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 Manly Way

April 23, 2020 by 5 Comments

Why do we choose to follow a particular footy club? What is it that makes us stick with them through thick and thin? In our ongoing Thursday series of rugby league reflections, Lindsey Cuthbertson explains why it’s ‘The Manly Way’ for him.

Almanac Rugby League – Some push pianos, others play them

April 16, 2020 by 6 Comments

In our continuing series of rugby league stories, Steve and Col Wilson tinkle the ivories to explain why ‘some players push pianos while others play them’. They argue that it’s one aspect of the game that has never changed.

Almanac Rugby League – Convent Kids in Clydesdale Country (Part 2)

April 9, 2020 by 1 Comment

Damian Roache concludes his tale of his childhood days playing in the Toowoomba-based junior rugby league Catholic Convent Competition.

Almanac Rugby League – Convent Kids in Clydesdale country (Part 1)

April 8, 2020 by 6 Comments

In our continuing series on rugby league stories, Damian Roache sets the background to his childhood days playing in the Convent Schools competition in Toowoomba. His story concludes tomorrow.

Almanac Rugby League – Tigers, Tigers, burning bright

April 2, 2020 by 1 Comment

Our series of rugby league stories continues with Ian Hauser’s account of Grand Final Day 2015 in the NSW CRL’s Group 9 competition. Playing in three of the day’s five matches, the Gundagai Tigers were out to claw their way to premiership glory after years and years of missed opportunities.

Almanac Rugby League – Grand Finals in Group 9: a reporter’s view from inside the fence

March 26, 2020 by 3 Comments

Liam Hauser continues our series of stories from rugby league’s back catalogue. He recalls his experiences reporting Grand Final clashes in Group 9 for local newspapers in the Riverina.

Almanac Rugby League – ‘There’s got to be a morning after’*

March 26, 2020 by 5 Comments

What do the disaster movies of the early 70s have in common with the head honchos of the NRL? Our rugby league correspondent Ian Hauser has been pondering this question.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 2 Draw

March 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment

The NRL’s Round 2 draw contains a few changes of venue, so please check out the details here. It may well prove to be the last Round we see for some time.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL 2020: Round 2

March 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Round 1 of the NRL produced a few upsets – always a good thing! Now we need to consider if we’ll be upset if this weekend’s Round 2 proves to be the last we see of the code for some time. Ian Hauser previews the matches in prospect.

Almanac Rugby League: Getting into the nostalgia thing

March 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment

The rugby league faction within The Almanac community is joining in the nostalgia focus emerging on the site this week. We go back to a classic by John Harms to set the scene for what will be a series of pieces over the coming months which will offer insights into the code.