Can Prop get Cronulla right this week? Let’s just say that he’s given Tigers supporters hope. Just what is the Origin state of fluid birthday? And check out the odd field goal facts!
NRL Round 19 – More Origin chaos makes tipping a nightmare
July 11, 2024 by 2 Comments
The absence of State of Origin players makes this week’s NRL tipping a bit of a lottery. But let’s have a go anyway!
Almanac Rugby League: Henson Park
July 4, 2024 by 5 Comments
John Campbell takes us back to the glory days of Newtown playing at Henson Park and shows us that sport is much more than sport. Yet another of his distinctive artworks adorns this piece. [Beautiful piece – JTH]
Almanac Rugby League – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Almanac on Tour
July 4, 2024 by 6 Comments
Rabbit in the Vineyard took two days off after the end of first semester to participate in some ‘professional development’ opportunities in Melbourne. The trip happened to coincide with Game 2 of the State of Origin series.
NRL Round 18 – You gotta love footy!
July 4, 2024 by 11 Comments
Prop in the Canefield went to Melbourne for Game 2 of State of Origin. As usual, his trip was crammed with frustrations and highlights. As for his NRL tips, he just cannot figure out the Sharks!
NRL Round 18 – How far back is too far back?
July 4, 2024 by 1 Comment
His tipping record is modest, to say the least, but rugby league editor Ian Hauser’s reckons that we’re about to see a great divide open up in the next few weeks between the finalists and the rest.
Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin Washup: And the winner is…Footy!
June 28, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Ian Hauser summarises both the men’s and women’s State of Origin matches.
NRL Round 17 – Sliding doors round
June 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Round 17 of the NRL season may well turn out to be decisive with the outcome of several matches vital to the season’s prospects of a number of teams.
Almanac Rugby League – Never the twain shall meet
June 26, 2024 by 15 Comments
As he was twelve years ago, John Harms is on the tram and on his way to the State of Origin match to be played at the MCG tonight. We reprise an Origin memory from 2012 by John. What would Mark Twain have thought?
NRL Round 17 (and Origin) – Prop in the Canefield: You’ve gotta love footy!
June 26, 2024 by 2 Comments
The Prop in the Canefield, down south for Origin 2, gives his thoughts on the latest round of NRL matches.
NRL Round 16 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Souths win four in a row
June 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Russel Hansen reports on the Rabbitohs’ blanketing of the Sea-Eagles
Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: All to play for
June 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
There’s all to play for in both the men’s and women’s State of Origin matches this week! Can the Maroons secure both series within 24 hours of each other? Ian Hauser offers his assessment and predictions.
NRL Round 15 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: A brush with the SA police, a burger at the ‘Stockie’ Hotel, and three consecutive wins!
June 20, 2024 by 4 Comments
Rabbit in the Vineyard had a pretty eventful Friday evening made all the more palatable by the renewed enthusiasm his beloved Souths are showing in attack and, especially, defence.
NRL Round 16 – Prop in the Canefield: You’ve gotta love footy!
June 20, 2024 by 6 Comments
Prop in the Canefield still can’t back a winner at the nags – but his season’s predictions for the NRL are making progress. He’s worried about this week’s NRL matches because of the Origin outs. He’ll be keeping an eye on the games as he packs his bags for Melbourne and Origin – and a meeting of the minds.
NRL Round 16: Origin season lucky dip (continued)
June 20, 2024 by 1 Comment
The lottery of tipping NRL winners during the State of Origin period continues. But ‘we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past’. Or something like that.
NRL Round 14 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Souths climb off the bottom of the ladder
June 13, 2024 by 1 Comment
RITV is buoyant after Latrell got interested and turned it on in the Rabbitohs eight-try demolition of the Titans. [Contains traces of red wine – Ed]
NRL Round 15: Up over the halfway mark
June 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
As the 2024 NRL season reaches the halfway mark, what do we know or, probably more realistically, what do we think we know?
Almanac Rugby League Meets Bob Dylan: Juxtaposition or Oxymoron?
June 13, 2024 by 3 Comments
Can there possibly be a link between rugby league and Bob Dylan cover songs? Moondance has unearthed this unlikely scenario.
NRL Round 15 – Prop in the Canefield: You Gotta Love Footy!
June 13, 2024 by 5 Comments
The Big Fella has made the trip Out West to the Injune Cup where he, Tommy and Tiny have eaten half a beast, lost a whole beast, failed to back a winner and engaged in some of the most brilliant mathematics of backlines since Pythagoras played five-eighth for Samos. [Outstanding – Ed]
Almanac Rugby League – Women’s State of Origin, Game 2: Missing the obvious omens
June 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Queensland did what Queensland does best – snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. This tipster, along with many others, missed the two obvious omens.
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