The almanack has been a bible for rugby lovers and statisticians for many years and the latest edition covers all of the events in the game in New Zealand in the 2016 calendar year.
The almanack has changed the way it selects players of the year with only one selection allowed for a player's career. It has also included female players.
Nevertheless, no player from this neck of the woods is selected among the players of the year.
Southland outside back Jaye Bailey Thompson-Te Muunu was named as one of the five young players of the year after standing out in a side which failed to get much going on attack.
In the almanack's New Zealand XV there is just one starter from the Highlanders - fullback Ben Smith.
The Highlanders though do provide the three reserve backs in the form of halfback Aaron Smith, midfielder Malakai Fekitoa and winger Waisake Naholo.
In the Super Rugby section, the Highlanders are said to have had some disappointment from not pushing on from the highs of 2015 but there was still some satisfaction in being among the log-jam of New Zealand teams at the top of the table.
Providing new All Blacks in Liam Squire and Elliot Dixon was also something for the franchise to be proud of.
In the almanack's Super XV team, Naholo and Dixon make the side while there are four Highlanders on the bench - the two Smiths, Lima Sopoaga and Squire.
Highlanders and Otago lock Tom Franklin is named in the almanack's Mitre 10 Cup squad.
The almanack, as usual, offers plenty of observations in and around the game.
It quite rightly puts the boot into the trial laws used in domestic rugby last year, which led to few players binding together and trying to push through the ball. Instead, many players just attempted to disrupt possession.
They were binned by World Rugby as was the trial to have two points, instead of three, for a penalty goal.
The 53 penalty goals scored in the Heartland Championship last year when the two point trial was played halved from the previous lowest total in 2008 when trials laws were also played.
South Canterbury went the whole way in going to an attacking phase under the new laws. It did not have one penalty shot at goal in the whole season.
Former Otago Daily Times sports editor Brent Edwards' death last year is noted in the almanack's obituaries.
