God bless rugby league scrums…

It's impossible to overstate just how good Ardie Savea was on Saturday. Every one of the 12,000 in attendance - Blues fans included - have a memory they can treasure forever. Today The Roar Moana Pasifika theroar.com.au/2025/05/19/the…

Gotta love these Super Rugby themed rounds. This week it was 'Fracas Round'. Everything on the handbags in Perth plus a revered coach who hated players slipping over... today The Roar theroar.com.au/2025/05/26/the…

While Super Rugby felt different (and better) this year, the final ladder has a very familiar look to it. This, the controversy in Canberra, and why Rugby Australia is wrong to look the other way on Run It Straight... today The Roar theroar.com.au/2025/06/02/the…

What cost of living crisis?

Super Rugby's finals might have got off to a soggy start but by Saturday night things were back on track. Plus a look at R360... a cynical money grab or a welcome initiative to 'grow the game?' Today The Roar theroar.com.au/2025/06/09/the…

Super Rugby Pacific appointing James Doleman to BLU v CRU and not CHI v BRU robs The Roar of 500 comments and feels like a missed opportunity for gilt-edged trolling… #humourlessadmin

The double-edged sword that is Crusaders v Chiefs in the SR final... the two best teams playing off is cause for celebration but it also highlights how little outcomes have changed for Australian rugby. Today The Roar #SuperRugbyPacific theroar.com.au/2025/06/16/the…

Super Rugby's 30th year: Who makes the all-time XV - and why Jonah isn't one of them | Harry Jones, Geoff Parkes ** Super final this weekend. Nice way to whet the appetite by looking at the greatest XV theroar.com.au/2025/06/18/sup…

Nice touch of unintended irony in today’s Australian…

With apologies for the subediting fubar in the heading... here's the lowdown on SR title #13 for the Crusaders. They don't do anything special, they just gather good people around, all get on the same bus, and do those things well. Today The Roar theroar.com.au/2025/06/23/the…

Ah, gotta love Taranaki... a proud rugby region... Dave Loveridge, Bull Allen, Paul Tito... and the shittest internet going around!

Have the Lions announced the Force side yet?

The Lions tour feels well advanced already. Here's the take from the Perth stop, today The Roar theroar.com.au/2025/06/30/the…

Peak Nesbo… “All Black try of the season” features Ardie Savea called as Timoci Tavatavanawai… because they look so similar… #Mapimpi

Lions have their ‘celebrate an opposition knock-on” game working strongly early

With 41k fans in to watch the Lions it was a successful stop-off in Adelaide. Except that is, for the rugby... Thankfully, the Test series - and hopefully some genuine competitiveness - is now upon us. Today The Roar theroar.com.au/2025/07/14/the…

To the English grandad who took young Hugh to the driving range today… mate, 6yo’s don’t need to be ear bashed for an hour about lag and launch angles, and berated for topping the ball. Next time, let us all have some peace. Just for that, the Lions deserve to lose the series!

Apparently there was a match on in Brisbane on the weekend... Aside from seeing Pete Samu run out tomorrow night with his middle finger extended, is there any way for the Wallabies to change the narrative? Today The Roar theroar.com.au/2025/07/21/the…

Where a naive rugby writer tries to pretend people are interested in reading about an epic game of rugby as opposed to repeatedly arguing the toss about whether an Italian referee robbed the Wallabies blind or not... Today at @theroarsports #britishlions theroar.com.au/2025/07/28/the…