Just before we completely sign off from the rugby league season, here are some key dates for 2026, including the full season draw for both the NRL and the NRLW.
Almanac Rugby League – Vale Sam Backo
August 4, 2025 by 2 Comments
The rugby league world is mourning the passing of Sam Backo, the rampaging front rower of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Footy Almanac pays tribute to a great player and a wonderful servant of the community.
NRL Round 20 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
July 17, 2025 by 4 Comments
Prop by the Sea is living contentedly in a Maroon world. He’s a hard man to contain.
Almanac Travel: Not so much ‘la dolce vita’ as ‘la vita educativa’ (Part 4]
July 17, 2025 by 2 Comments
Ian Hauser continues his series about recent travel experiences in Europe. This time the focus is cruising.
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 19 (and Origin predictions) – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
July 10, 2025 by 6 Comments
Prop has a look back at Round 18 and previews Round 19 but leaves his most detailed analysis for Origin 3, coming up with an approach for the Queenslanders to win a game which has the potential to enter rugby league mythology.
NRL Round 18 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
July 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Prop is writing about the NRL comp, but his mind is elsewhere: Origin 3. He reports on Round 17 and looks at this weekend’s matches.
NRL Round 17 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
June 26, 2025 by 4 Comments
You have to ask: did Prop by the Sea have a hotline to Billy? [Close readers will have already pondered this – JTH]. He analyses Origin 2 and the recent NRL fixtures and has some predictions for Round 17.
State of Origin – Game 2, 2025: Origin at the Tanunda Club – the 1971 BRL Rothman’s Medallist, a (former) Cowboys cheer leader, a Rockford red, and the Maroons square the series
June 21, 2025 by 1 Comment
Rabbit in the Vineyard caught up with John Harms and a dozen or so lovers of rugby league to cheer on the mighty Maroons.
NRL Round 13 (and State of Origin I) – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
May 29, 2025 by 3 Comments
Prop was at Origin I and has a few thoughts as he does for last week’s round and the fixtures coming up. He’s coming off a 0/5 tipping performance. [He’s not the only one – Ed]
Almanac Rugby League State of Origin I: Blues Dominant
May 29, 2025 by 3 Comments
Rabbit in the Vineyard is forced to admit that the Blues are a very good rugby league outfit as they showed in State of Origin I.
Almanac (New) Books – ‘State of Origin: 45 Years’ by Liam Hauser
May 1, 2025 by 1 Comment
With the 2025 State of Origin series just weeks away, the release of Liam Hauser’s ‘State of Origin: 45 Years’ is timely indeed. The Footy Almanac is happy to support Liam, a rugby league (and cricket) specialist who has made many contributions to our pages over many years.
NRL Round 9 – Women’s State of Origin and NRL Magic Round
May 1, 2025 by 4 Comments
There’s a huge weekend of footy in Brisbane ahead with Game 1 of the women’s State of Origin series tonight, to be followed by Magic Round over the rest of the weekend.
State of Origin Post Mortem and NRL Round 21 – Prop in the Canefield: You gotta love footy!
July 25, 2024 by 8 Comments
The Blues spoiled Prop’s birthday bash but the food and the footy were good nevertheless. Now he’s looking forward to the run in to the finals with this week’s tips for Round 21.
Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin decider: The view from the Tanunda Club
July 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Rabbit in the Vineyard joined John Harms at the Tanunda Club to take in the State of Origin decider. A good Rockford red was not enough to get the Maroons home.
Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin, Game 3: Now that’s an Origin game (and series)!
July 18, 2024 by 7 Comments
NSW secured the 2024 State of Origin series after a physical, relentless and absorbing Game 3 decider. It was quintessential Origin footy!
NRL Round 20 and State of Origin 3: You gotta love footy!
July 17, 2024 by 2 Comments
Prop in the Canefield picks his Round 20 winners and tells us why Queensland will win the State of Origin decider.
Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin, Game 3: The Decider
July 17, 2024 by 1 Comment
Will it be more of the Blues’ power plus finesse or a typically gritty Maroons backs-to-the-wall win? Whatever, expect a cracker of a Game 3 decider to the 2024 State of Origin series.
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