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 – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 6, 2017

April 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment

The NRL Round 6 has concluded and St George have taken the top spot while the Knights sit at the bottom of the ladder.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL: It’s time Benny hollered for a marshall and sent young Anthony to the Sound

April 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Archie’s highly-secret strategy to turn the Bronco’s season around by sending their star half to a glacial ground and employing a pack of llamas to put the spit and polish on his game and let hit talent abound.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 5, 2017

April 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Round 5 of the NRL is complete and Melbourne Storm remain as the only undefeated team. Hamish Neal has all the action from the weekend covered.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 4, 2017: Parramatta v Cronulla – Two and two

March 29, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Paul Macadam is happy for the Cronulla win, and knows where he’ll be come next round.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 4, 2017

March 27, 2017 by Leave a Comment

NRL Round 4 has wrapped up and the Sydney Roosters and Melbourne Storm remain undefeated. Hamish Neal has the latest news.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 3, 2017: Cronulla v St George – You can’t do that

March 24, 2017 by 1 Comment

Paul is second guessing whether the Cronulla Sharks are suffering from their premiership hangover. After two losses from three games, it’s certainly not an ideal start to defending the cup.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 3, 2017

March 21, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Hamish Neal with his Round 3 NRL review. He considers the upsets, the return of Billy Slater and the peculiar use of interchange, noting too that Tigers coach Jason Taylor has been given the boot.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 2: Canberra v Cronulla – Be-bop-a-lula, he’s our Brailey

March 14, 2017 by 3 Comments

Cronulla Sharks proved their doubters wrong on the weekend, avoiding the premiership hangover by getting their first win of the season in Round 2. And it was a thrashing, writes Paul Macadam.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 2, 2017

March 13, 2017 by 2 Comments

Round 2 of the NRL in review, courtesy of Hamish Neal.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 1: Five Metre Gap

March 6, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Round one of the 2017 NRL season is done and Hamish Neal has the action from the weekend covered.