AFL News, Opinion, Video & Live Scores

Stirling Coates

The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 12

AFL

Today

spruce moose

Roar Guru

spruce moose

Roar Guru

Will Buddy get to 1000 goals?

A simple question with a less-than-simple answer.

AFL

Now

Third Man Up new author

Roar Rookie

Third Man Up new author

Roar Rookie

Thoughts and observations: Gold Coast vs Essendon

This whole game-every-day festival of footy isn’t too dissimilar to Falls Festival. It’s just that I crack my first beer like clockwork at 7pm, not 7am.

AFL

Now

Thoughts and observations: Gold Coast vs Essendon

Liam Salter

Roar Guru

Liam Salter

Roar Guru

AFL Power Rankings: Round 11

Power rankings are a strange concept when the rounds are so convoluted, but, I’m forging onwards. Back to a routine Monday positioning from next week.

AFL

Now

Latest

View All

AAP

AFL clears Buckley over first bump

AFL

Now

The Roar

Did this last-gasp smother save the Bombers' season?

AFL

Today

Did this last-gasp smother save the Bombers' season?

1:11

The Roar

Jonathan Brown savages 'terrible' Dons veteran after gifting Suns a goal

AFL

Today

Jonathan Brown savages 'terrible' Dons veteran after gifting Suns a goal

0:49

The Roar

Gold Coast Suns vs Essendon Bombers: AFL live scores

AFL

255

Today

Gold Coast Suns vs Essendon Bombers: AFL live scores

Josh Elliott

Expert

AFL Trades: Is there a serious suitor for Brad Crouch?

AFL

105

AFL Trades: Is there a serious suitor for Brad Crouch?

Clay

Roar Rookie

The AFL all-time great alphabet teams: Letter N

AFL

Aidan Sinclair

Roar Rookie

Roar Pro

Port go from pretenders to contenders in game of the year

AFL

Liam Salter

Roar Guru

Super round of footy could redefine the finals race

AFL

Liam Salter

Roar Guru

Roaring Hot

Six talking points from AFL Rounds 10-11

230

AFL Trades: Is there a serious suitor for Brad Crouch?

105

Port go from pretenders to contenders in game of the year

Chris Scott: Let's have footy every night

No flag this year, but Melbourne are back on track

Goodwin's Demons back in finals hunt

Dockers to throw Jesse Hogan into defence

Write for The Roar

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists.

Experts

View All

Stirling Coates

Editor

Stirling Coates

Editor

No flag this year, but Melbourne are back on track

Have your say

Marty said Roar Rookie

12h

I’m confused. A few weeks back I’m pretty sure the author described Melbourne as a bunch of pretenders. Since then t…(more)

AFL

No flag this year, but Melbourne are back on track

Stirling Coates

Editor

Stirling Coates

Editor

No flag this year, but Melbourne are back on track

Have your say

Marty said Roar Rookie

12h

I’m confused. A few weeks back I’m pretty sure the author described Melbourne as a bunch of pretenders. Since then t…(more)

AFL

Josh Elliott

Expert

Josh Elliott

Expert

Six talking points from AFL Rounds 10-11

Another week of footy has passed us by and, while it doesn’t quite line up nicely with the end of a round, Sunday night is the night for AFL talking points – no doubt about that. Here are mine from the week past. Port Flag-elaide? It can take a long time for a football team […]

AFL

230

Six talking points from AFL Rounds 10-11

Josh Elliott

Expert

Six talking points from AFL Rounds 10-11

AFL

230

Josh Elliott

Expert

Josh Elliott

Expert

North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown

A change of philosophy has arrived at North Melbourne – after seemingly endless years of top-up trades and mid-table madness, the Roos are rebuilding.

AFL

North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown

Josh Elliott

Expert

North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown

AFL

Stirling Coates

Editor

Stirling Coates

Editor

The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Rounds 10 and 11

It’s been non-stop footy since last Wednesday and the footy’s not stopping yet.

AFL

The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Rounds 10 and 11

Stirling Coates

Editor

The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Rounds 10 and 11

AFL

Marnie Cohen

Expert

Marnie Cohen

Expert

Are ruckmen the most important players in our game?

Ahh, the great ruck debate.

AFL

Are ruckmen the most important players in our game?

Marnie Cohen

Expert

Are ruckmen the most important players in our game?

AFL

Stirling Coates

Editor

Stirling Coates

Editor

How each side wins tonight's grand final preview

In a perfect world, a match between premiership contenders Richmond and Brisbane wouldn’t be played on a Tuesday night at a capacity-capped Metricon Stadium.

AFL

How each side wins tonight's grand final preview

Stirling Coates

Editor

How each side wins tonight's grand final preview

AFL

Josh Elliott

Expert

Josh Elliott

Expert

Six talking points from AFL Round 9

The first week of Footymania is at a finish. Here are my talking points from Round 9 of the 2020 AFL season.

AFL

208

Josh Elliott

Expert

Six talking points from AFL Round 9

AFL

208

Roar of the Crowd

View All

Les Zig

Roar Guru

Collingwood again on the wrong side of the AFL and its minions

What an absolute shock that there will be no sanction on Sydney’s Sam Wicks for wearing metal-studded boots and seriously injuring Collingwood young gun Isaac Quaynor.

AFL

Josh Ward

Roar Pro

Saints versus Suns is a rivalry for the future

After an absolute ripper game, possibly the game of the season, on Thursday night between Gold Coast and St Kilda, Bruce McAvaney said that this match-up is “building up a great rivalry”.

AFL

Doran Smith

Roar Guru

The AFL pecking order in Round 10

AFL

Patrick Morrow

Roar Pro

My preview of Port versus Richmond

AFL

Doran Smith

Roar Guru

Predicting Round 11's team of the week

AFL

Clay

Roar Rookie

The AFL all-time great alphabet teams: Letter M

AFL

Les Zig

Roar Guru

What ever happened to interpretation?

I like that umpires are trying to pay more holding the ball decisions. Well, kinda.

AFL

Avatar

Roar Guru

Forget Port Adelaide and the Brisbane Lions, St Kilda is this year's premiership dark horse

While Port Adelaide and the Brisbane Lions may be the competition frontrunners and among the favourites for the premiership flag, St Kilda might just about emerge as the dark horses of the 2020 AFL season.

AFL

Patrick Morrow

Roar Pro

Top five underrated players in the AFL right now

AFL

Liam Salter

Roar Guru

AFL Power Rankings Round 9

AFL

Andrew Young

Roar Guru

Positives aplenty from the first half of the most unique season yet

AFL

Josh Ward

Roar Pro

Why footy is a shining light in 2020

AFL

Latest Comments

The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 12

TomC said Roar Guru

It’s good to see people paying a bit more attention to the shorter breaks, and they impact they have on performance. But…(more)

Thoughts and observations: Gold Coast vs Essendon

Rob said Roar Rookie

13m

Thank you TMU for the comment re the pressure gauge- my thoughts exactly. since its not explained the “magic formula” it…(more)

Gold Coast Suns vs Essendon Bombers: AFL live scores

255

Prez said Roar Rookie

28m

Rankine took the right option. Just needed to get the ball closer to the goal if possible for a score. He made sure that…(more)

AFL Trades: Is there a serious suitor for Brad Crouch?

105

Don Freo said Roar Rookie

44m

This is not a criticism of Carlton. It’s a poor Jack comment. He’s certainly not able to buy the house he would have whe…(more)

AFL Power Rankings: Round 11

Birdman said Roar Rookie

59m

The Hawks are def. lacking lustre, LS.

😔

Videos

View All

The Roar

Hawks skipper's sneaky move at the coin toss bewilders Nat Fyfe

Have your say

andyfnq said Roar Rookie

I have heard Tim Watson tried this several games in a row when he first became captain and lost the toss regularly, hopi…(more)

Mar

Club Roar

Editor

Shades of Nick Riewoldt as forward's decision to play on in the goalsquare backfires horribly

AFL

Feb

Shades of Nick Riewoldt as forward's decision to play on in the goalsquare backfires horribly

0:22

Club Roar

Editor

Forward flukes one-in-a-million station wagon trick kick

AFL

Jan

Forward flukes one-in-a-million station wagon trick kick

0:29

Club Roar

Editor

The best local footy MARKS AND HANGERS

AFL

Jan

1:27

The Roar

Skateboarder turns standard 50m goal into a classic comedy

Sep

Hawks skipper's sneaky move at the coin toss bewilders Nat Fyfe (0:26)

Longform Read

View All

Jay Croucher

Expert

Jay Croucher

Expert

It's Richmond's league now: The unstoppable Tigers confirm their place in history

The ball is bounced to start the second half of the preliminary final and the Tigers trail 50-29.

AFL

Oct

It's Richmond's league now: The unstoppable Tigers confirm their place in history

Longform Read

View All

The ball is bounced to start the second half of the preliminary final and the Tigers trail 50-29.

AFL

Oct

Jay Croucher

Expert

It's Richmond's league now: The unstoppable Tigers confirm their place in history

0:26

now watch

Rank	Roarer	Level	Comments
1	Train Without A Station	Guru	906
2	Brendon the 1st	Rookie	895
3	DP Schaefer	Rookie	708
4	Liam Salter	Guru	708
5	Chuckakhan	Rookie	605

Latest

Roaring Hot

Experts

Roar of the Crowd

Latest Comments

Videos

Hawks skipper's sneaky move at the coin toss bewilders Nat Fyfe (0:26)

Club Roar

Hawks skipper's sneaky move at the coin toss bewilders Nat Fyfe (0:26)

Longform Read

Longform Read

It's Richmond's league now: The unstoppable Tigers confirm their place in history

Hawks skipper's sneaky move at the coin toss bewilders Nat Fyfe (0:26)

Roar Community & Monthly Leaderboard

Comments

Fan Articles

Club Roar Videos

Leaderboard

Fan Columnists

Commentators

On the Way Up