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 – Mal’s Speech to the Boys on Game Two Eve

June 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Inspirational!

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 13: Storm v Sharks – Back to Earth

June 12, 2013 by 1 Comment

Jetlagged and homesick, Andy Frame finds watching his Sharks outclassed to be all too reminiscent of his painful flight from Australia to Heathrow.

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: Alternative universe

June 7, 2013 by 3 Comments

Geoffrey Woolcock sides with The Pearl – Gallen’s hit had no place on the field, even in the alternative universe that is Origin. He wants to know how you see it.

Almanac Rugby League – Love to hear your thoughts on (and during) Origin I

June 5, 2013 by 2 Comments

What’s on your Queensland mind? Or your New South mind? Or your Mexican mind?

Almanac Rugby League – A little ditty for Origin I: That’s in Queensland

June 5, 2013 by 2 Comments

To get us all thinking of State of Origin.

Almanac Rugby League – Homecoming

June 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment

After 15 years away, a weary traveller returns excitedly to Cronulla for the Sharks match against Souths. And it proves to be a good night to come home.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 8: St George Illawarra v Manly – When parking the car is the only highlight

May 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Michael Adams is hoping for a big Dragons performance but his highlight is a little more pedestrian.

Almanac Rugby league – The Rugby League Almanac: Media Release

April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

  Media Release – brilliant fan-writing about the greatest game of all   A classic new footy book, The Rugby League Almanac 2012 (500 pages, Malarkey Publications) is a game-by-game account of the 2012 NRL season. Nothing like this has been done in rugby league before. It’s a lot of fun. The Rugby League Almanac [Read more]

Almanac Rugby League – Book Review: The Rugby League Almanac – You hate us, we love it.

April 15, 2013 by 1 Comment

Joseph Ryan is a Melbourne-based Melbourne Storm fan.

He makes some astute observations about some of the writing on Melbourne Storm matches in The Rugby League Almanac.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 5: Canberra v Roosters – The Green Redemption

April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment

For Nick Campton, watching the Raiders play is an experience fraught with a range of emotions, varying from ecstasy to rage to disappointment to soul-crushing despondence. When he dies, his autopsy will read “Cause of Death: The Canberra Raiders”.