The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Brisbane Roar
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Brisbane Roar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jay O'Shea is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Rhys Cummings joins the Brisbane Roar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rhys Cummings is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Oct 2026
Archie McKay steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Archie McKay 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Jack Fletcher steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jack Fletcher 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Patrick Rogers steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Rogers 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Dean Bouzanis gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Jordan Lauton signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jordan Lauton commits to Brisbane Roar for another 3 years.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Brisbane Roar
Nathan Amanatidis 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Milorad Stajić shuts the door
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Brisbane Roar
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Michael Ruhs