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17 unusual facts about Roosters'


1912 Eastern Suburbs season

Eastern Suburbs field goal kicking ability was maintained on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs overall defense improved by 37.7% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs try scoring ability dropped by 6.6% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs 10 ( H. H Messeger 4, W Messenger goals ) defeated Glebe Dirty Reds 2 ( goal ) at the Ageicultual Ground.Crowd:2200.

Eastern Suburbs goal scoring ability dropped by 21.8% on their previous season.

But two rounds of the rugby League competition remain to be played, and the last vestige of hope that Glebe possesse of dethroning Eastern Sububurb has almost disappeared, for the Sydney Tricolours will have to be beaten in both contests before they are overhauled by the Reds - a most unlikely happening.

Eastern Suburbs conceded a total of 86 points in the 1912 season.

Eastern Suburbs field goal defence improved by 100% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs total points against defensive effort improved by 33.3% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs overall point scoring ability dropped 15.3% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs 12 ( Frawley, P. White tries; Messenger, Frawley goals ) defeated Newtown 6 (Russell 3 goals ) at the Agricultural ground.

Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their fifth New South Wales Rugby League season in 1912.

Eastern Suburbs try scoring defence improved by 70.5% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs Won there second consecutive premiership by finishing 1st at the end of the regular season.

Eastern Suburbs 9 Campbell Try; D. Messenger 3 goals) defeated South Sydney 8 (Darmody 4 goals) at the Agricultural Ground.

Eastern Suburbs goal kicking defence dropped by 7.1% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs total point score dropped by 23.3% on their previous season.


2002 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

Despite scoring five tries apiece, it was the goalkicking that proved the difference as the Roosters emerged victors 30-20 (Brett Kimmorley missed all five of his conversion attempts).

2003 Sydney Roosters season

A total of four Roosters players, Shannon Hegarty, Anthony Minichiello, Luke Ricketson and Michael Crocker, were selected to make their Test match débuts for the Australian national team in 2003.

Nine Roosters players were selected to play in the mid-season 2003 State of Origin series: Craig Fitzgibbon, Craig Wing, Luke Ricketson, Bryan Fletcher and Anthony Minichiello for New South Wales; and Shannon Hegarty, Chris Flannery, Justin Hodges and Michael Crocker for Queensland.

Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Brad Fittler, the Roosters competed in the National Rugby League's 2003 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 2nd (out of 15) before going on to reach the 2003 NRL grand final which they lost to the Penrith Panthers.

2010 NRL season

On 7 September 2010, Sydney Roosters' five-eighth Todd Carney won the coveted Dally M Medal for Player of the Year for season 2010 and was also awarded the people's choice Provan-Summons award (see 2010 Dally M Awards for full award listing).

Bosnian Australian

Ned Catic, former NRL player from the 90s (Penrith Panters/Sydney Roosters)

Caroline Earle White

The WPSPCA also advocated against blood sports such as; fighting dogs and roosters, animal baiting (tethering an animal and allowing other animals to attack), gander pulling (riders on horseback attempt to decapitate a bird that has been greased and poised), pigeon shoots, and fox hunts.

Damian Squire

Squire was a Port Adelaide Magpies supporter when he was growing up in the inner-northern Adelaide suburb of Broadview but due to where he lived and played his junior football with the Broadview Tigers and Greenacres Dragons in the heart of North Adelaide's metropolitan zone (only 10 minutes from North's home Prospect Oval), he ended up playing for the Roosters in the SANFL.

Danny Wicks

Scoring a 60 m try: 2008 – Round 6, Newcastle Knights vs Sydney Roosters Wicks managed to score a 60 m try against the Sydney Roosters by outrunning the Sydney Roosters fullback Sam Perrett on Sunday, 20 April 2008

Dominique Peyroux

Whilst playing for the Roosters in 2008, Peyroux featured in the Naked For A Cause initiative Gods of Football in which AFL and ARL players compiled a nude calendar to raise money for breast cancer charity the McGrath Foundation.

Impressions chronology

Fred Cash (a returning original member of the Impressions precursor group, The Roosters)

John Brass

He was part of the Roosters' premiership winning sides of 1974 and 1975, kicking two goals in the 1974 Grand Final and scoring two tries in the 1975 decider.

Justin Hodges

This was approved by Roosters boss Brian Canavan, but Roosters coach Stuart did not know that Hodges wanted a release from the club.

Rattled Roosters

That same year the Rattled Roosters were featured in W magazine in an editorial photo spread titled “Young Americans”, shot by Mario Testino, featuring influential, young, California taste makers.

Rivalries in the National Rugby League

The rivalry between these two sides arise from the Roosters recruiting Brad Fittler and Phil Gould from the Panthers in an attempt to turn the Roosters' fortunes around after almost a decade out of the finals.

SG Oslebshausen

Between 2002 and 2009 the club became well known for the basketball operations of the ‘’Bremen Roosters’’ which played in Germany’s second division Pro A but is now defunct.

St Ives Roosters

In 2005, Roosters made it to the RLC Shield final at the Butts Park Arena, Coventry where they played Blackpool Sea Eagles with Blackpool running out 74 - 10 winners.

Steve McNamara

The Roosters head coach Trent Robinson was looking for a new assistant coach because his previous assistant Paul Green took up the head coaching position of the North Queensland Cowboys.

The Roosters

In 2004 Ohe Shinya ended his lengthy musical hiatus to reunite with the original lineup of the Roosters to perform at the 2004 Fuji Rock Festival.

Waikato Rugby League

Shaun Kenny-Dowall - (Turangawaewae, Ngaruawahia Panthers) *Kiwis, NZ Maoris, Waikato Rugby League, Sydney Roosters, NRL All Stars

Sam Perrett - (College Old Boys) Sydney Roosters, Bulldogs, NZ Maoris, NZ Kiwis

Western Crusaders

Bligh Roosters joined the 2007 competition, Western Crusaders gave up Tavua, Vatukoula, Ba and Ra to the new franchise.