Tim Miller

4 days ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

Tasmania’s AFL team is in jeopardy as the state’s Premier faces an almighty struggle to retain his position.

4 days ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

It’s that time of year again: the winter chill has set in, the electrical fires are roaring, and all over the nation, footy fans are getting out their notepad and paper (or laptop computer) and jotting down their mid-season All-Australian teams. Who’s been the best key defender named Sam of the year: Taylor or Collins? How many ruckmen is too many ruckmen? Is Ben King worth a spot with the second-most goals in the AFL even if that’s literally all he does? All important questions that need answering.

6 days ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

The first of the bye rounds is done – and while there were fewer games than usual, the presence of a Sunday night game in Perth made this a longer round than most! Bookended by tremendous displays of gumption from young Essendon and West Coast teams to push flag contenders Brisbane and Geelong all the way, and culminating in the middle with Sydney’s nightmare Saturday night (and the subsequent post-match controversy), it was a fascinating weekend in which most of what we hold to be true about...

1 week ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

Sydney’s 90-point loss to Adelaide at the SCG wasn’t as big as the 112-point drubbing they copped at the hands of Port Adelaide late last year. It didn’t come on a stage anywhere near as big as the 60-point smashing Brisbane doled out to the Swans in last year’s grand final, nor Geelong’s 81-point massacre in the 2022 decider, nor the 63-point hiding they copped from Hawthorn on the last Saturday in September back in 2014.

1 week ago | theroar.com.au | Tim Miller

When future historians analyse the wreckage of Hawthorn’s 51-point humbling at the hands of Collingwood, the number that will instantly jump of the page is 82-38. That’s the tackle advantage the Magpies had over the Hawks on Friday night – the seventh-largest differential on record, the biggest in Pies history, and the highest since 2021.