Remember the Melbourne Storm? Nasty bunch, no mates, everyone wanted them to lose, ruining rugby league. Oh wait, that’s not them. Now, they’re fun, a rollicking laugh-a-minute bunch of acrobats, heartwarming tales and comeback stories, led by a grouchy but loveable coach going for one… Read More »Storm warning: We’re sleeping on Melbourne again – they might be the biggest threat to the Panthers
The life of an NRL coach is portrayed as a cut-throat occupation where they could get the punt at any given moment. In reality, many of them are given too long to bring success to a club. Knights coach Adam O’Brien is in the early… Read More »Knights already at sixes and sevens again: What exactly was the rush to re-sign O’Brien long term?
The Wests Tigers are underdogs for a third week in a row. Can they make it a hat-trick of wins under new coach Benji Marshall? After recording the biggest boilover of the new season with their Round 3 thrashing of the Sharks, they proved it… Read More »NRL Round 5 Tipping: The Roar’s expert predictions – Tigers on the hunt for hat-trick, Souths face tough test, Storm rising
It’s Round 4 and it’s high stakes with five teams having lost their first three games of season 2024, and in desperate need of a win. All 18 teams will feature across nine games in Adelaide, which is titled Gather Round. We’re taking a look… Read More »The crucial cogs of AFL’s Round 4: Which players need to be the difference makers?
The inaugural AFL Gather Round in 2023 took South Australia by storm, contributing more than $83 million to the state and hosting thousands of footy goers, who donned their colours across the three footy venues. It was four days of fast footy action that saw… Read More »What to look forward to in the return of Gather Round: Can this year’s Festival of Footy be as successful?