024 by 5 Comments

John Campbell takes us back to the glory days of Newtown playing at Henson Park and shows us that sport is much more than sport. Yet another of his distinctive artworks adorns this piece. [Beautiful piece – JTH]

Almanac Rugby League – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Almanac on Tour

July 4, 2024 by 6 Comments

Rabbit in the Vineyard took two days off after the end of first semester to participate in some ‘professional development’ opportunities in Melbourne. The trip happened to coincide with Game 2 of the State of Origin series.

NRL Round 18 – You gotta love footy!

July 4, 2024 by 11 Comments

Prop in the Canefield went to Melbourne for Game 2 of State of Origin. As usual, his trip was crammed with frustrations and highlights. As for his NRL tips, he just cannot figure out the Sharks!

NRL Round 18 – How far back is too far back?

July 4, 2024 by 1 Comment

His tipping record is modest, to say the least, but rugby league editor Ian Hauser’s reckons that we’re about to see a great divide open up in the next few weeks between the finalists and the rest.

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin Washup: And the winner is…Footy!

June 28, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Ian Hauser summarises both the men’s and women’s State of Origin matches.

NRL Round 17 – Sliding doors round

June 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Round 17 of the NRL season may well turn out to be decisive with the outcome of several matches vital to the season’s prospects of a number of teams.

Almanac Rugby League – Never the twain shall meet

June 26, 2024 by 15 Comments

As he was twelve years ago, John Harms is on the tram and on his way to the State of Origin match to be played at the MCG tonight. We reprise an Origin memory from 2012 by John. What would Mark Twain have thought?

NRL Round 17 (and Origin) – Prop in the Canefield: You’ve gotta love footy!

June 26, 2024 by 2 Comments

The Prop in the Canefield, down south for Origin 2, gives his thoughts on the latest round of NRL matches.