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Anyone who grew up in the 80s will remember this classic Tooheys ad. As a kid I dreamed of being Mike Whitney and hitting…
Olyroos coach Graham Arnold has recalled in-form Adelaide United striker Nathan Burns and rewarded Central Coast defender Nigel Boogaard for his A-League form with…
Australia have announced a full-strength line-up to play Japan in the opening Pool B match in Lyon on Saturday. Veteran full back Chris Latham…
Zac writes: The Roar is all about your sports opinion. We see it as a platform for sports lovers to read, comment and write…
Resident The Roar columnist, Garth Hamilton, talks to the new Queensland Reds coach, Phil Mooney. Mooney was previously the coach of the Australian Under…
In the second interview of the series, resident The Roar columnist, Garth Hamilton, talks rugby with Spiro Zavos on the upcoming Rugby World Cup.…
Zac Zavos writes:Â For those of you lucky enough to be going to France for the Rugby World Cup, you should check out some…
Resident The Roar columnist, Garth Hamilton, talks rugby with Spiro Zavos in the first of several discussions on the upcoming Rugby World Cup. In…
Zac Zavos writes: It's interesting to read that Rugby League great Andrew Johns has been approached to work with the Wallabies during the Rugby…
Daniel Herbert, former Wallaby and Rugby World Cup winner, is currently based in Montpellier, France. In the lead up to the World Cup, we…
Australia turned on a sparkling display late in the match to defeat Thailand 4-0 in their must win group match. They now move into…
On 20th May 2007, after weeks of negative comments about the state of Australian rugby, The Roar ran an article titled: Let The Roar…
Last week we wrote an article praising the reinstatement of John Williamson singing ‘Waltzing Matilda’ before each home test. The singing of 'Waltzing Matilda'…
There's been a lot of talk about the London 2012 logo. Some say it's a fresh, creative logo that reflects the dynamism of the…
One of the surprise packages from the 2007 Cricket World Cup was the success of the Ireland in reaching the "super eight" stage of…
The Roar regularly receives email and contributions from our readers that offer great insights into sports and current sporting events. In the past, because…
Rod Macqueen, the most successful Wallaby coach ever and the mastermind of the Wallabies 1999 Rugby World Cup triumph, spoke exclusively to The Roar…
At the beginning of the 2004 season Australian rugby was loaded with cash, the Wallabies had almost won the Rugby World Cup, playing numbers,…
Every year since 1980, the best players born in NSW clash in a three match series against those from Queensland. The media hype leading…
We received this email recently from Roger Levey who argues that the quality of world rugby would be improved with a broader representation policy.…
Roarers,
I asked Peter his view of this article. He read it and responded. The point of Fitzy’s comment should not be lost: he hasn’t stated he’s risking his livelihood from this action. This is worth considering.
Two further observations, for what it’s worth:
1. Fitzy refers a significant number of young writers to The Roar. I’ve seen first hand how much energy he puts into helping others get going in this industry. Like his writing or not, he does help early stage sports writers and I respect this.
2. I have seen stats from Fairfax which show that his column is read by something like 80% of everyone who picks up the Saturday paper. It’s literally off the chart when it comes to readership when compared with any other column. It polarises, but it’s immensely popular.
FitzSimons vs Waterhouse: the lesser of two evils?
Watching at Byron Bay hotel. Why did the guys just have a drinks break??
Waratahs vs Blues: Super Rugby live scores, blog
Cracking piece The High Shot! You had the office laughing out loud.
Doping fallout: new evidence emerges
Enjoying the call Chad. What’s your card reading?
Sonny Bill Williams vs Francois Botha: Boxing live updates, blog
Was it a real hit or a glancing blow and fall?
Quade Cooper vs Barry Dunnett: Boxing live updates, blog
Quade Cooper Blog and updates here: http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/02/08/quade-cooper-vs-barry-dunnett-boxing-live-scores-blog/
Sonny Bill Williams vs Francois Botha: Boxing live updates, blog
Relaying the comment Adam left above for you: Mundine fights generally start around 10:45-11pm AEST.
Anthony Mundine vs Daniel Geale II: IBF Middleweight live updates, blog
I loved reading this piece; great insight into what it’s like Jono. Thanks!
The psychology of a cycling crash
Cracking piece Rath – this is the type of writing that makes, in my opinion, The Roar so unique.
Thanks for sharing your views with us.
RATH: Lancing Faith
It’s a rambling interview. No shape really.
Lance Armstrong Oprah interview: Live coverage, blog [LIVESTREAM]
Nick – the writer’s confirmed as an insider.
cheers, Zac
The Roar
THE INSIDER: 2013 - The Year of the Beast
Atawhai – sorry about the autoplay. It only happens on iOS 6 and we’re TRYING to fix it.
Stick with us!
Cheers, Zac
Warne refuses to rule out Test return
A note to inform Roarers that the Waratahs have responded to this article. Please refer back to the original article for their comment, and Spiro’s response.
Zac
The Roar
Quade's baaaccckkk!!! And his Wallaby mates aren't happy
And Campo’s exclusive column on this issue, Roarers: http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/11/28/campo-my-tweet-and-what-i-meant/
Campo, don't let the hair and boobs fool you: women are equals in sport
Roarers – Campo explains his views on The Roar: http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/11/28/campo-my-tweet-and-what-i-meant/
Campo, don't let the hair and boobs fool you: women are equals in sport
Roarers – stay tuned as we have a piece by Campo about this issue coming to the site shortly.
Zac
The Roar
Campo, don't let the hair and boobs fool you: women are equals in sport
planko – clearly I don’t think it’s self serving dribble. But you’re entitled to your opinions.
HOLMES A COURT: Why Russell was so good for Souths
We invite numerous writers to write on our site. We’ve had every CEO in Australian sport write guest columns. And we invited Peter to write a piece.
We just aren’t prepared for the threads to be overwhelmed by guys who clearly just want to air their concerns over and over again.
I might add that Godfrey & The Spook aren’t Roarers; they only comment on posts like this related to South Sydney.
HOLMES A COURT: Why Russell was so good for Souths
Roar columnist Geoff Lawson reckons there’s nothing but Adelaide belter in this wicket.
Australia vs South Africa: 2nd Test, live cricket scores (Day 1)
OK Godfrey – your points have been made and we all understand your opinions on this matter.
We’re closing your comments down on this thread in order to keep the balance of voices fair.
Zac
The Roar
HOLMES A COURT: Why Russell was so good for Souths
Nice analogy Ridley!
Welcome to The Roar cycling Sam & Dylan.
Zac
Is this the Golden Age of cycling?
Well said Marlins tragic and thanks for the support.
I’d like to address Sportym’s comment and explain to all Roarers what’s behind the ads. The Roar is an advertising funded business like almost all media businesses the world over. The point of ads is that they need to be seen in order to have impact. But we work hard on ensuring that the most important element on every page is the content.
To this end, our ad placements are clean (we run 3-4 ads per page, not up to a dozen as other sites do) and we work with quality brands to reach our audience.
Advertising has allowed us to continue to grow the writing and coverage on the site. We live blog almost every sport, have an amazing stable of expert and fan writers, and we’ve invested in things such as the mobile site which is the subject of this comment.
We always listen to our audience and value your feedback.
But in this case, if Sportym doesn’t want to see our ads then we understand this and say you are welcome to stop visiting the site and try your luck with other sites.
Zac
The Roar
Sleepy Brumbies set for $15 million move
I built it Matt.
It handles 500,000 people and almost 40,000 comments each month across mobile, iPhone and web. Not sure what you saw, but I suppose from time to time small things get through when you get this traffic. Welcome you pointing it out directly via the Contact Us page.
BROWNIE: Why I'm backing the Storm to go all the way
Roarers – we’ll chip in $50 for The Footpath Library charity which is a particularly relevant one for our site to support I think. All good fun and a great cause.
Comment below if you want to contribute too.
FitzSimons vs Waterhouse: the lesser of two evils?