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.

 

Almanac Rugby League: The complete World Cup schedule

October 13, 2022 by Leave a Comment

The postponed 2021 Rugby League World Cup finally comes to fruition this weekend with the start of the month-long tournament in England. It features women’s, men’s and wheelchair competitions. See the full schedule of matches here.

Almanac Rugby League: The 2022 season in review

October 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Another season of rugby league has been played and won. Our rugby league editor Ian Hauser looks back on a season that threw up more than a few surprises.

Almanac Rugby League – 2022 NRLW and NRL Premiers: Knights and Panthers triumph

October 3, 2022 by 1 Comment

Favourites the Newcastle Knights and the Penrith Panthers triumphed in their respective NRLW and NRL Grand Finals at the Olympic Stadium last night.

Almanac Rugby League – 2022 NRL Grand Final week: History beckons in both the NRL and the NRLW

September 29, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Rugby league editor Ian Hauser casts an eye over this weekend’s Grand Finals in both the NRL and the NRLW where history beckons for all three clubs involved.

Almanac Rugby League – 2022 NRL Preliminary Finals and NRLW Semi-Finals, and consecutive titles for the Gundagai Tigers

September 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Ian Hauser takes a look at rugby league as we get to the pointy end of the season.

Almanac (Australian and rugby league) Footy – “You call this ‘finals fever’?”: An NRL + AFL Travelogue

September 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Joe Sexton displayed his footy catholicism by taking in both NRL and AFL finals in Melbourne. As a Carlton supporter he was emotionally uninvested in either match, standing back to make a whimsical evaluation of what transpired around him.

Almanac Rugby League – 2022 NRL Finals Week 2 and NRLW Round 5: High drama in Week 1, high hopes for more in Week 2

September 15, 2022 by 1 Comment

We asked for it; we got it – an action-packed Week 1 of NRL Finals with a mouth-watering Week 2 coming up. Ian Hauser offers his thoughts on the week in rugby league.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL 2022 Finals Week 1 and NRLW Round 4: Great expectations as we head into the finals

September 8, 2022 by Leave a Comment

The NRL finals are here at last with four fascinating match-ups to anticipate. The NRLW also offers a top of the table clash as well as a last chance saloon match-up. All in all, a great weekend of rugby league awaits us!

Almanac Rugby League: My love affair with the Bunnies

September 1, 2022 by 3 Comments

John Campbell goes back to another era he regards as Australia’s ‘daggy period’ when Bob Menzies, conservatism and the St George Dragons ruled the roost. But change was a’coming.

Almanac Rugby League – 2022 NRL Round 25 and NRLW Round 3: The final reckoning for the NRL finals.

September 1, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Somewhat surprisingly, the composition of the NRL finals comes down to the final round while the NRLW appears to have three spots locked in with only one up for grabs between the remaining three sides.