With the end of the calendar year nearly upon us, The Roar is looking back at the sporting highlights, lowlights and moments that mattered for 2023 in Australia and beyond. It’s now time to look back at the best quotes that have been uttered in… Read More »Sporting quotes of 2023: The Eddie Jones train wreck and Bairstow stumping lead a bumper year for outlandish comments
With the Big Bash League kicking off on Thursday night, many cricket fans are doing their annual dance of trying to give the hit and giggle comp more than a passing glance. Many people who are old enough to remember the domestic scene prior to… Read More »Time for Test cricket fans to do the annual ‘give BBL a try’ merry dance – it’s not for everyone … and that’s OK
It was a cracking round of football with 23 goals scored in six games and the two draws both had the score line of 2-2. The best was saved for the last, as Macarthur FC and Adelaide United played in a seven-goal thriller. Let’s have… Read More »The standouts: The best player from each A-League team from Round Six
All Blacks coach Scott Robertson will not be able to pick overseas-based players in his squad any time soon, with New Zealand Rugby seeing no need to alter its selection ban. New Zealand has long confined Test eligibility to home-based players in order to protect… Read More »‘It wasn’t discussed’: All Blacks to keep selection ban on overseas based players, even as more head abroad
New Pakistan captain Shan Masood has fired a warning shot to Australia’s bowling corps with a brilliant unbeaten century in their tour match in Canberra. Against the Prime Minister’s XI at Manuka Oval, Masood made a big statement in his first innings since assuming the… Read More »Maybe Pakistan will put up a fight after all: Masood monsters PM’s XI with masterful ton