{"id":504398,"date":"2026-02-26T03:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504398\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T03:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:01:12","slug":"almanac-rugby-league-2026-tip-the-seasons-big-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504398\/","title":{"rendered":"Almanac Rugby League 2026 \u2013 Tip the Season\u2019s Big Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It started as just a thought. But we decided to make it into a challenge for the brave and\/or foolhardy. Before a ref\u2019s whistle starts the season, look into your crystal ball and pick the big winners of 2026.<\/p>\n

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Who will win the NRL title? What about the NRLW? State of Origin? World Cup (both men and women)?<\/p>\n

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Simply respond via the Comments section below to register your entry. I can\u2019t promise a prize for the winner at this stage, but I\u2019m sure we can come up with something.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll start the ball rolling:<\/p>\n

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NRL \u2013 Roosters<\/p>\n

NRLW \u2013 Roosters<\/p>\n

State of Origin (men\u2019s) \u2013 Maroons<\/p>\n

State of Origin (women\u2019s) \u2013 Blues<\/p>\n

World Cup (men) \u2013 Kangaroos<\/p>\n

World Cup (women) \u2013 Kangaroos<\/p>\n

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C\u2019mon, have a go!<\/p>\n

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To read our library of rugby league stories click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To return to our Footy Almanac home page click HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

To see the full 2026 season draw for the NRL click HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

To see the full 2026 season draw for the NRLW click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To see the details for State of Origin in 2026 click HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"About Ian Hauser<\/a><\/p>\n

A Noosa-based retiree with a (very) modest sporting CV. A Queenslander through and through, especially when it comes to cricket and rugby league. Enjoys travel, coffee and cake, reading, McWilliam’s Cream Apera and a glass or three of wine. Footy Almanac’s Thursday online editor who moonlights as a hobby editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It started as just a thought. But we decided to make it into a challenge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-504398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}