Almanac Rugby League: Prop by the Sea – You Gotta Love Footy, Round 1

Prop is back for the new NRL season! The rugby league pundit formerly known as ‘Prop in the Canefield’ returns in 2025 as Prop by the Sea as he enjoys his retirement at Main Beach. (Welcome back, Prop – Ed.)

Almanac Rugby League: The annual All Stars games, and farewell to Christian Welch

The annual rugby league All Stars matches between the Indigenous and Maori teams will be played on Saturday night. Catch up on all the details, plus other information about all things rugby league here.

Almanac Rugby League: The NRL season preliminaries kick off

The NRL 2025 season preliminaries kick off this weekend. Here’s a brief guide to what’s happening in the coming weeks.

Almanac Rugby League: Things don’t always turn out right

There’s no guarantee you’ll recognise someone you should when you’re both way, way out of context. Our two regular rugby league columnists managed to pass each other by on NRL Grand Final weekend.

Almanac (International) Rugby League: The 2024 Pacific Championships

The rugby league Pacific Championships commences tomorrow night with a double-header at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium. Here are the draws for both the women’s and men’s series along with all of the teams for round one this weekend.

Almanac Rugby League – The vexed question of expansion

Our rugby league editor Ian Hauser outlines some of the proposals for the 18th, 19th and 20th licences in an expanded NRL.

NRL Round 16 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Souths win four in a row

Russel Hansen reports on the Rabbitohs’ blanketing of the Sea-Eagles

NRL Round 16 – Prop in the Canefield: You’ve gotta love footy!

Prop in the Canefield still can’t back a winner at the nags – but his season’s predictions for the NRL are making progress. He’s worried about this week’s NRL matches because of the Origin outs. He’ll be keeping an eye on the games as he packs his bags for Melbourne and Origin – and a meeting of the minds.

Almanac Rugby League: Valé Terry Hill

The Footy Almanac pays tribute to Terry Hill, an exciting, talented, in-your-face player and one of the real characters of the game.

Almanac Rugby League: “Ruck infringement, six again” – six Souths’ bye round comments

Rabbit in the Vineyard used South Sydney’s bye round to pause and take stock of where the season is at, with a couple of fringe benefits thrown in.

NRL Round 12 – Bunnies v Parra: Indigenous Round, first v fourteenth.

Rabbit in the Vineyard found his spiritual rugba league home in his new state when he attended the SA Bunnies function to watch his beloved South Sydney take on the battling Eels. [One of his fans has drawn a dinkus for his column – Ed]

NRL Round 8 – South Sydney Rabbitohs v Penrith Panthers: What a finish!

‘You can take me now! I have seen it all!’, says Russel Hansen after the Rabbitohs’ pulsating win over the Panthers in the the NRL’s Round 8.

NRL Round 8: ‘Nothing is revealed’ muttered this little neighbourhood boy

The Sea Eagles v Storm slugfest highlighted another top round in the NRL. Our tipster even had a good weekend for a change!

NRL Round 7 – Dolphins v South Sydney: A game of two halves

Rabbit in the Vineyard expands his search for ‘Barossa pie of the year’ while hoping that his Rabbitohs find a way to make brighter starts to their matches.

NRL Round 5 – South Sydney v Melbourne Storm: April Fools Day Report

Rabbit in the Vineyard is increasingly disappointed with the performances of his South Sydney team – they’re more Bunnies than Rabbitohs at the moment.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL 2023, Round 1: Get your tips in!

The NRL 2023 season kicks off tonight. Our rugby league editor Ian Hauser previews the season and tries to find the winners in Round 1.

Almanac Rugby League: Season 2023 is now just seven sleeps away!

The 2023 rugby league season is just one week away! Here are a few things to keep in mind as we work our way through the next seven months.

Almanac Rugby League – NRLW 2021 Round 5 and NRL 2022 Round 3

Ian reflects on the high and lows from the rugby games that just passed, while we all look forward to the derby game between the Cowboys and the Broncos this weekend.

Almanac Rugby League: NRLW Round 4 and NRL Round 2

Ian Hauser reports on both the NRLW and NRL rounds from the rounds that past, with some of the best run sequences of plays he’s ever saw in the NRLW’s competition between the Broncos and the Dragons. He makes his next round of tipping on which teams are most likely to take home the points as the weekend looms closer.

Almanac Rugby League – 2022 NRL Round 1: And away we go!

Ian Hauser sets the scene as the 2022 NRL season gets under way tonight (Thursday).