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Jan 20, 2025 | 
theroar.com.au | Liam Cole
In seasons gone by, it would be hard to define what the Sydney Thunder stood for in the BBL. Last season, their campaign ended with a home game abandoned due to weather, leaving them with another wooden spoon — their fifth in 13 seasons. Representing the Western Sydney community, the Thunder haven’t had the success their fanbase would’ve hoped for and for many years they’ve casted envious glances across the Harbour Bridge to the men in magenta.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
theroar.com.au | Liam Cole
The announcement of the AFLW’s inaugural night grand final this year two days before the first week of finals is just one of many careless calls enforced by the AFL in a competition cramping to the finish line. When announcing the news, AFL football boss Laura Kane described the AFLW evening GF as “an experiment” differentiating it between the AFL grand finals played at night during Covid in 2020 and 2021.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
theroar.com.au | Liam Cole
History has told footy fans that making it in the top four is almost a must if a team is to go all the way in September, but has the weekend’s result changed the way we look at footy? The Brisbane Lions became the second club this century to break the trend, finishing in fifth place at the end of home and away season. In the last game of the year, one side was match-hardened, a side who absorbed the pressure superiorly to their opposition, playing exhilarating football.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
theroar.com.au | Tim Miller |Rahul Kumar |Doran Smith |Liam Cole
1440 Reads A former Melbourne president believes the newly appointed Brad Green should axe Simon Goodwin as coach, amid a series of recommendations to steady the ship at the Demons.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
theroar.com.au | Doran Smith |Les Zig |Liam Cole
Melbourne premiership utility Alex Neal-Bullen wants out of the club despite being under contract until the end of 2026. According to a report in The Age, the 28-year-old is keen to return home to Adelaide and is worried that the Demons are not going to be competing for another flag in the near future. He had inked a three-year extension last year but the new father is reportedly keen to be closer to family.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
theroar.com.au | Liam Cole
Clubs don’t award AFL senior coaching roles willy-nilly. Richmond coach Adem Yze completed a demanding apprenticeship of 12 years as an assistant coach, nine at Hawthorn and three at Melbourne. For Yze, it hasn’t been the start he would have hoped for; at the end of Round 22, his Tigers are currently bottom place and are likely to finish with the wooden spoon.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
theroar.com.au | Liam Cole
Umpiring a game as frantic as Aussie Rules football is a huge challenge for all of our adjudicators. As we have heard before time and time again without the umpires there is no game highlighting the importance of supporting the umpires at the highest level and locally. The AFL, a billion-dollar industry in which the 10-member executive team earned a combined 13.6 million dollars last year, are still under-investing in umpiring.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
theroar.com.au | Liam Cole
Each AFL club has up to 50 players on their list and consists of stars, role players, the injury-riddled and journeymen. AFL can be cruel to some in the injury department, key position players need more time to develop their craft and some provide not just a presence on the field but strong leadership off the ground that clubs want to keep a hold of. With so many players in the club’s books, it has encouraged me to blow the dust off the old class roll of 2024.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
theroar.com.au | Liam Cole
The situation Port Adelaide and Ken Hinkley are going through right now is similar to dating. You could meet someone and they tick all your boxes: funny, smart, bubbly, attractive. But in the back of your mind you’re thinking, is there someone better out there for me? The old saying ‘be careful in what you wish for’ is something prevalent at the Port Adelaide Football Club in 2024.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
theroar.com.au | Liam Cole
The IPL has changed the game of cricket, there is no doubt about that. Millions of dollars splurged onto players each year, not just rewarding the players for honing their craft but changing lives forever. But it seems the league has forgotten about the great battle between bat and ball – in fact, this season there is no battle at all.
