Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 4, 2016

March 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Hamish Neal provides his Round 4 NRL review

Round 17 – West Coast Eagles v Sydney Swans: Hand-me-up

July 30, 2015 by 3 Comments

Don Meadows with a grand tale of how a Rabbitohs fan steeped in the traditions of the Redfern mob came to love ‘Rules’ and the Sydney Swans, while others in the family embraced the West Coast Eagles.

Round 7 – Richmond v Collingwood: Football in Australia. 100 years on.

May 18, 2015 by 4 Comments

Chris Daley is given cause to reflect on the changes in footy over the century, as he celebrates his great Aunt’s 100th birthday. If she’s a Tiger fan, it will have been a very good weekend indeed.

Season In The Abyss – Part Deux

March 21, 2014 by 6 Comments

Steve Baker announces “and the winner is….not Sid-a-nee”. On Tanya Hird’s advice the Bombers aren’t getting a cent of Steve’s hard-earned. Bulldogs and Storm fans rejoice.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL Finals 2012, Week 1: Melbourne v Souths – Rabbitohs in the lights

September 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

  By John Robotham   The portents weren’t good. My seven-year-old daughter, Lucy, was conflicted – wearing a garish purple coat over her knee-length Rabbitohs jumper, circa 1999 – a look that amused many. As we joined the river of purple flowing down Batman Avenue she felt more self-conscious, pulling the coat tight around her. [Read more]

Almanac Rugby League – NRL R24, 2011: Glory, glory to South Sydney

August 20, 2011 by 1 Comment

We’re heading west on Parramatta Road. Every other car has a white rabbit sticker on its back window. After looking like dead men walking just a month ago, Souths have won three in a row and are suddenly in with a show of making the semis. If they win tonight, that is. Boxhead and I [Read more]