Jamie Simmons, once a Victorian, explains the challenges of assimilating into Queensland culture, especially when he can’t hack supporting the Brisbane Broncos (which just happens to be the team of his father-in-law).
2026 NRL – The hits and misses of Round 1 and a preview of Round 2
March 11, 2026 by 3 Comments
Who flashed, who flopped and what can we make of Round 1? Round 2 looks just as tricky to tip.
2026 NRL – Maori v Indigenous and the World Club Challenge: Serious Business!
February 19, 2026 by 2 Comments
Rugby League editor Ian Hauser is off on an early (mini) rant about the pre-season comp before he tackles the more serious matches played last weekend. Then there’s the World Club Challenge to be played early tomorrow, Australian time.
2025 NRL Grand Final Review: Great Heights
October 9, 2025 by 4 Comments
The Prospector was there to see the Broncos corral the Storm. This was his perspective from the great heights of the grandstand.
2025 NRL Grand Final – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love Grand Final footy!
October 9, 2025 by 9 Comments
Prop by the Sea takes us on his NRL B2B Grand Final Tour with his offsiders The Prospector, The Crabman and The MahJong Hand. With a cast like that, how could it be anything but entertaining?
2025 NRL Grand Final – Just a couple more things…
October 9, 2025 by 1 Comment
A few days down the track from his first thoughts on the Grand Final, Ian Hauser offers a few more observations before he signs off from the NRL season.
2025 NRL Grand Final – Purple Haze: Phased out!
October 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Purple Haze revisits the NRL Grand Final and works out where it was lost by the Storm and won by the Broncos.
2025 NRL and NRLW Grand Finals – Brisbane: Rugby League Central and Footy Capital of Australia
October 6, 2025 by 1 Comment
Ian Hauser has a million thoughts running around in his head after the Brisbane Broncos won both the NRLW and NRL titles last night. A few of those ideas escaped onto his keyboard early today.
2025 NRL Grand Final – Why the Broncos will win
October 2, 2025 by 6 Comments
By invitation, The Prospector returns to tell us why he thinks the Brisbane Broncos will beat the Melbourne Storm in Sunday’s NRL Grand Final.
2025 NRL Grand Final – Why the Melbourne Storm will win
October 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Guest writer Purple Haze tells us why the Melbourne Storm will prevail over the Brisbane Broncos in Sunday’s NRL Grand Final.
2025 NRL and NRLW Grand Finals – Will Brisbane be the new sporting capital of Australia?
October 1, 2025 by 1 Comment
Ian Hauser takes a look at the 2025 NRL Grand Final where the losing sides from the last two years, the Melbourne Storm and the Brisbane Broncos, get their chance to set the record straight. And in the NRLW, the two powerhouse teams of 2025, the Sydney Roosters and the Brisbane Broncos, look set to put on a worthy season finale.
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 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 15 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
June 12, 2025 by 4 Comments
Prop looks back at Round 14 and forward to Round 15 and gives it to old mate Grubby. [Enjoy Perth Prop – Ed]
NRL Round 10 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
May 7, 2025 by 4 Comments
Prop is not by the sea this weekend, unless of course we’re talking about the inland seas, because he’s off to Quilpie. Those nostalgic about Queensland town names will enjoy this report.
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 Grand Final – The Road to the Finals: Part Four
September 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Matt O’Hanlon sees similarities between this year’s NRL Grand Final opponents and the 1986 Cox Plate blockbuster battle between Bonecrusher and Our Waverley Star. ‘I think this game will be very tight,’ he says.
NRL and NRLW Grand Finals – Hot favourites, worthy challengers
September 28, 2023 by 3 Comments
The Penrith Panthers and the Newcastle Knights go into the NRL and NRLW Grand Finals as hot favourites to lift their respective titles. But who can deny that that Brisbane Broncos and the Gold Titans are worthy challengers? Ian Hauser previews this weekend’s Grand Finals.
NRL Round 21 – South Sydney v Brisbane Broncos: The late season surge – Starts next week
July 24, 2023 by Leave a Comment
South Sydney leaked another 30+ points against the Brisbane Broncos, much to the consternation of Rabbitoh tragic Russel Hansen.
NRL Round 4: Spare us the hoopla and just give us the footy, please.
March 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment
The scribes are hard at it as they confect storylines to promote the first Brisbane Broncos v Dolphins clash this weekend. Spare us the hoopla and just give our tipster Ian Hauser the footy, thanks very much.
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