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 – New NRL season kicks off tomorrow night

March 13, 2019 by 1 Comment

The 2019 NRL premiership season kicks off tomorrow night when the Melbourne Storm play host to the Brisbane Broncos. Here’s our season preview complete with fearless predictions.

Almanac Rugby League – QRL Intrust Super Cup: 2019 season kicks off today

March 9, 2019 by 1 Comment

The QRL Intrust Super Cup season 2019 kicks off today. Our resident rugby league writer Ian Hauser offers his thoughts on the season (as well as his method of easing the pain of ironing).

Almanac Rugby League – Season 2019 – 7 days and counting

March 7, 2019 by 3 Comments

One week out from the 2019 NRL season’s Round 1 kick-off, a call goes out to rugby league supporters to get on the Almanac wagon. If the on-field action is half as frantic as the off-season’s antics, we’re in for one hell of a ride!

Almanac Rugby League – Australian Indigenous All Stars v New Zealand Maori All Stars: a promising start to the new season

February 16, 2019 by Leave a Comment

The rugby league season kicked off last night when the Australian Indigenous All Stars took on the NZ Maori All Stars – and a promising start to the season it was. Here’s how Ian Hauser saw it.

Almanac Rugby League – Indigenous All Stars v New Zealand Maori All Stars: Footy’s back at last!

February 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Top flight rugby league returns on Friday night after a five month hiatus when the Indigenous All Stars take on the NZ Maori All Stars at Melbourne’s AAMI Park. Here’s a preview.

Almanac Rugby League – Australia v Tonga: and the winner is…rugby league!

October 21, 2018 by 2 Comments

Passion, pride and Pacific power were on display at Mt Smart Stadium but the Kangaroos were up to the challenge. Here’s how the last southern hemisphere match of the year played out.

Almanac Rugby League – the final Test

October 18, 2018 by 2 Comments

The rugby league season finally ends this weekend with the clash between Australia and Tonga. Here’s our preview.

Almanac Rugby League – Australia v New Zealand: the winners

October 14, 2018 by 1 Comment

Yesterday’s feast of rugby league at Mt Smart Stadium came in three courses but we’ll have to wait until next weekend for dessert. Here’s how it panned out.

Almanac Rugby League – Australia v New Zealand Test matches

October 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Just when you thought it was all over, this weekend sees three Australian rugby league teams take on their Kiwi counterparts at Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland. For possibly the first time, the programme will see the men’s Junior Kangaroos, the Jillaroos and the Kangaroos in action at the same venue on the same day. Here’s a preview

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Grand Final Day winners

October 1, 2018 by 1 Comment

After an absorbing AFL Grand Final on Saturday, the NRL hosted its big day yesterday. Here’s how we saw it play out. It didn’t quite go the way we (or most people, for that matter) expected.