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.

 

A huge week for rugby league!

May 31, 2023 by 1 Comment

No matter whether near or far, wherever rugby league fans are, it’s a HUGE week! Ian Hauser reports in from London.

Almanac (New) Books: ‘The Immortals of State of Origin’ by Liam Hauser

May 31, 2023 by 4 Comments

Journalist and sports historian Liam Hauser has a new book on the shelves, ‘The Immortals of State of Origin’. We invited Liam to share the background of the new release.

NRL Round 13 – South Sydney v Canberra: Another loss!

May 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Rabbit in the Vineyard escaped the wild Barossa weather by taking to the couch to watch his Bunnies take on Canberra. He’s getting rather concerned about effort areas both as an emerging rugba league term and in his team’s capacity of his boys to fulfil their duty to them.

NRL Round 13: Crazy!

May 25, 2023 by 2 Comments

Far away in Old London Town, Ian Hauser can’t help but wonder what the hell is going on in the NRL after a crazy Round 12. Plus we get a look at the line-ups for Game 1 of State of Origen.

NRL Round 12 – Bunnies v Parra: Indigenous Round, first v fourteenth.

May 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Rabbit in the Vineyard found his spiritual rugba league home in his new state when he attended the SA Bunnies function to watch his beloved South Sydney take on the battling Eels. [One of his fans has drawn a dinkus for his column – Ed]

Almanac Book Review: ‘The Immortals of State of Origin’ by Liam Hauser

May 18, 2023 by 1 Comment

Rugby league aficionado Matt O’Hanlon reviews sports historian Liam Hauser’s latest book, ‘The Immortals of State of Origin’, in which the author selects his all-time best teams and coaches for both Queensland and New South Wales.

NRL Round 12: Questions from afar

May 18, 2023 by 1 Comment

The NRL continues to intrigue our rugby league editor even though he’s somewhere between Paris and London.

NRL Round 11 – South Sydney v Wests: Bunnies on top of the ladder.

May 15, 2023 by 2 Comments

Rabbit in the Vineyard’s Bunnies are on top of the NRL ladder and, he tells us, life isn’t good, it’s great.

NRL Round 11: The Dolphins are Magic!

May 11, 2023 by 1 Comment

The Dolphins continued their almost magical entry to the NRL when they took a bite out of the highly fancied Sharks.

NRL Round 10 – Melbourne v South Sydney: Bunnies in Brisvegas, again.

May 8, 2023 by 2 Comments

It was a highly emotional weekend for Rabbit In The Vineyard who lost a mentor and friend in educator David Bell, but also had the rare pleasure of watching his Bunnies beat The Storm.