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 16 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Souths win four in a row

June 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Russel Hansen reports on the Rabbitohs’ blanketing of the Sea-Eagles

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: All to play for

June 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment

There’s all to play for in both the men’s and women’s State of Origin matches this week! Can the Maroons secure both series within 24 hours of each other? Ian Hauser offers his assessment and predictions.

NRL Round 15 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: A brush with the SA police, a burger at the ‘Stockie’ Hotel, and three consecutive wins!

June 20, 2024 by 4 Comments

Rabbit in the Vineyard had a pretty eventful Friday evening made all the more palatable by the renewed enthusiasm his beloved Souths are showing in attack and, especially, defence.

NRL Round 16 – Prop in the Canefield: You’ve gotta love footy!

June 20, 2024 by 6 Comments

Prop in the Canefield still can’t back a winner at the nags – but his season’s predictions for the NRL are making progress. He’s worried about this week’s NRL matches because of the Origin outs. He’ll be keeping an eye on the games as he packs his bags for Melbourne and Origin – and a meeting of the minds.

NRL Round 16: Origin season lucky dip (continued)

June 20, 2024 by 1 Comment

The lottery of tipping NRL winners during the State of Origin period continues. But ‘we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past’. Or something like that.

NRL Round 14 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Souths climb off the bottom of the ladder

June 13, 2024 by 1 Comment

RITV is buoyant after Latrell got interested and turned it on in the Rabbitohs eight-try demolition of the Titans. [Contains traces of red wine – Ed]

NRL Round 15: Up over the halfway mark

June 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment

As the 2024 NRL season reaches the halfway mark, what do we know or, probably more realistically, what do we think we know?

Almanac Rugby League Meets Bob Dylan: Juxtaposition or Oxymoron?

June 13, 2024 by 3 Comments

Can there possibly be a link between rugby league and Bob Dylan cover songs? Moondance has unearthed this unlikely scenario.

NRL Round 15 – Prop in the Canefield: You Gotta Love Footy!

June 13, 2024 by 5 Comments

The Big Fella has made the trip Out West to the Injune Cup where he, Tommy and Tiny have eaten half a beast, lost a whole beast, failed to back a winner and engaged in some of the most brilliant mathematics of backlines since Pythagoras played five-eighth for Samos. [Outstanding – Ed]

Almanac Rugby League – Women’s State of Origin, Game 2: Missing the obvious omens

June 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Queensland did what Queensland does best – snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. This tipster, along with many others, missed the two obvious omens.