Almanac Rugby League – NRL Finals Week 1 and NRLW Round 1 Review

He may not have picked too many winners, but rugby league aficionado Ian Hauser sure appreciated what he saw in the first weekend of NRL finals and Round 1 of the NRLW. Here’s his report.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 25: Jostling for positions

The final round in the NRL will be all about jostling for finals positions with several possibilities in the offing. Ian Hauser checks it all out.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 22: Melbourne v Cronulla: Ramien Rescue

The Sharks taking down Melbourne ‘on their own patch’ was no easy feat, writes Paul Macadam.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 23: Brisbane v Cronulla – Time is tight

Cronulla Sharks suffered another loss but cling onto fourth spot. Paul Macadam is hoping for the Sharks to reverse their August form in time for the finals

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Grand Final 2016: Cronulla v Melbourne – Where I find my heaven

NRL Grand Final at the Walkabout in London. Andy Frame(s) it perfectly.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Grand Final 2016: Cronulla v Melbourne – Our Year

Can this get any better! Paul Macadam is ecstatic about Cronulla’s great victory.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Finals Week Two, 2016

Hamish Neal and his regular five metre gap looks at the points you may have missed from the second weekend of the NRL finals.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Finals 2016 Week One

Hamish Neal on the NRL Finals – with Melbourne and Cronulla each winning a week’s rest before their Preliminary Finals.

Almanac League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 24, 2016

Hamish Neal on the jockeying of positions in NRL as the finals approach. What has happened to Cronulla?

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: Game 3, 2016

Hamish Neal gives a neat account of last night’s third State of Origin 2016 match. It was a tense game with plenty of feeling despite being a so-called dead rubber.

Almanac League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 17, 2016

It is too late for James Tedesco to make a difference to the Origin series but at least Laurie Daley has finally heeded Hamish Neal’s call

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 14, 2016

Hamish Neal sums up weekend NRL action, in which “Melbourne Storm registered their third shut-out for the season” in beating the Roosters 46-0.

AFL Round 12 – Review: Role models, Warner and Gallen

Paul Thomson warns Warner he is in danger of becoming the court jester of Australian cricket, the joke that no one quite got.

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: Alternative universe

Geoffrey Woolcock sides with The Pearl – Gallen’s hit had no place on the field, even in the alternative universe that is Origin. He wants to know how you see it.