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.

 

International Rugby League – The Ashes and the Pacific Championships

October 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment

The NRL season is done and dusted. Now let’s enjoy both an Ashes Tour and the Pacific Championships. Ian Hauser provides an introduction to the 2025 rugby league international season.

2025 NRL Grand Final Review: Great Heights

October 9, 2025 by 4 Comments

The Prospector was there to see the Broncos corral the Storm. This was his perspective from the great heights of the grandstand.

2025 NRL Grand Final – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love Grand Final footy!

October 9, 2025 by 9 Comments

Prop by the Sea takes us on his NRL B2B Grand Final Tour with his offsiders The Prospector, The Crabman and The MahJong Hand. With a cast like that, how could it be anything but entertaining?

2025 NRL Grand Final – Just a couple more things…

October 9, 2025 by 1 Comment

A few days down the track from his first thoughts on the Grand Final, Ian Hauser offers a few more observations before he signs off from the NRL season.

2025 NRL Grand Final – Purple Haze: Phased out!

October 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Purple Haze revisits the NRL Grand Final and works out where it was lost by the Storm and won by the Broncos.

2025 NRL and NRLW Grand Finals – Brisbane: Rugby League Central and Footy Capital of Australia

October 6, 2025 by 1 Comment

Ian Hauser has a million thoughts running around in his head after the Brisbane Broncos won both the NRLW and NRL titles last night. A few of those ideas escaped onto his keyboard early today.

Almanac Athletics – RITV: World Athletics Championships – Rest of the World Top 8

October 2, 2025 by 5 Comments

Last week, RITV explained his top Australian performances at the recent Tokyo World Athletics Championships. This week he broadens his scope to list his choices for the top 8 performances by athletes from the rest of the world.

2025 NRL Grand Final – Why the Broncos will win

October 2, 2025 by 6 Comments

By invitation, The Prospector returns to tell us why he thinks the Brisbane Broncos will beat the Melbourne Storm in Sunday’s NRL Grand Final.

2025 NRL Grand Final – Why the Melbourne Storm will win

October 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Guest writer Purple Haze tells us why the Melbourne Storm will prevail over the Brisbane Broncos in Sunday’s NRL Grand Final.

2025 NRL Grand Final Preview – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

October 2, 2025 by 6 Comments

Prop by the Sea has completed his crusade to the Middle East and Europe, spreading the gospel of rugby league to all and sundry willing to listen. He returns to The Footy Almanac just in time to preview Sunday’s Grand Final before he heads off with ‘the usual reprobates’ on their annual Grand Final Tour via Bimbi and Bondi.