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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 12 – Indigenous Round: Tipping against the odds

May 23, 2024 by 1 Comment

After enjoying the entertainment of Magic Round, Ian Hauser thinks we’ll learn a lot about several teams in this weekend’s Indigenous Round. He’s gone against the odds with a couple of his tips.

NRL Round 11 – Prop in the Canefield: You Gotta Love Footy!

May 23, 2024 by 4 Comments

The Prospector offered our regular columnist Prop a gem of an idea if the NRL expands into PNG – right out of left field! That, plus the odd Guinness, made it a weekend to (partially) remember in the traditional stronghold of Toowoomba.

Almanac Rugby League – You’ve just got to love footy

May 16, 2024 by 2 Comments

After tantalising us with tales of food, footy and travel earlier today, we reprise Matt O’Hanlon’s essay on the virtues of a balanced life.

We originally introduced his piece this way: Matt O’Hanlon takes us on a rollicking ride through his family’s love affair with rugby league. Put on your seatbelt!

(A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since that original offering. Here’s to many wonderful memories! – Ed.)

NRL Round 10 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Same old, same old

May 16, 2024 by 4 Comments

    Round 10 St George Illawarra v South Sydney Kogarah, Saturday 11th May Two games into the post-Jason Demetriou era at Maroubra and nothing significant has changed. Am I surprised? Absolutely not. Souths are still propping up the foot of the ladder, with a for and against of minus 180. The gulf, indeed the [Read more]

NRL Magic Round 2024 – Prop in the Canefield: You gotta love footy!

May 16, 2024 by 6 Comments

Back in Central Queensland for his brother’s birthday celebrations, Prop in the Canefield rediscovers the supreme cuisine opportunities offered by fresh, locally caught Central Queensland mud crab -, so much so that he forgot to get his tips in! Perhaps it was all the fault of his latest contact, ‘The Crabman’. Thankfully, he got back to the footy sufficiently to have a look at this weekend’s Magic Round.

NRL Round 10: Four-day footy fest in Brisvegas!

May 16, 2024 by 2 Comments

Ian Hauser anticipates the biggest weekend in the NRL season 2024 for Brisvegas, featuring Women’s State of Origin and the NRL’s Magic Round.

NRL Round 9 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: David Furner – the busiest man in the NRL!

May 9, 2024 by 3 Comments

According to RITV, David Furner is the busiest man in the NRL as he works on fixing the Rabbitohs’ leaky defence.

NRL Round 10 – Prop in the Canefield: You gotta love footy!

May 9, 2024 by 2 Comments

Prop had a poor tipping weekend in Round 9 but with less input from his cohort of advisors this week he thinks he might be closer to the money in Round 10.

NRL Round 10: An early cull

May 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment

We’re now a third of the way through the 2024 NRL season. It’s time to sort out the contenders from the pretenders.

NRL Round 8 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Flight attendant Erika to the rescue!

May 2, 2024 by 1 Comment

Another tough week for Rabbit in the Vineyard! At least flight attendant Erika helped to dull the pain somewhat.