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Stirling Coates started out as an AFL crowd contributor, before serving as one of The Roar's editors until late 2021.
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After six years involved with The Roar - three as a member of the editorial team after three as a writer and intern -…
The Wallabies have fought off a dogged challenge from a gallant Japan outfit, with debutant Connal McInerney coming off the bench to score the…
He's the unanimous presumptive number one pick in the upcoming AFL draft. Jason Horne-Francis has been tearing it up for the South Adelaide Panthers…
The 2021 AFL trade period comes to a close today, with the deadline closing at 7:30pm (AEDT) tonight. Join The Roar for a live…
There are just two days to go in the 2021 AFL trade period and there are still plenty of deals yet to be completed.…
The 2021 AFL trade period enters its final stretch, with a series of deals still to be confirmed. Join The Roar for a live…
Action is starting to pick up in the 2021 AFL trade period, with the dominoes starting to fall. Join The Roar for a live…
It's been slow going in the 2021 AFL trade period so far, but it resumes once more this morning. Join The Roar for a…
The 2021 AFL trade period resumes this morning, after the first day proved somewhat slow. Join The Roar for a live blog and rolling…
The AFL season is over, but it's not the end of the road for footy fans, with the 2021 trade period beginning today. Join…
South Africa have inflicted New Zealand's first loss of the Rugby Championship, with an Elton Jantjies penalty goal after time had expired sealing a…
The Wallabies have closed out their Rugby Championship campaign in style, blitzing the Pumas either side of half time to set up an unassailable…
The 2021 AFL free agency period finally kicks off today. Barely a week after we crowned Melbourne premiers, the silly season is already upon…
The football season may be behind us, but that just means it's time to whip ourselves up into a frenzy over the upcoming player…
The long night is over. Melbourne are finally AFL premiers once again - 57 years after they last tasted the ultimate glory. It looked…
It's been another long, disrupted and entertaining season - but we've finally reached the end. Just Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs remain in contention…
It's set to be one of the most hotly-contested Brownlow medal nights in many years. Three favourites emerged over the course of the home-and-away…
Port Adelaide may have had home ground advantage, but it counted for nothing in an extremely one-sided preliminary final. After Melbourne lay down the…
Not even the most one-eyed of Melbourne supporters could have predicted how their preliminary final against Geelong would go. A truly unfathomable 83-point demolition…
Just four teams remain in the hunt for this year's premiership. Preliminary finals are tough to tip at the best of times, but these…
I think it’d be cheaper to just use Joel Amartey and/or Hayden McLean as ruck back-up if necessary and give Logan McDonald some more time in the seniors if we’re short a tall forward.
'Swans and Bombers fans can be satisfied': Elimination final losers pave the way to a brighter future
Forgetting 2016?
'Swans and Bombers fans can be satisfied': Elimination final losers pave the way to a brighter future
As heartbreaking as Saturday was, I look back at the start of the year when I put the Swans in 13th on my pre-season ladder and remember thinking I was being cheekily optimistic!
It’s been a truly extraordinary year that, importantly, has been driven mostly by young guns lifting.
Trade period will be interesting though. I’m not that upset about losing George Hewett if it means Dylan Stephens gets a proper run, but losing Parker would be massive.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see Sam Reid and Callum Sinclair also get moved on to free up some cap space – and I’d be fine with that too.
'Swans and Bombers fans can be satisfied': Elimination final losers pave the way to a brighter future
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Simon Hill interview: 'Now is our best chance to break football's glass ceiling'
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Simon Hill interview: 'Now is our best chance to break football's glass ceiling'
Simpson quietly penned an extension until 2024 recently.
The winners and losers from Clarko's 2022 announcement
Pyke has withdrawn from the race according to recent reports.
The winners and losers from Clarko's 2022 announcement
Well spotted. Getting 2019 and 2020 mixed up.
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 23
With the age profile as it is, should we have seen this coming Cam?
'Short rebuild or try to spring back immediately': Their reign over, Richmond stand at a fork in the road
Are you sure you want me backing Port after my tipping efforts this season?
The 2021 AFL season is destroying my belief system
I’m surprised how much my distaste for Hawthorn has cooled over the years.
The thing that annoyed me most during the peak Swans-Hawks rivalry was this notion that Sydney were trying to buy a premiership, while Hawthorn (who were absolutely chock-full of players poached from other clubs) somehow weren’t, so I think most of my animosity during those years was to the uneducated neutral fans rather than the Hawks themselves.
I don’t ‘hate’ any team, but the Bulldogs knocking off Sydney in the 2016 decider on my birthday will always sting and I can’t imagine I’ll be cheering for them in a neutral game any time soon.
The 2021 AFL season is destroying my belief system
I remember my mum nearly crashing the car when I told her the score. I also remember watching the replay and thinking Melbourne had about eight players on the field.
Geelong were good that day, but the Demons were indescribably bad.
Revisiting the Geelong Cats vs Melbourne massacre at Kardinia Park a decade on
The AFL swapping matches between rounds played gremlins with the tipping system. Should be all sorted now.
'Missing the minor premiership might be the least of their worries': Six talking points from AFL Round 19
I have to agree with this Dem. They’ve been my flag favourite all season but having only one proper key forward worries me.
Joe Daniher and Eric Hipwood have been a much greater combination than the sum of their parts and I’ve always been worried about what happens to one when the other goes down.
One of those days, or a real sign of worry for the Lions?
That’s a fair point and thanks for raising it so civilly.
We’ll take it on board 👍
My Collingwood swansong: A black and white manifesto
Because The Roar is, at its heart, a community where sports fans are free to share their opinion by writing articles as much as it is a publication.
Obviously Les’ devotion to a singular topic has become infamous (and I have knocked back some of his columns) but it’s not really our place to dictate which topics people who are contributing off their own bat and in their own spare time can and can’t write about – so long as they obviously write well, back up their claims etc.
My Collingwood swansong: A black and white manifesto
I thought you guys beat the Tigers on Sunday?
My Collingwood swansong: A black and white manifesto
Shocking start. I’ll be 12 adrift by the looks of it come Monday.
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 15
Umpires got this 100% correct. Law 16.5.2 clearly states members of the attacking team must not assist the ball towards goal after the siren has gone.
"It's a f---ing point!" Obscure rule comes to the fore amid insane finish in the VFL
Great analysis Dem. I’ll freely admit I was mesmerised by the Saints in 2020 and had them as big top four smokey.
I’ve heard so many champions of the past say it that I can’t think of who to attribute the thought to, but the biggest mistake a playing group can make is thinking they just need to do what they did last year to replicate a result.
You need to come to pre-season ready to improve massively and it sounds like the Saints have adopted the other attitude.
Could they do what Melbourne have done in a few years though and become a force?
How the Saints crashed down to earth
If it’s a Gus monologue with a bunch of Panthers in the side we could be at risk of a graveyard shift game.
The lease on the temporary stands might expire before full time!
Origin 1 kick-off bingo: What time will State of Origin Game 1, 2021 actually start?
Given that year’s grand final was Hawthorn vs West Coast, I shudder to think of how bad the crowd would have been.
Adam Goodes turns down place in Australian Football Hall of Fame
It’s because this year was the most expensive of Lance Franklin’s contract so just about anyone who’s re-signed in recent seasons had a backended deal that really kicks in from next year.
COVID-related cap freezes haven’t helped, but it sounds like they were always going to be in a bit of a pickle from 2022.
'Swans and Bombers fans can be satisfied': Elimination final losers pave the way to a brighter future