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 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 – 2019 NRL Preliminary Final: Canberra Raiders v South Sydney Rabbitohs – Now this is finals footy!
September 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Canberra Raiders and the South Sydney Rabbitohs played out an exciting, sometimes frantic Preliminary Final last night in front of a record Canberra crowd. Ian Hauser tells the tale.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Preliminary Finals and NRLW Round 3: Simplicity and Complexity
September 26, 2019 by 1 Comment
Our NRL and NRLW Grand Finalists will be decided this weekend. It’s all pretty straightforward in the NRL but the NRLW situation throws up the possibility of several different outcomes. Ian Hauser explains how it works.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 25: Jostling for positions
September 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
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: Wheat and Chaff
August 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The NRL’s Round 22 looks like it will sort out the wheat from the chaff based on what we learned last weekend. Ian Hauser undertakes the winnowing.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 19: ‘How can I be sure?’
July 24, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Just when he thought that the NRL’s finalists for 2019 had been sorted out, Ian Hauser found that it wasn’t quite so cut and dried after all. He’s been thinking that a song from 1967 when he was a Year 10 schoolboy sums it all up – ‘How can I be sure?’
Almanac Rugby League – Certainties, contenders and chumps
April 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Round 4 of the NRL kicks off tonight. After an intriguing opening to the season, perhaps this weekend we’re about to find out a bit more about how a few teams are travelling. Is winnowing season coming early?
Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Finals Week Two, 2016
September 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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 Round 26, 2016
September 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
And so Melbourne Storm finish the NRL 2016 season on top of the ladder. Hamish Neal here with Round 26 and tips for finals week 1.
Almanac League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 24, 2016
August 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Hamish Neal on the jockeying of positions in NRL as the finals approach. What has happened to Cronulla?
Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 22, 2016
August 9, 2016 by 1 Comment
Hamish Neal summaries NRL Round 22 and wonders about possible murky precedents set by the NRL drug-testing protocols, in allowing Jarryd Hayne to play.
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