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 – Finals Week 1: The Dogs of war find a golden point miracle

September 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment

In the world of the NRL the Bulldogs actually get up in an elimination final thriller. Did Richard Branson get on the wrong Dogs?

Almanac Rugby League – NRL 2015 Finals, Week 1: Cameron Smith leads from the front, so Melbourne win

September 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The Storm secure the only Preliminary Final to be held in Melbourne in a couple of weeks as Wayne Ball ponders why the Roosters can’t get bums on seats

Almanac Rugby League – “Rugby League: the greatest game of all”

September 3, 2015 by 11 Comments

Murray Bird returned to Langlands Park for some enjoyable late season Queensland Cup Rugby League action. A lot had changed since he was last there in the 1970s, but not the drinking (or smoking) preferences of the locals.

Almanac Rugby League – Tom Brock Lecture 2015

August 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment

This year’s Tom Brock Lecture is to be given by Ross McMullin in Sydney on 16 September.

Almanac Rugby League – The courageous journey of Ian Roberts (first published in The Guardian Australia).

August 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Your Almanac for the Train: A fantastic profile of Rugby League trailblazer Ian Roberts, the code’s first openly gay player by Patrick Skene

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin 2015: Game Three – Red Dead Redemption

July 16, 2015 by 2 Comments

Callum O’Connor’s first rugby league match sees the Maroons run riot against the shell-shocked Blues.

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin, Game 3: Jubilant Queensland (the whole state)

July 9, 2015 by 6 Comments

“They won the mental game . They won the physical game. They won the skills game. They passed the magical 50 points mark.” A brilliant reflection on the history of Queensland sport from JJ Leahy, inspired by the magnificent performance of JT, Cam Smith and…well, all of them really.

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: Happy Birthday Mal and Game 3 chat

July 8, 2015 by 1 Comment

Happy Birthday Mal!

Leave your greeting. For Mal. For Queensland. For NSW?

Who wins, and why?

Almanac Rugby League – Aaron Woods: The mummy’s boy with a warrior’s spirit (first published in the The Guardian Australia)

July 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Friend of the Almanac Patrick Skene’s outstanding profile of Wests Tigers, NSW and Kangaroos star prop Aaron Woods in The Guardian. Even if you’re not a fan of League, this is a fantastic sporting read and well worth your time.

Almanac Rugby League – One for the Maroons

June 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The chant of “Queenslander” is a special part of Maroons origin folklore. Born in the Super League wars of the mid-1990s it is an integral part of one of Queensland’s most improbable series victories.