The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Melbourne City come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Brisbane Roar did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Daniel Kelly rejects the move
Brisbane Roar had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Millwall, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Brisbane Roar to lose Ben Warland for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Ben Warland has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Brisbane Roar
Sebit Ngor was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Wolverhampton tell Brisbane Roar: Nathan Fraser is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tom Shaw steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tom Shaw has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Thomas Lewis joins the Brisbane Roar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Lewis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Brisbane Roar promote Ben Hughes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ben Hughes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Brisbane Roar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lachlan Wales was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Brisbane Roar
- Squad No place for Nikola Mileusnic in the new shape
- Transfer targets Brisbane Roar try to borrow Josh Thomas