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I founded The Roar in 2007 and sold the website in 2016.
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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: 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.…
Mds1970, please send us any photos from your phone if you can and we’ll run them on our live blogs. (And any other Roarers attending.)
Email them to editorial at theroar . Com . Au
Thanks, Zac
Australia vs India Boxing Day Test Day One: Live scores, blog
Hi guys,
Just addressing the issue regarding paged comments.
The key reason for breaking the comments up relates to speed. The old site was quite slow and we wanted to address this with the new build.
One thing which makes a page slow is the amount of content it needs to send to your browser. On the old site, most of the content was the comments.
So breaking the comments to pages should make each page faster to load.
(Aside: The Roar receives over 30,000 comments each month. The equivalent of War & Peace – 560,000 words – is written on the site by Roarers every 5 days.)
Having said this, I’ve heard a bit of feedback about pages comments and so will look to see what we can do to enable the ‘Load more’ feature we had before.
Any feedback at all – please send to us: http://www.theroar.com.au/about/
Thanks, Zac
The Roar
A personal account from a new A-League member
Yes, we’ve had over 300,000 pages read today and the new site (bugs and all – apologies Roarers!) is holding up fine.
Melbourne Cup 2011: Live updates, results and blog
Nice call Alfred and well done on this blog; it’s been read by over 150,000 people already today.
Zac
The Roar
Melbourne Cup 2011: Live updates, results and blog
Enjoying a brewski (John Boston, thanks guys!) and looking forward to this match!
NRL Grand Final 2011: Live scores, blog
Jiggles & co – we messed this up and we’re sorry for the errors in the piece.
David Lord is a seasoned pro of Australian journalism, but not everyone gets it right all the time. He writes every single day for The Roar.
This volume of material means he nails pieces. And from time to time, he misses.
Our editors should have caught the errors (in this piece…that was me!). But unfortunately we didn’t.
But the beauty of The Roar is that we have probably one of the most informed sports crowds in Australia, if not the world. And you guys sure didn’t miss the clangers!
Thanks for the feedback and here’s to a huge RWC (with coverage which is mainly factual!).
Zac
The Roar
RWC statistics: is history on your team's side?
Roarers – don’t forget you can join our RWC Tipping comp: http://www.theroar.com.au/rugby-world-cup-tipping/
Enjoy the comp and tip against the most informed rugby community in Australia!
Zac
The Roar
Wallabies win Tri Nations. Now for the World Cup!
Roarers – could you please help the site by filling in a super-quick survey? 10 Roar caps to be given away to random respondents!
The survey is here.
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Has sporting apartheid arrived in Sydney?
Roarers – could you please help the site by filling in a super-quick survey? 10 Roar caps to be given away to random respondents!
The survey is here.
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Are AFL umpires' decisions influenced by home crowds?
Roarers – could you please help the site by filling in a super-quick survey? 10 Roar caps to be given away to random respondents!
The survey is here.
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All Blacks mix old and young in strong RWC squad
Roarers – could you please help the site by filling in a super-quick survey. 10 Roar caps to be given away to random respondents. The survey is here.
Thanks!
How A-League should’ve looked from day one
Roarers – we’re running a survey on the site to understand more about what makes this site so unique.
I’d really appreciate you all spending 2 minutes filling in our survey if you could. Only a few questions and we’re giving away some new Roar caps as a small thanks!
Cheers,
Zac
The Roar
Wallabies Rugby World Cup squad live blog
Roarers – we’re running a survey on the site to understand more about what makes this site so unique.
I’d really appreciate you all spending 2 minutes filling in our survey if you could. Only a few questions and we’re giving away some new Roar caps as a small thanks!
Cheers,
Zac
The Roar
FFA seeking fans' opinions on FFA Cup
Roarers – we’re running a survey on the site to understand more about what makes this site so unique.
I’d really appreciate you all spending 2 minutes filling in our survey if you could. Only a few questions and we’re giving away some new Roar caps as a small thanks!
Cheers,
Zac
The Roar
Port Adelaide's future is the AFL's biggest issue
ChrisT & Jiggles,
Sorry you guys feel this way about some of our articles. The Roar is all about strong sports opinion and we aim to have the highest standards possible with our editorial. The nature of copy is that sometimes we nail it, othertimes we don’t.
But we listen to you guys and take on board your opinion..
Cheers, Zac
The Roar
Only four nations can win the Rugby World Cup
Nice call PJ, good atmosphere here at the game.
Wallabies vs Springboks: Live scores, blog
Brian / Dopey and others – this article is a satirical piece. The danger of satire is that it can be misread, but we felt it was well enough done to be worthy of publishing.
Why negativity dilutes the Wallabies brand
Gents – we have an opportunity to live blog this weekend’s Test between the Wallabies v Springbok. Apart from being followed by 20,000 other rugby lovers who tune into our live blogs, it’s your chance to call the game as you see it.
Can you please use the Contact Us form if you’re interested?
Thanks,
Zac
The Roar
Why negativity dilutes the Wallabies brand
Read the full match report on Wallabies v Samoa result.
Wallabies vs Samoa: live scores, blog
And that’s it folks – Manu Samoa defeat the Wallabies 32 – 23.
Wallabies vs Samoa: live scores, blog
Less than a minute on the clock and Somoa have the ball; I think this is the game folks.
Wallabies vs Samoa: live scores, blog
Just taking over from Tristan here; Samoa holding off the Wallabies attack perfectly.
Wallabies vs Samoa: live scores, blog
Day two’s live blog is here: http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/12/27/australia-vs-india-boxing-day-test-day-two-live-scores-blog/
Australia vs India Boxing Day Test Day One: Live scores, blog