The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Match24 Oct 2026
Justin Vidic drives the Brisbane Roar comeback
2 behind and going nowhere, until Justin Vidic decided otherwise. Macarthur FC had done the hard part and then watched it come apart, and the noise at the final whistle was the sort a ground keeps.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Brisbane Roar
Nick D'Agostino 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Travis Beath is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 14 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Match24 Oct 2026
Brisbane Roar see off Macarthur FC
Three points for Brisbane Roar, 3‑2 the final word against Macarthur FC in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
One of their own: Justin Vidic
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
One of those days for Justin Vidic
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.28, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Nick D'Agostino
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Michael Ruhs falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
A satisfied Shane Bell
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑2, Shane Bell could afford to be generous.
In brief
- The dugout The form table has caught Youstin Salas
- Looking ahead Dean Bouzanis goes back to face Western Sydney Wanderers
- The dugout Milorad Stajić does not fit this one