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 – A quiet week in sport? Not in New Zealand.

February 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Looks like JTH was completely wrong. Matt O’Hanlon and G Squared had a massive weekend in sport – in New Zealand. [Worth reading just for the stare-off count, but lots of tips for how to cram action into a sports tour. You, MOH, are an ornament to the game. – Ed]

Jarryd Hayne 8 NFL Games: A Mea Culpa

January 6, 2016 by 2 Comments

Hamish Neal gives us facts, figures and considered opinion on Jarryd Hayne’s foray into the NFL.

Almanac Rugby League – 2015 NRL Season In Review

October 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Brutus reviews the 2015 NRL season in verse

Almanac Rugby League – Who Wants To Be A Coach?

October 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment

It’s been a tough year to be a Penrith Panthers fan in the National Rugby League. It must have been so much tougher if you were the actual coach.

Almanac Rugby League – Footballing gods smile on Ipswich

October 7, 2015 by 3 Comments

Sunday’s NRL Grand Final is already being coined the greatest in the code’s history. While the focus was on the feats of Jonathon Thurston and the success of the North Queensland Cowboys, Harold Peacock also found plenty to celebrate in the Ipswich Jets’ NRL State Championship win in the curtain raiser.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Grand Final 2015 : Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys – the view from Up North

October 5, 2015 by 1 Comment

Peter Hulthen, of Townsville, gives a north Queenslander’s response to the NRL Grand Final.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Grand Final 2015: Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys – The Greatest Grand Final of All Time

October 4, 2015 by 5 Comments

Wayne Ball tells the story of what he thinks is the greatest Grand Final of all time.

Almanac Rugby League – PNG Hunters are more than a football team

September 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The PNG Hunters are just about to play the Ipswich Jets in he Queensland Cup preliminary final. Patrick Skene explains what that means to the people of PNG. (First published in The Guardian)

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Finals Week 2: Roosters v Bulldogs – Video killed the Rugby League show

September 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The use of the video referee has Wayne Ball clucking mad as the Roosters unslip the Dogs of War. What is going on?

Almanac Rugby League – Homo Morphsuitius

September 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment

For those who recall the grand old days of rugby league in Brisbane – when Brothers and Fortitude Valleys ran around – this piece from that noted biological historian Matt O’Hanlon will resonate. Report of the BRL second division final Grand Final. [Very funny MOH – were they serving double rums free with the cans of XXXX Gold?]