Sydney Roosters
Although they are one of two foundation clubs still present in the NRL today, the Sydney Roosters are the only side in the history of Australian Rugby League to play in every season since their inception in 1908 as Eastern Suburbs. The Roosters have won 12 premierships with their most recent being in 2002, when a bloodied Brad Fittler led Sydney to victory. Fittler has since become coach of the Roosters, which signalled the club’s return to the finals for the first time since his retirement in 2004.
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith has moved to hose down talk young guns Todd Carney and Mitchell Pearce could be the solution to NSW’s State of Origin woes, calling on selectors to give them another year to prove themselves.
The Blues are looking down the barrel of an unprecedented fifth-straight Origin series loss this year as [...] Read article
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Rejuvenated bad boy Todd Carney says he won’t let a successful NRL return overshadow the enormity he faces in getting his life and career back on track.
Just one game into a comeback after 16 months out of the game, Carney found his name tossed up as a State of Origin contender after a stunning Sydney [...] Read article
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith likened Todd Carney’s freakish ability to that of Greg Inglis and Billy Slater after the former Canberra bad boy returned from a 16-month NRL hiatus to lead the Roosters to an emphatic 36-10 win over South Sydney on Sunday.
Playing his first game in the tri-colours and his first match at [...] Read article
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Welcome to the NRL Mr Burgess. The competition he dreamed of playing in as a kid quickly turned into a nightmare for South Sydney’s English recruit Sam Burgess, as the Bunnies capitulated 36-10 at the hands of local rivals Sydney Roosters on Sunday.
While the 21-year-old showed enough to suggest he will more than hold his [...] Read article
Monday, March 15th, 2010
This time last year, the Sydney Roosters produced one of the most embarrassing performances in their rich history, falling meekly to rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs 52-12 at the SFS at the start of the 2009 NRL season.
What a difference 12 months can make.
After a horrendous 2009 season which culminated in the Roosters receiving the [...] Read article
Monday, March 15th, 2010
If any young sportsman would like to see the benefits of giving up alcohol just have a look at a Roosters game. It occurred to me just after the Sydney Roosters had just defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 points to 10 that their three best players, Nat Myles, Mitchell Pearce and Todd Carney had all [...] Read article
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
They collected the wooden spoon and battled through a litany of off-field controversies last season but the NRL’s top players expect the Roosters to be crowing once more in 2010.
Players from every first grade team were questioned on Wednesday and a quarter of those surveyed believed the Bondi Junction club was capable of turning it [...] Read article
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Veteran Sydney Roosters prop Jason Ryles says the young forwards he will lead into the club’s opening NRL clash with South Sydney will not be intimidated by size or reputation.
Ryles is a certainty to play in round one after a quad strain kept him in cotton wool during the trials and the Roosters will be [...] Read article
