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 Finals Week Three

Hamish Neal on the players and stats that matter, ahead of NRL Grand Final 2016: Melbourne v Cronulla.

Will there be peace in the footy wars?

With the NRL and AFL’s respective finales approaching, eminent Australian economist and former Adelaide Uni Blacks footballer Tim “Plug” Harcourt writes on “football multiculturalism” and the various football codes of Australia. What’s the state of play?

Almanac Rugby League – Finals Week 3, 2016: A week of underdogs in both codes

Nick Kossatch on the incredible simultaneous stories of AFL Dogs and NRL Sharks.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Preliminary Final Preview: Cronulla v North Queensland

Preliminary Finals in the NRL and Paul Macadam is toey, his Sharks are seeking their first ever premiership and have a scratchy prelim finals record while the Cowboys, are defending their Flag. Promises to be a classic match, winner into the GF.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Finals Week Two, 2016

Hamish Neal and his regular five metre gap looks at the points you may have missed from the second weekend of the NRL finals.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Finals 2016 Week One

Hamish Neal on the NRL Finals – with Melbourne and Cronulla each winning a week’s rest before their Preliminary Finals.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Finals Week 1: Canberra v Cronulla – Keep the light on

Paul McAdam, Cronulla man, brings us this beauty from the NRL Finals pressure cooker. “It feels like a turning point. Not just for this season, but potentially in the history of the club…”

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 26, 2016

And so Melbourne Storm finish the NRL 2016 season on top of the ladder. Hamish Neal here with Round 26 and tips for finals week 1.

Almanac Rugby League – Finals Schedule 2016

Check out the schedule for the first week of the NRL finals. Who wins the premiership?

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 25 and Challenge Cup Final 2016

As the NRL season reaches its climax, Hamish Neal reviews the penultimate round of home and away matches.