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Josh Elliott and Cam Rose talk about the results from semi-final weekend, the potential for rule changes in 2019, some of the latest trade rumours, and look ahead to the preliminary finals.

The Roar's weekend editor Josh Elliott is joined by AFL expert Adrian Polykandrites to talk through all of week one's finals matches, some recent trade talk, and take a look at next week's semi-finals.

This week Josh Elliott is joined by Marnie Cohen to discuss some of the big talking points of Round 21 - West Coast's after the siren win, just what it means for Geelong and Port Adelaide to lose close games, who gets in and who'll be left out of the finals race, and a few trade rumours too.

In the return of the Roar's AFL podcast, Josh Elliott and Matt Nicholls discuss all the big issues of the weekend, first and foremost: how many weeks will Andrew Gaff be banned for?

The Roar gang tackles the thorny question, 'What is the most successful sport in Australia?' To do this, we enlist the help of Cricket Australia's former Head of Community Engagement, Sam Almaliki. 1. How do we currently measure success in sport? 2. How much emphasis should we put on grassroots? 3. What is Australia's most successful sport?

Each episode we're going to be delving into an issue that always seems to be popping up in sports headlines around the world. This week, we're going to be breaking down the ever-increasing impact money has on sport. We start off by getting the help of Roar Expert Ryan Buckland to have have a look at player wages and ask whether they're ever going to stop rising, before getting into the slightly confusing and occasionally murky world of salary caps. We finish up by arguing whether all this money has been good for sport. As always, we've put the question to The Crowd and to hear the thoughts of a few Roarers on that front.

Mary K joins the panel as we preview the massive State of Origin decider!

Jack Quigley joined the Roar LIVE panel to dissect the June Tests and look to the upcoming Rugby Championship.

Roar funnyman Dane Eldridge joins the panel to pick through the rubble of State of Origin Game 2

Tim Gore joins us on the panel as we wade through Queensland's personnel clean-out and the Maroons chances in the vital State of origin Game 2.

Cam Rose and Josh Elliott look back at their Crystal Ball predictions from before the season began, making some changes but leaving some as they were.

Matt Cleary joins the panel to analyse the Blues' big win in Origin 1.

Tim Gore joins Roar LIVE to discuss all things State of Origin ahead of the first game of the 2017 series.

Roar expert Matt Cleary joins the panel to discuss who should make the Blues team form Origin I.

Cam Rose and Josh Elliott are back after a few weeks off, and in that time the whole league has lost its mind. Cam and Josh look at every team in the game and the flaws that can stop them winning the flag this year.

Spiro Zavos and Geoff Parkes joined Roar editor, Daniel Jeffrey for Roar LIVE this week. The gang watched the Rugby World Cup draw announcement live and gave their reactions - is Australia's easy draw going to play against them?

Mr Soccer, Andy Paschalidis joined the lads as they tackled a big week on and off the field for the A-League Grand Final.

Roar LIVE was joined by resident AFL expert Cameron Rose to dissect the first five rounds. Are Richmond the real deal? Can the Swans be saved? And who should be awarded the Reverse Brownlow? All those questions answered and more in this week's jam-packed episode!

Mary Konstantopolous joined us in The Roar offices as we cast our eye over the upcoming State of Origin series.

Brett McKay joins us as we dive headlong into which team should be cut and rage about how poorly the ARU has handled this whole situation.

This week The Roar AFL Podcast changes things up a little bit, rather than our usual routine, Cam Rose & Josh Elliott look in detail at the Hawthorn list, why the club has slumped to an 0-4 start, and what decisions they should be making at the end of the year.

Roar AFL writers Cam Rose and Josh Elliott take a look at the three teams 3-0 and the three teams 0-3, and talk about which will be the last team left undefeated and which will be the last team left winless. Cam and Josh also talk about some of the upsets from Round 3, and look ahead to a tipsters nightmare in Round 4.

The Roar LIVE gang is joined by Chris 'Blocka' Dutton to dissect the dire state of Australian rugby and figure out what the hell we can do to fix it.

Roar AFL writers Ryan Buckland and Josh Elliott talk footy after Round 2 of the 2017 AFL season, looking at the teams who are 2-0 or 0-2 and asking whether their form is real or fake. Essendon? Fremantle? Richmond? Collingwood? Where are they really at? Ryan and Josh also look ahead briefly to Round 3 and the much anticipated Showdown.

Jason Krejza re-joins the panel to dissect the India tour and look towards the upcoming Ashes series.

Round 1 of the 2017 AFL Season has been played, and as always it is the most over-analysed round of the year. Cam Rose and Josh Elliott get in the festive spirit and celebrate "Overreaction Round" by delivering one big take from each game. There's also a little trade rumour talk, and a look ahead at Round 2.

On our lunch-break show during the Ranchi Test, White Line Wireless caught up with Swami Army co-founders Raj Bhatia and Angadh Oberoi to learn about selling out entire bays, going on more tours than Sachin Tendulkar, and exactly how well they get on with Australian fans.

AFL expert Mike Gibbons joins The Roar LIVE panel.

The Roar AFL Podcast is back for 2017! Cam Rose and Josh Elliott ask each other three hard questions about the season to come, and look at some of the promising games that lie ahead in Round 1.

Jason Krejza joined us to preview the all-important third Test

On the back of his 8/50 in Bangalore, Roar LIVE enlists the help of Dane Eldridge to determine whether Nathan Lyon is under-appreciated or over-rated

This week on Roar LIVE we argue over Australia's selection dilemmas and brainstorm plans to do the impossible: beat India in India.

It's far too early to be talking about footy, but that's not going to stop us on Roar LIVE.

This week on Roar LIVE we chat with AFLW star Nicola Barr, and dissect the opening round of the competition.

Is the Fed the best athlete of his generation? We do our best to answer this incredibly prickly question (with the help of our loyal Roarers) as well as trying to figure out the logic behind Matt Wade's promotion to Australian ODI skipper. Oh, and also we chat to Kyle Pfitzner - a Red Bull Dingby Derby champion. What's a dinghy derby? You'll have to listen to find out!

ROAR LIVE: Discussing all things Mitch Marsh, touring India and rugby laws by The Roar

As we suspected, Mickey Edwards is a bit of a legend. We had the pleasure of bantering with the great man about his golden Saturday on the SCG, how he keeps his hair so lush and if he spiked Matty Wade's drink.

Jason Gillespie answers all the Roarers' gnarly questions in a cracker episode of Roar Live!

Roar expert Brett McKay joins Roar editors Patrick Effeney and Daniel Jeffrey to discuss all things rugby.

Geoff Lemon joins Roar staffers Patrick Effeney and Riordan Lee to apportion blame for Australian cricket's demise, argue over #Mintgate and determine just who and who doesn't suck in the Australian cricket team.

In the very first episode of Roar Weekly, resident rugby expert Brett McKay joins Patrick Effeney and Riordan Lee for some top-shelf banter. This week we look at which Aussie young guns we should be excited about and map out a blueprint to knock off the All Blacks.

Cam Rose and Josh Elliott get together to talk through the preliminary finals in an unconventional manner, owing to the unfortunately timed travel of one guest. The guys spend most of the pod musing about the last game of the year, coming to a somewhat unanimous conclusion about the victor and their margin of victory. Finally, they address the Bryce Gibbs to Adelaide rumour, mulling over where the rumour started and what the Crows might have to give up to get the deal done. You can find The Roar AFL Podcast on www.theroar.com.au, iTunes, SoundCloud or through your favourite podcast app. We're here every week during the AFL season to bring you a fearless perspective on the game, free of agendas and spin - although we don't mind spinning our own webs every now and again, You can reach the hosts on Twitter at @JoshElliott_29, @camtherose, @croucherJD and @RyanBuckland7

Jay Croucher and Josh Elliott run the rule over another great weekend of final football, hitting on how far the Dogs can go which is the issue de jour of this week), whether Sydney or Geelong has the better midfield, before reminding everyone that Hawthorn aren't going anywhere. They finish the pod with some homerific trade chat, centred on the 'Roos and 'Pies who look set to be central in the hot stove season of 2016. ou can find The Roar AFL Podcast on www.theroar.com.au, iTunes, SoundCloud or through your favourite podcast app. We're here every week during the AFL season to bring you a fearless perspective on the game, free of agendas and spin - although we don't mind spinning our own webs every now and again, You can reach the hosts on Twitter at @JoshElliott_29, @camtherose, @croucherJD and @RyanBuckland7

Cam Rose and Ryan Buckland jump on the phone on a football-less Sunday afternoon to talk through four excellent games of Australian rules football. The guys touch on the tactics and key moments in each of the three live games, and spend some time on where the 'Roos and Eagles go from here after elimination finals exits. There's some lively discussion on the Giants and whether the AFL has unleashed a Victorian-eating monster. We'll be back later in the week with a podcast discussing the news of the week and previewing the semi final round of action. Sorry for the flakey-ness in recent weeks - life for the quartet has been as hectic as the Dogs on Thursday. ou can find The Roar AFL Podcast on www.theroar.com.au, iTunes, SoundCloud or through your favourite podcast app. We're here every week during the AFL season to bring you a fearless perspective on the game, free of agendas and spin - although we don't mind spinning our own webs every now and again, You can reach the hosts on Twitter at @JoshElliott_29, @camtherose, @croucherJD and @RyanBuckland7

After The Roar AFL Podcast had its own bye week - which was more to do with player availability than an officially sanctioned break - Jay Croucher and Cam Rose return to wrap Round 23 and talk through some of the news kicking around the League. They take a few questions from Twitter, many of which centre on the Brisbane Lions. You can find The Roar AFL Podcast on www.theroar.com.au, iTunes, SoundCloud or through your favourite podcast app. We're here every week during the AFL season to bring you a fearless perspective on the game, free of agendas and spin - although we don't mind spinning our own webs every now and again, You can reach the hosts on Twitter at @JoshElliott_29, @camtherose, @croucherJD and @RyanBuckland7

Josh Elliott and Cam Rose talk the re-signing of Michael Hurley, a bit of extra trade and free agency, and discuss the games that matter in Round 22. You can find The Roar AFL Podcast on www.theroar.com.au, iTunes, SoundCloud or through your favourite podcast app. We're here every week during the AFL season to bring you a fearless perspective on the game, free of agendas and spin - although we don't mind spinning our own webs every now and again, You can reach the hosts on Twitter at @JoshElliott_29, @camtherose, @croucherJD and @RyanBuckland7

Cam Rose and Ryan Buckland jump on the line to run through a ridiculous Round 21, where five games were decided by less than a goal. Cam, fresh from the 'G, talks through Richmond's capitulation against the Cats, with a surprisingly upbeat view. The guys spend some time touching on the lessons from the rest of the round, before looking a few weeks ahead at the potential stadium situation in Sydney come finals time. You can find The Roar AFL Podcast on www.theroar.com.au, iTunes, SoundCloud or through your favourite podcast app. We're here every week during the AFL season to bring you a fearless perspective on the game, free of agendas and spin - although we don't mind spinning our own webs every now and again, You can reach the hosts on Twitter at @JoshElliott_29, @camtherose, @croucherJD and @RyanBuckland7

In this episode of The Roar AFL Podcast, the nomadic Jay Croucher returns from a six week binge of South East Asia to find that not a lot has changed in the 2016 AFL season. He and Cam Rose wrap up Round 20, spend some time discussing Cam's column for this week which projects ahead to 2017 and which of the non-finalists have the best chance to drop the prefix, before they wrap with a brief whiteboard session on the subject of who are the best players in the AFL. You can find The Roar AFL Podcast on www.theroar.com.au, iTunes, SoundCloud or through your favourite podcast app. We're here every week during the AFL season to bring you a fearless perspective on the game, free of agendas and spin - although we don't mind spinning our own webs every now and again, You can reach the hosts on Twitter at @JoshElliott_29, @camtherose, @croucherJD and @RyanBuckland7

On this episode of The Roar AFL Podcast, Cam Rose and Josh Elliott talk through some of the take outs from a news-making yet lacklustre round of football. The guys spend some time teasing out some of the themes from Cam's piece on Richmond's plight from earlier in the week, rule out the Dogs on the basis of injuries, wrap the rest of Round 19, and take some questions from Twitter, You can find The Roar AFL Podcast on www.theroar.com.au, iTunes, SoundCloud or through your favourite podcast app. We're here every week during the AFL season to bring you a fearless perspective on the game, free of agendas and spin - although we don't mind spinning our own webs every now and again, You can reach the hosts on Twitter at @JoshElliott_29, @camtherose, @croucherJD and @RyanBuckland7

In this week's unique edition of The Roar AFL Podcast, Ryan Buckland calls Josh Elliott on his way home from work to catch up on selection news ahead of Round 19. The guys go through each game and offer some thoughts, before closing with some words on the record breaking Brent Harvey (and Ryan is more gushing than Josh, believe it or not!) You can find The Roar AFL Podcast on www.theroar.com.au, iTunes, SoundCloud or through your favourite podcast app. We're here every week during the AFL season to bring you a fearless perspective on the game, free of agendas and spin - although we don't mind spinning our own webs every now and again, You can reach the hosts on Twitter at @JoshElliott_29, @camtherose, @croucherJD and @RyanBuckland7

Josh Elliott and Cam Rose join The Roar AFL Podcast to recap the round they previewed just a handful of days ago. The guys wrap the nine game weekend, before taking some questions from the floor - most of which are from disgruntled Tiger fans baying for blood. The Roar AFL Podcast is available on iTunes, SoundCloud and theroar.com.au every Wednesday, or thereabouts, during the AFL season. The gang will get together once a week to hit on the biggest trends in the game, and many that escape the mainstream spotlight. You can get in touch with the podcast at theroaraflpodcast@gmail.com, and the voices behind the views on Twitter at @camtherose, @CroucherJD, @JoshElliott_27 and @RyanBuckland7.