RITV returns with his first look at the 2026 NRL season. The annual Charity Shield fixture featured a player with connections to the Hansens’ days in Brisbane. And, true to form, Rabbit’s ‘Barossa Red Wine of the Week’ also returns with a beauty!
NRL 2026 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: 2026 Charity Shield – St George-Illawarra v South Sydney
February 19, 2026 by 2 Comments
The Ashes – Fifth Test, Sydney Day 2: Travis Head does not need any prayers
January 6, 2026 by 5 Comments
As Russel Hansen reports, Travis Head certainly did not need his prayers in St Peters Cathedral before play as he heads towards another century on a day that saw plenty of runs scored.
The Ashes – Third Test, Adelaide Day 3: A report from The Governor’s pew (and another century for a South Australian).
December 20, 2025 by 9 Comments
Rabbit in the Vineyard fronted up for Day 1 of the Adelaide Test and followed up with Day 3. The Queenslander found himself immersed in a very South Australian experience. And he wound up in The Governor’s pew in St Peter’s Cathedral.
Almanac Rugby League – RITV: The First Ashes Test
October 30, 2025 by 4 Comments
Like most fans, Rabbit in the Vineyard found little to enthuse about after watching the Australian Kangaroos defeat England in the First Test of the 2025 rugby league Ashes series.
RITV Summer Series – Athletics: Gout Gout’s last races for Ipswich Grammar School
October 23, 2025 by 4 Comments
Russel Hansen will tune in to the live stream of tomorrow’s Brisbane GPS track and field championships to watch Gout Gout run for his school, Ipswich Grammar School, for the last time. The occasion will also remind RITV of some of the best years of his life involved in this special sports environment.
Almanac Rugby League – RITV: Kangaroo Tour Memories – The 1982 Invincibles
October 16, 2025 by 5 Comments
In the lead-up to the 2025 rugby league Ashes Tour, RITV casts his mind back to 1982 and ‘The Invincible’ Tour by the team ‘that changed rugby league forever’.
Almanac Athletics – RITV: World Athletics Championships – Rest of the World Top 8
October 2, 2025 by 5 Comments
Last week, RITV explained his top Australian performances at the recent Tokyo World Athletics Championships. This week he broadens his scope to list his choices for the top 8 performances by athletes from the rest of the world.
Almanac Athletics – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Top Australian performances in Tokyo
September 25, 2025 by 6 Comments
RITV puts on his athletics coach hat to list his Top 8 performances by Australian athletes at the World Championships in Tokyo.
NRL Round 27 – RITV: Jye Gray the shining light in a dull Rabbitohs season
September 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Jye Gray is RITV’s South Sydney Player of the Year.
NRL Round 26 – RITV: Athletics leads the way
September 4, 2025 by 2 Comments
South Sydney had a bye last weekend so RITV turns his attention to his other sporting passion, athletics. And what a good story it is!
NRL Round 25 – RITV: 40-0! So much more relaxing.
August 28, 2025 by 2 Comments
For the first time in quite a while, RITV sat back and relaxed as he watched his beloved Bunnies run riot over the St George-Illawarra Dragons.
NRL Round 24 – RITV: South Sydney score back-to-back wins!
August 21, 2025 by 2 Comments
RITV is all in for Jye Gray, the fill-in fullback who, surely, must win the Rabbitohs’ Best and Fairest this year! Move over Latrell, he’s got your number!
NRL Round 23 – RITV: A win is a win is a win!
August 14, 2025 by 4 Comments
RITV is basking in the glow of a rare South Sydney win where the enigmatic Latrell Mitchell was his truly enigmatic self! Glory! Glory!
NRL Round 22 – RITV: Wake me up when September ends
August 7, 2025 by 2 Comments
Just where do you start with the Rabbitohs’ ongoing tale of Season 2025 woe? RITV struggles to come to grips with it all. Is the red wine of the week an ironic choice?
NRL Round 21 – RITV: South Sydney v Cronulla Sutherland – Eight losses in a row
July 31, 2025 by 3 Comments
South Sydney can’t take a trick so RITV is looking forward to the World Athletics Championships in September!
NRL Round 20 – RITV: Winning is a habit, losing is a habit
July 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Habits are hard to break. Just ask RITV after South Sydney lost their seventh game in a row.
State of Origin 3: A Queensland gathering at the Tanunda Club (Part 1)
July 10, 2025 by 5 Comments
A dozen or so Queenslanders walk into a bar…A pensive, then happy, then raucous lot.
NRL Round 18 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Bring on the bye
July 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett has never coached a team to the wooden spoon but he’ll be doing well to keep the Bunnies off the bottom over the next couple of months says RITV. And he wonders why the club would add a complication to the situation.
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