In a recent The Roar column on the state of Australian rugby, your correspondent made mention of the song Burning Down The House. It was meant to be just a tongue-in-cheek reference to the 1980s Talking Heads hit. I had no idea at the time it was actually on the official playlist of the Melbourne […]

Pace star Mitchell Starc says he was told in no uncertain terms to harden up earlier in his career, revealing former Australia coach Tim Nielsen warned him against complaining about too many niggles. Starc (354 wickets) needs just two more scalps to overtake the great Dennis Lillee and shoot into outright fourth spot for the […]

Queensland Reds star Jordan Petaia has been ruled out of the key clash with the Chiefs this wekend as Jordie Barrett received his punishment for the brutal hit that left the Wallabies back reeling. Barrett has been banned for three games over the 56th minute incident in the Canes’golden point win in Melbourne. The Reds […]

Twelve months after expressing his “disappointment” of not being allowed to continue the “journey with the Wallabies” under Eddie Jones, Laurie Fisher is set to return to the national set-up in one of Joe Schmidt’s first appointments. The Roar understands the long-serving coach, who stepped down as the Brumbies’ assistant at the end of last […]