He made his final move to the Fitzroy Football Club for 1987,[2] where he played 2 games and 1 goal.
After a long run of injuries, including stress fractures to his ankles and a knee reconstruction following a ruptured ACL, Roberts was forced to retire from football in 1988.
He was a regular sports reporter for National Nine News, as well as appearing as a boundary rider during the Nine Network's Australian Football League telecasts.
Roberts also worked as a model on the television quiz show Sale of the Century.
He can also be heard on Triple M's football coverage as a boundary rider on Saturday Nights and Sundays.