2010 Sydney Roosters season
Template:NRL Team SeasonThe 2010 National Rugby League season will be the Sydney Roosters' 103rd first-grade season. The coach of the club will be Brian Smith and club captain is currently Braith Anasta.
Pre-Season
The Sydney Roosters pre-season schedule begun with a "thank you" testimonial for Todd Carney against the club that kept him playing Rugby League, the Atherton Roosters. A match was also scheduled against the New Zealand Warriors in Rotorua one day later. Coach Brian Smith sent a 22-man squad to each destination, with Smith and one of his assistant coaches, Rohan Smith heading to Rotorua and his other assistant coach Trent Robinson taking the other 22-man squad to Atherton.
The team that headed to Atherton won quite convinvingly. This match saw Todd Carney scor 6 points in the 68-18 win for the Roosters, in which JP Du Plessis scored a hat-trick including a try from his very first touch of the football. The team that flew out to Rotorua, on the other hand, under the leadership of Anthony Minichiello, had much tougher opposition and were well beaten 26-8 under the watchful eye of almost 10,000 supporters.
The following week, the Sydney Roosters are due to play their annual Foundation Cup match against the Wests Tigers. This will be the fourth edition of the match, with the Roosters being victorious on all of the 3 previous occasions.
The Sydney Roosters pre-season schedule will conclude with a match against the Parramatta Eels at Central Coast Stadium.
Results
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Tries | Goals | F. Goals | Attendance |
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February 12 | Trial 1 | Atherton Roosters | NQ Hardware Stadium, Atherton | 68 - 18 | Du Plessis (3), Peters, Littlejohn, Unknown (n/a) | Carney (3con), Unknown (n/a) | 3,000 | |
February 13 | Trial 2 | New Zealand Warriors | Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua | 8 - 26 | Takairangi, Tuigamala | 9,600 | ||
February 21 | Foundation Cup | Wests Tigers | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | - | ||||
February 27 | Trial 4 | Parramatta Eels | Central Coast Stadium, Central Coast | - |
Regular Season
Results
Standings
Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | St. George Illawarra Dragons (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 518 | 299 | +219 | 38 |
2 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 645 | 489 | +156 | 34 |
3 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 537 | 503 | +34 | 34 |
4 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 520 | 498 | +22 | 34 |
5 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 539 | 486 | +53 | 32 |
6 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 559 | 510 | +49 | 32 |
7 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 499 | 493 | +6 | 30 |
8 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 545 | 510 | +35 | 28 |
9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 584 | 567 | +17 | 26 |
10 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 508 | 535 | −27 | 26 |
11 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 499 | 569 | −70 | 24 |
12 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 413 | 491 | −78 | 24 |
13 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 494 | 539 | −45 | 22 |
14 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 354 | 609 | −255 | 18 |
15 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 425 | 667 | −242 | 14 |
16 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 489 | 363 | +126 | 01 |
1 Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches.[1]
Kit and Sponsors
Steggles
The Sydney Roosters reaffirmed their 'New Beginning' motto by announcing their new major sponsor, Steggles. As a part of the agreement, the clubs 'New Attitude' of Community Engagement would be embraced through a new initiative, the Charity Nest. The three-year deal could see up to $250,000 donated to charities in the 2010 season.
For every point the Sydney Roosters beat their opposition by in the 2010 season, Steggles would donate $1,000 to Charity Nest, with an extra $250 contributed by the Roosters.[2]
Squad
No. | Name | Position | D.O.B | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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1055 | Braith Anasta | Five-Eighth, Lock | January 14 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Tinirau Arona | Prop | May 8 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1077 | James Aubusson | Hooker, Half Back | February 14 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1067 | Mitchell Aubusson | Centre, Second Row | October 1 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Jason Baitieri | Second Row, Lock | July 2 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Cheyse Blair | Fullback, Centre | January 18 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Todd Carney | Fullback, Five Eighth | June 2 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1082 | Anthony Cherrington | Second Row | March 21 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Daniel Conn | Second Row, Lock | February 14 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Boyd Cordner | Second Row, Lock | June 9 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | JP Du Plessis | Centre, Wing | April 29 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Liam Foran | Half Back, Five-Eighth | April 25 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Jonathan Ford | Five-Eighth, Fullback | August 17 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Phil Graham | Centre, Wing | June 21 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Aiden Guerra | Second Row | February 25 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1085 | Ben Jones | Five-Eighth, Centre | June 24 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Martin Kennedy | Prop | February 20 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1069 | Shaun Kenny-Dowall | Wing | January 23 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Nick Kouparitsas | Lock, Second Row | February 26 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Joseph Leilua | Centre, Wing | December 12 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Kane Linnett | Centre | January 11 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Mose Masoe | Prop, Second Row | May 17 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
994 | Anthony Minichiello | Fullback | May 24 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1070 | Nate Myles | Second Row, Prop | June 24 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Steve Naughton | Fullback, Wing | January 30 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1074 | Frank-Paul Nuuausala | Prop | February 13 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1033 | Lopini Paea | Prop | April 19 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1072 | Mitchell Pearce | Half Back | April 7 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1040 | Sam Perrett | Centre, Wing | May 14 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Jason Ryles | Prop | January 17 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1085 | Tom Symonds | Lock, Five-Eighth | February 17 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Brad Takairangi | Utility | June 14 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Luke Towers | Fullback, Half Back | March 9 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Sonny Tuigamala | Wing, Centre | June 17 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Jared Waerea-Hargreaves | Prop, Second Row | January 20 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Ryan Williamson | Centre, Wing | July 5 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- ^ Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
- ^ Roosters Launch Community Initiative With Major Sponsor Steggles rleague.com, 5 February 2010