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2 weeks ago | 
theroar.com.au | Dane Eldridge
After 12 months of micro-aggressive excuses, Zac Lomax has finally overcome his prejudice towards one of society’s most marginalised groups. Wingers were long the laughing stock of rugby league, a demographic hit with decades of vile slurs like “failed touch judges”, “groupies” and “not real footballers”. Once saved for bantamweight reserve-graders or the coach’s son, the winger’s jersey was the most avoided in rugby league, kinda like the Kangaroos jersey is today.
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3 weeks ago | 
theroar.com.au | Dane Eldridge
One uneasy question has arisen from Daly Cherry-Evans’ spat with Manly – and it’s not the one about how to strip player agents of their Blackberries and abandon them all on a deserted island. Should anyone in rugby league over the age of 35 have the right to command an asking price, or even a dignified exit plan? Furthermore, should anyone elderly be given anything at all, let alone money and respect?
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3 weeks ago | 
theroar.com.au | Paul Suttor |Dane Eldridge
1247 Reads Superstar South Sydney fullback Latrell Mitchell could make his comeback from injury at left centre after training there ahead of a grudge match against the Sydney Roosters. Veteran winger Alex Johnston missed training on Tuesday with the rib injury he suffered in the defeat of Penrith, forcing Isaiah Tass to the wing and pushing Mitchell to centre.
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3 weeks ago | 
theroar.com.au | Paul Suttor |Dane Eldridge
Ivan Cleary is not one to over-hype a situation. He was a rock solid performer as a player and has carried that understated nature into his coaching career where he has been wildly successful. So when he described Isaah Yeo as “one of the best forwards in the game that’s ever played”, as he claimed on Monday, it’s worth further investigation.
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4 weeks ago | 
theroar.com.au | Dane Eldridge
The Penrith Panthers have spent years shoving around the rest of the NRL like an angry mascot dishing out punishment to a nine-year-old. But after recording rare back-to-back losses, the premiers are taking a chilling glimpse in to middle-class mortality.
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1 month ago | 
theroar.com.au | Dane Eldridge
It’s 2025 and Wayne Bennett is still toying with rugby league even though he’s old enough to be on his third midlife crisis. The artful codger is still producing the goods at the age of 75, this time cajoling a scruffy Rabbitohs squad to a pair of trademark wins to kickstart his second tenure back in South Sydney. In a world of GPS tracking and breathing consultants, Bennett continues to prove that no amount of data or science can topple the effectiveness of his 2D game plan.
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1 month ago | 
theroar.com.au | Dane Eldridge
The Roosters are in a recession they had to have and it’s just like the one Australia had under Paul Keating, only the Chooks’ GDP is twice as big. But while we all anticipated a decline for the Bondi boys, nobody expected a graveyard spiral so rapid their 2025 would be written off before the end of round one.
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1 month ago | 
theroar.com.au | Dane Eldridge
Every new season brings renewed hope for change in rugby league, except if you’re talking about the game’s integrity. While its reputation has never been in better shape, league is still surviving on an unhealthy diet of sugar-coated porky pies – and this year will be no different. Whether it’s contrived injuries, Des Hasler’s team lists or simply just “personal reasons”, here are the biggest lies rugby league will continue to feed you in 2025.
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2 months ago | 
theroar.com.au | Dane Eldridge
Forget Buzz Rothfield’s Top 50 and the alcohol promotions – it’s time to end the search for rugby league’s greatest player of all time. Why? Not because we’ve finally discovered an algorithm to determine Dally Messenger’s brilliance or if “King Wally got dogged by Wayne”. And no, not because Nathan Cleary is winning premierships for fun, nor because we’ve finally accepted that despite his faults, Cameron Smith was the greatest conman to ever dominate our game.
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2 months ago | 
theroar.com.au | Dane Eldridge
There was a time for Australia when a looming tour to the subcontinent warranted a travel warning from DFAT. Thanks to the region’s suffocating conditions and our team’s inability to dig-in on landmine pitches, most visits to South Asia were like a layover in Beirut. But not anymore.
