Our rugby league editor, Ian Hauser, keeps hearing the songs of Robert Palmer in the background as he contemplates Week 3 of the 2025 NRL finals series.
NRL Finals Week 2 – Prop’s proxy, The Prospector: You gotta love footy!
September 18, 2025 by 9 Comments
The Prospector reports on Prop’s overseas meanderings before casting his eye over Week 2 of the 2025 NRL finals.
2025 NRL Finals Week 2: Can it possibly be as good as Week 1?
September 18, 2025 by 1 Comment
After an exhilarating Week 1 of NRL Finals, Ian Hauser explains why he thinks Canberra has what it takes to fight back in Week 2 while the Panthers will stay alive to fight another day.
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.
Almanac Footy (Life): Classic Tales with Mark Courtney
September 11, 2025 by 1 Comment
Mark Courtney, a passionate Rabbitohs fan and Almanac supporter, recently reprised, in video format, his classic tale about his three decade bromance with his mate Greg.
NRL 2025 Finals, Week 1 – Prop’s proxy, The Prospector: You gotta love footy!
September 11, 2025 by 7 Comments
Prop by the Sea’s entourage has moved on to the Emerald Isle while The Prospector has had two weeks of solid tipping. Here are his thoughts for Week 1 of the NRL Finals.
NRL Finals, Week 1 – Can Canberra or the Roosters defy history?
September 11, 2025 by 1 Comment
Can Canberra defy history or will their huge loss in Round 27 simply become a footnote in the annals of NRL finals?
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!
Almanac Rugby League – The 26th Annual Tom Brock Lecture: Stories of PNG Rugby League
September 4, 2025 by 1 Comment
Patrick Skene had his first rugby league story published on The Footy Almanac in 2014. This week he presented the 26th Annual Tom Brock Lecture in Sydney, speaking about the history of rugby league in Papua New Guinea and their entry into the NRL in 2028.
NRL Round 27 – Prop’s proxy, The Prospector: You gotta love footy!
September 4, 2025 by 8 Comments
The Prospector offers his thoughts on the last round of the NRL while Prop by the Sea ventures to the Emerald Isle via the Persian Gulf.
NRL Round 27 – Permutations and Combinations (aka Snakes and Ladders)
September 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Ian Hauser revisits a childhood favourite, Snakes and Ladders, as he sorts out what might happen in the NRL’s Round 27.
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 26 – Prop and his proxy, The Prospector: You gotta love footy!
August 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Prop by the Sea offers his review of the NRL’s Round 25 before ‘doing a Penrith’ and taking a rest for a few weeks leading up to the climax of the season. And so today we introduce Prop’s proxy, The Prospector, who will come on as a replacement during September. (Welcome, Prospector, we look forward to you sifting through the lode to find the gems – Eds.)
NRL Round 26 and NRLW Round 9: Is resting players before finals ethical?
August 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Is it ethical to rest players leading into the finals? Penrith has taken it to the extreme in this weekend’s NRL Round 26.
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 25 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
August 21, 2025 by 1 Comment
Prop by the Sea gives his take on key clashes in NRL Round 25, salutes two inductees into the 350-game club, and spars his with old mate The Crabman.
NRL Round 25 and NRLW Round 8 – Obstructions and audacity
August 21, 2025 by 1 Comment
Ian Hauser is ‘just wild about Harry’ after the Melbourne captain’s stunning try to post a win over the Panthers. Meanwhile, the obstruction rule continues to cause confusion – and a bit of hypocrisy!
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 24 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
August 14, 2025 by 1 Comment
Prop by the Sea is ever mindful of his place on the tipping ladder but is generous in offering The Crabman plaudits for the latter’s perfect score last weekend. A few big games this week will help gauge the prospects of several finals contenders.
NRL Round 24 (Indigenous Round) and NRLW Round 7 – Hamming it up or just strung out?
August 14, 2025 by 1 Comment
Ian Hauser got lucky with ‘the toss of the coin’ last week. Looking at this weekend’s NRL Round 24, he reverted to the same methodology to try to find this weekend’s winners in a few games.
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