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 – NRLW Semi-Finals and NRL Round 4: Grand Final spots up for grabs in the NRLW

March 31, 2022 by Leave a Comment

The 2021 NRLW finals begin this weekend with Grand Final spots on offer for the winners. Meanwhile the NRL season is throwing up a few pleasant surprises. Our rugby league man, Ian Hauser, casts his eye over the state of play.

Wantok Almanac: PNG Footy and the Zimmie, Ace & Thyra show

March 29, 2022 by 7 Comments

Jarrod Landells and David Bridie’s Wantok Almanac highlight the love of footy in all its codes in found in PNG, with focus on some names of the future.

Almanac Rugby League – NRLW 2021 Round 5 and NRL 2022 Round 3

March 24, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Ian reflects on the high and lows from the rugby games that just passed, while we all look forward to the derby game between the Cowboys and the Broncos this weekend.

Almanac Rugby League: NRLW Round 4 and NRL Round 2

March 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Ian Hauser reports on both the NRLW and NRL rounds from the rounds that past, with some of the best run sequences of plays he’s ever saw in the NRLW’s competition between the Broncos and the Dragons. He makes his next round of tipping on which teams are most likely to take home the points as the weekend looms closer.

Almanac Rugby League – 2022 NRL Round 1: And away we go!

March 10, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Ian Hauser sets the scene as the 2022 NRL season gets under way tonight (Thursday).

Almanac Rugby League – 2021 NRLW Round 2: Waterlogged!

March 10, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Ian Hauser recounts Round 2 of the 2021 NRLW season with Lauren Brown a standout for the Broncos as they topple Knights on their home turf

Almanac Rugby League: NRLW 2021 Round 1 – Broncos set the standard

March 3, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Ian Hauser reports on the opening round of the 2021 NRLW season where the Brisbane Broncos sent out an ominous warning to the other five teams.

Almanac Rugby League: NRLW 2021 underway at last!

February 24, 2022 by Leave a Comment

The delayed 2021 NRLW season kicks off on Sunday with a triple header in Newcastle. Ian Hauser previews the opening round.

Memorial: Olsen Filipaina (includes link to live stream)

February 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment

A service in memory of Olsen ‘Big O’ Filipaina will be held today in Sydney – for those unable to attend, there is a remote option available to pay your respects to a life that inspired many.

Almanac Rugby League: Whistle blows for female refs

February 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment

For the first time in one-referee NRL matches, two female whistle-blowers have been appointed to officiate in this weekend’s trial matches; the All Star matches have come and gone; and the NRLW is now just 10 days away. Ian Hauser brings us up to date with rugby league.