The “personal” battle between Noah Lolesio and Carter Gordon for the Wallabies No.10 jersey is shaping as a highlight of the new World Cup cycle and former Wallaby fly-half Matt Toouma will be riveted by it when it resumes on Friday night. Gordon’s Rebels coach Kevin Foote acknowledged the rivalry between his 23-year-old charge and […]

At the start of the 2023/24 A-League season, I was asked to select a Golden Boot winner. Adam Taggart was my choice and remains so as the competition enters its final third. There is something about the now 30-year-old Taggart that has always pulled an emotional nerve inside me. Many a comment on articles I’ve […]

The 2024 AFL season is here! Not officially – no, the first bounce of the season proper isn’t for another few weeks, but The Roar’s annual countdown of the league’s top 50 players has arrived. If you’re new here, it’s all very simple. Five Roar AFL experts – Liam Salter, Tim Miller, Dem Panopoulos, myself […]

Settling into the 760-odd km drive home from the humble township of Bathurst in Central NSW and the jewel that is the Mount Panorama circuit, it was difficult not to ponder deeply how magnificent the Bathurst 12 Hour is. A fifth visit to the mountain since 2017 for this round-the-clock GT3 endurance race, only strengthened […]

This Thursday night Campbelltown Sports Stadium plays host to one of the most historic, high-stakes prizefights in all of Australian soccer. For the first time ever, two A-League Men’s clubs will meet in continental competition when Macarthur hosts Central Coast Mariners in the AFC Cup ASEAN zonal final. Whoever emerges victorious will move on to […]