Welcome aboard, Richo and Barry – here’s the big questions facing the new regime at the Wests Tigers

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It was the day that Wests Tigers fans had been waiting for. The club, which had been bumbling around from crisis to crisis over the last decade at the bottom of the NRL, finally parted ways with the Justin Pascoe, the CEO and Lee Hagipantelis, the chairman, both departing on an extraordinary day of bloodletting. […]

If Mat Ryan’s cheekbone keeps him out of the Asian Cup, it’s gotta be Gauci in goal

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The breaking news that Socceroo captain Mat Ryan is set to miss multiple weeks after fracturing his jaw during training at his Dutch club AZ Alkmaar has sent a shiver down the spine of many an Australian supporter. Hopeful of another piece of confederation silverware and off the back of a Graham Arnold led squad […]

Top 13 NRL moments of 2023: Drama on and off the field, unbelievable comebacks and stars shine in Grand Final spotlight

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With the end of the calendar year nearly upon us, The Roar is looking back at the sporting highlights, lowlights and moments that mattered for 2023 in Australia and beyond.  It’s now time to look back at the 13 most memorable moments from yet another eventful year in the Greatest Game of All.  There were plenty of […]

Four-day Tests? Traditionalists say no but red-ball format needs to move with the times to stay relevant

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Traditionalists will predictably kick up a stink but it’s time for the ICC to not only seriously consider four-day Tests but to make them a part of the Future Tours Programme.  It wouldn’t necessarily need to be every Test on the fixture list, they could be phased in over a few years but time is […]

Goals to win titles, goals to inspire titles: Six of the most dramatic late goals in football history

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Followers of the A-League Men are used to a few things: doom and gloom about crowds, the occasional blank expression when you mention to somebody you spent the weekend watching football in December, the feeling of joy and impending loss watching a young prodigy you know won’t be around much longer, accusations of east coast […]