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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 – One for the Blues

June 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Ahead of tonight’s NRL State of Origin clash at the MCG, The Sydney Morning Herald’s Andrew Webster profiles NSW’s historic 1985 series win heroes. This may go someway to explaining why Origin stirs the blood of League lovers around the country.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL 2015: Penrith v Melbourne – When the Team Doesn’t Deliver, The Bar Staff Will

June 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Things aren’t going well for Wayne Ball’s Panthers

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin 2015: Blasphemy, But Origin Ain’t What It Used To Be

May 27, 2015 by 1 Comment

As State of Origin begins for another year, Blues supporter Wayne is disappointed that the mystery of Origin is no longer there.

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin 2015, Game 1: What it’s all about

May 27, 2015 by 3 Comments

What the might Maroons are fighting for – the Queensland way.

Almanac Rugby League – I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues: Why Origin 2015 is All Over Before it’s Even Started

May 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment

There is nothing quite like someone who goes the “early crow”. And Archie shows us just how to go the early crow as he explains that the Blues have no chance in 2015 Origin.

Almanac Rugby League: Olsen Filipaina

May 2, 2015 by 2 Comments

Patrick Skene’s story of Olsen Filipaina. [We are working with Patrick to put together a collection of his stories, forthcoming – Ed]

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 8: Penrith v Cronulla – Sun Finally Shines for Panthers.

April 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment

In insight into the ups and downs of life supporting the Penrith Panthers from Wayne Ball. on a wet ANZAC Day at Penrith Stadium, the Panthers show some of the spirit and resilience that coach Ivan Cleary and fans have been looking for.

Almanac Rugby League – Forza Inala!

March 19, 2015 by 7 Comments

In this classic memoir, Patrick O’Brien gives us a glimpse of the current premier’s home territory. Annastacia Palasczcuk is from Inala. Pat explains what that means by recalling the time his middle-class rugby league team took on the street-hard boys from down that way.

Almanac Rugby League – It’s Hot at Pepper Stadium

March 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The NRL season kicked off [no pun intended. – Ed] this weekend, with Souths beginning their 2015 where they left off last season by belting the Broncos, the Tigers and the Titans had ‘the close one’ and Ricky Stuart’s Raiders took the points at the Shire. Back from Auckland, Wayne Ball headed to the ‘Riff to see if the Panthers could get out of the blocks with some points against the tough-as-nails Bulldogs.

Almanac Rugby League – Glory, Glory to South Sydney

October 9, 2014 by 13 Comments

Arabella Douglas explains the significance of South Sydney to her family, and the place of rugby league in her Aboriginal community. [This is a powerful piece which conveys the depth of connection between people and rugby league – Ed]