Prop by the Sea recaps the highs and lows of Round 14, and picks which teams he’s going to bet on in Round 15.
2026 NRL – Prop by the Sea: You Gotta Love Footy
June 4, 2026 by 3 Comments
Prop by the Sea recounts the stellar wins and disappointing losses of last weekend’s games and gives his two-cents worth on who he thinks the winning teams will be in Round 14.
2026 NRL – Upsets on and off the field
April 1, 2026 by 3 Comments
After a weekend with several surprise results, the NRL is full of people and clubs who are more than a tad miffed this week.
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 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.
Almanac Rugby League: A league lamb no longer lost
April 1, 2025 by 4 Comments
Although a firm AFL follower Andrew ‘Dougie’ Fraser admits he is also a fellow NRL traveller and recalls his attraction to the game and the Canberra Raiders.
Almanac (Australian and rugby league) Footy – “You call this ‘finals fever’?”: An NRL + AFL Travelogue
September 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Joe Sexton displayed his footy catholicism by taking in both NRL and AFL finals in Melbourne. As a Carlton supporter he was emotionally uninvested in either match, standing back to make a whimsical evaluation of what transpired around him.
Almanac Rugby League: Iosia Soliola, a legend on and off the field!
April 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
‘Iosia Soliola is one of the most well-regarded rugby league players I have ever encountered personally or heard of. He was (and is) an absolute champion of a fellow with the Sydney Roosters, Newtown Jets, St Helens and the Canberra Raiders.’ Here’s why!
Almanac Rugby League: New ladder leader in the NRL
July 20, 2020 by 2 Comments
The Penrith Panthers moved to the top of the NRL ladder after the Parramatta Eels and Sydney Roosters suffered shock defeats. Liam Hauser takes a look at Round 10 of the competition in a year where the good are quite good and the less said about the bad, the better.
Almanac Rugby League – Tigers fans have ’89: The 1989 NRL Grand Final
June 4, 2020 by 6 Comments
The gods of football aligned their stars in 1989 to produce two memorable Grand Finals in the NRL and the AFL. Guy Ragan, a Tigers man through and through, reflects on that game and what might have been. (A great account of a great game. – Ed.)
Almanac Rugby League – Season 2020 germinates but also experiences a loss
February 26, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The 2020 rugby league season is slowly gaining momentum. Correspondent Ian Hauser looks back at three significant events from the last few days.
Almanac Rugby League – 2019 NRL Grand Final: Sydney Roosters v Canberra Raiders – there’s nothing like a bit of controversy!
October 6, 2019 by 8 Comments
The 2019 NRL Grand Final may well go down as one of the more controversial grand finals in quite some time. Ian Hauser watched the Sydney Roosters take on the Canberra Raiders.
Almanac Rugby League – 1989 Grand Final: Dreams and Nightmares
October 3, 2019 by 7 Comments
The year 1989 didn’t just feature an epic AFL Grand Final. The NRL also staged a classic for the ages, between Balmain and Canberra. Tim Johnson thinks this game deserves more attention than it has subsequently received. And with Canberra back in this year’s Grand Final, there just may be a pertinent lesson or two.
Almanac Rugby League – 2019 NRL and NRLW Grand Finals: Roosters to crow and Dragons to breathe fire
October 3, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Rugby League takes centre stage this weekend with the NRL and NRLW Grand Finals to be played on Sunday. Our rugby league man, Ian Hauser, gives his preview.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 18: First on-field female referee after 111 years!
July 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
History will be made in the NRL tonight – for the first time in it’s 111 year history, there will be a female on-field referee! Congratulations, Belinda Sharpe! Ian Hauser also casts his eye over Round 18 and nominates his winners.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 17 Preview
July 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
After a better tipping effort in last weekend’s NRL Round, Ian Hauser previews Round 17 and chooses his winners for Round 17.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 15: There is movement on the ladder
July 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Aficionado maybe, tipster not! Ian Hauser runs his eye over the weekend’s NRL results to try to glean what it all means and finds some support for his ‘moving month’ theory.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 15: Is it moving time on the ladder?
June 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Our rugby league man, Ian Hauser, thinks we’ve reached ‘moving month’ in the NRL with lots at stake this weekend for teams at all levels on the ladder. He tells us why.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 19: Cronulla v Canberra – Fine margins, shared moments
July 25, 2018 by 3 Comments
Paul Macadam returns to these pages after a long break as his Cronulla remains in the NRL finals race [and a memorable opening couplet – Ed]
Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 24, 2017
August 22, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Melbourne Storm secured the minor premiership two rounds still to go whilst the Raiders defeat to Penrith means they are all but out of finals contention unless the Dragons and Manly both lose their remaining two games.
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