Hamish Neal reviews a round of split fixtures due to Wednesday’s State of Origin. It helps to have elite players ineligible for State of Origin duties on your books.
Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 11, 2016
May 24, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Hamish Neal runs his eyes over the last full round of NRL before State of Origin. Which team has now twice blown a lead of 12 points or more?
Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 9, 2016
May 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Round 9 of the NRL and Hamish Neal provides an insightful round up.
Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 8, 2016
April 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Hamish Neal sums up NRL Round 8. Cronulla seems to be able to score from anywhere.
Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 7, 2016
April 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Hamish Neal’s observations on NRL Round 7. Is Manly’s new streak part of a developing trend in this game of football?
Almanac Rugby League: Five Metre Gap – NRL Round 6, 2016
April 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Hamish Neal on NRL Round 6, including news of Brisbane even scoring tries from kicks.
Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 2, 2016
March 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Hamish Neal on the hits and misses of NRL Round 2, in which tactics, ill-discipline and (lack of) imagination all played a part.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Grand Final 2015 : Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys – the view from Up North
October 5, 2015 by 1 Comment
Peter Hulthen, of Townsville, gives a north Queenslander’s response to the NRL Grand Final.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Grand Final 2015: Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys – The Greatest Grand Final of All Time
October 4, 2015 by 5 Comments
Wayne Ball tells the story of what he thinks is the greatest Grand Final of all time.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 4: Brisbane v Melbourne – Honk, Honk, Here Comes Cronk
April 3, 2013 by 2 Comments
Ian Hauser goes downstairs for one last time, and watches his Broncos get beaten by the clinical Storm.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 1: Broncos v Manly – Eighty minutes of relief
March 9, 2013 by 2 Comments
The second game of the season might have been overshadowed by the ongoing debacle that is the Cronulla Sharks, but the rugby league world will welcome a few hours where the concern is about tries and tackles rather than peptides and plea bargains.
Almanac Rugby League – Off Season Odyssey Part 41: Friday on Thursday
November 28, 2012 by 5 Comments
Rugby is tough, relentless. Teams run to patterns and plans. Weaknesses are exposed. It’s hard man’s chess, where players like the Storms’ Billy Slater are knights, able to cut at angles, and jump over you to find space.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 5, 2012: Brisbane vs St George Illawarra
March 31, 2012 by 3 Comments
Thank god for Andrew Voss. That’s not a statement I ever thought I would find myself typing, but after a month of ruined Friday nights courtesy of Ray Hadley’s execrable commentary, hearing the dulcet tones of Vossy, everyone’s 17th favourite sports caller, came as a welcome relief. If, as has been suggested, Hadley is viewed [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The Lang Park Report: 17 September 2011.
September 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Greg Strohal My maiden visit to Lang Park was a memorable one. The crowd some 48,000 was primed for an epic contest. We caught the bus from Adelaide Street and arrived at Lang Park and were greeted by a real buzz surrounding Lockyer’s last. We walk around to Caxton Street and took the obligatory [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The kids are alright
September 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Warriors have flown under the radar very effectively in the lead-up to this year’s finals series. They managed to get into Brisbane this week with barely a mention. Instead, it was all about the Broncos, the loss of Hoffmann and Thaiday, finding someone to protect Lockyer in the defensive line, and Hodges’ gammy hammy. [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – A day of answers
August 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
Travelling to Suncorp Stadium to the watch the Broncos and Rabbitohs on Sunday, I am blissfully content to be taking in what promises to be an entertaining fixture. I am in one of those truly liberated states where I actually have an open mind about the result and am just looking forward to the [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Sloppy Knights give Broncos an easy Monday night
August 25, 2011 by 2 Comments
When I hear the words Brisbane and rugby league together my mind first turns to the great BRL competition of the 1970s. That was another time. A decade later, many Queenslanders fell instantly in love with the Brisbane Broncos, marketed brilliantly as an incarnation of all things Queensland. But many didn’t. The dissenters could see [Read more]
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