The Paris dream is over for Alex de Minaur, his hopes of reaching the French Open semi-final ground into the Roland Garros clay-court dust by the relentless Olympic champion Alexander Zverev. The first Australian man into the quarter-finals since Lleyton Hewitt two decades ago, de Minaur’s improbable adventure came to a halt in his first […]
The Roar’s AFL expert tips and predictions, Round 13: Can the Dees respond to week from hell in King’s Birthday blockbuster?
There were two big winners out of a weird and wonderful Round 12 of AFL action: Fremantle, and The Roar’s own Dem Panopoulos. While the rest of us expert tippers were scrambling about trying – and failing – to so much as get half our tips right on a weekend full of upsets, Dem’s bold […]
Super Rugby Report Card: Larkham’s genius move, Kiss building well for 2025, Tahs caned
As the book closes on the regular season of Super Rugby Pacific 2024, it’s an apt time to reflect on how it went for the five Australian sides. Three of them have made it to the quarter finals, with just one sneaking into the top four. However, across the board, apart from the NSW Waratahs, […]
Questions to ponder ahead of Round 13: Which McKay brother will prevail, Can Pies bolster midfield and Can Tigers scare the Crows?
We’re halfway through the season and we have already learnt a lot. However, ahead of Round 13, we ponder some of the big questions from this week’s cracking games. Adelaide v Richmond Can Richmond provide a scare? On paper, this should be a straightforward clash with Adelaide back at home against a Tigers side that […]
Levelling the playing field for AFL players and coaches: We need to treat teams differently to ensure equality
We’ve all seen that visual of the three children looking over a fence to try and watch a football game. Giving all three children the same box to stand on doesn’t work since they are all of different heights. Therefore, the fairest solution was to give the shortest child more boxes so they could have […]