The Roar’s AFL expert tips and predictions, Round 8: Showdowns, QClashes and blockbusters galore – but who wins?

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The AFL ladder is taking shape after seven rounds – and so too is the table on our expert tipping competition. The wheat is separating from the chaff, and surprise, surprise, it’s me bringing up the rear: looking to avoid a wooden spoon for the second year in a row, it might already be time […]

The Roar’s NRL expert tips and predictions, Round 9: Can Rabbitohs avoid a mauling? Roosters out for Bronco blood

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Just when you think NRL tipping is getting easy, it bites you on the backside. Last round looked like a pretty open and shut case but after the first match out, all but only the foolhardy of tipsters was off to a losing start after the Gold Coast shocked the Warriors in Auckland. The rest […]

Latrell Mitchell is rugby league’s clickbait magnet – and it’s time to leave him alone

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Barely a few weeks go by when Latrell Mitchell isn’t the man on everyone’s lips across the rugby league community. In fact, in the omnipresent world of social media, he might just be the most talked about player in the history of the game. Mitchell’s name seems to correspond with widespread criticism, yet there’s also […]

The question Bennett needs to address before deciding if he wants to return to Rabbitohs

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With the odds of Wayne Bennett returning to the Rabbitohs next year shortening by the hour, there is one question he should be asking himself – would it be better off waiting for another gig?  South Sydney have a good roster, not a great one, and the players are getting a little long in the […]

With fans opting for international comps over domestic football, what are some lessons for the A-League from Singapore?

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Many are concerned about the level of fan support for the A-League at a time when football fans prefer to subscribe to the big football leagues, say in England, Spain and Germany, rather than attend domestic football. But what can we here in Australia learn from the ongoing struggles of Singapore’s struggling Premier League? While […]