Sydney Roosters 2007

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The Sydney Roosters will celebrate their 100th First Grade Season in the 100th year of rugby league football in Australia. The Roosters finished in 14th position last year.

Contents 1 Season summary 2 2007 Season Ladder 3 Results 4 Notable events 5 Wins 6 Draws 7 Players 8 2007/2008 Player Movement 8.1 Incoming 8.2 Outgoing 9 Representative Players 9.1 International 9.2 State of Origin 9.3 City Vs Country 10 Staff 10.1 Coaching Staff 10.2 Assistant Staff/ Consultants 10.3 Executive 11 Trivia 12 See also 13 References 14 External links

[edit] Season summary

The Sydney Roosters had a relatively poor start to their 100th season, not recording a win until Round 7 against the St George-Illawarra Dragons on Anzac Day. This however was juxtaposed by a rather strong period in the middle of the year winning 5 of their last 8 matches between Rounds 7 and 14.

Despite their poor start to the season, the Sydney Roosters were having a late season resurgance under newly appointed Care-Taker Coach Brad Fittler. Since Chris Anderson left the club following their 56-0 loss to Manly Sea Eagles, the Sydney Roosters were yet to lose a game in 5 consecutive matches and were a few days ago, in 10th position. That came from wins over the likes of the Cronulla Sharks, Newcastle Knights, Melbourne Storm and West Tigers with a draw to the New Zealand Warriors. Then on the 19th of August, the run of being undefeated by Brad Fittler was broken, as the Gold Coast Titans claimed victory 22-18. This sits the Sydney Roosters on 11th, still a mathematical chance of making the finals.

[edit] 2007 Season Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne	24	21	0	3	1	627	277	+350	44
2	Manly-Warringah	24	18	0	6	1	597	377	+220	38
3	North Queensland	24	15	0	9	1	547	618	-71	32
4	Warriors	24	13	1	10	1	593	434	+159	29
5	Parramatta	24	13	0	11	1	573	481	+92	28
6	Bulldogs	24	12	0	12	1	575	528	+47	26
7	South Sydney	24	12	0	12	1	408	399	+9	26
8	Brisbane	24	11	0	13	1	511	476	+35	24
9	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	1	541	561	-20	24
10	Sydney	24	10	1	13	1	445	610	-165	23
11	Cronulla-Sutherland	24	10	0	14	1	463	403	+60	22
12	Gold Coast	24	10	0	14	1	409	559	-150	22
13	St George Illawarra	24	9	0	15	1	431	509	-78	20
14	Canberra	24	9	0	15	1	522	650	-128	20
15	Newcastle	24	9	0	15	1	418	708	-290	20
16	Penrith	24	8	0	16	1	539	607	-68	18

[edit] Results

Round	Opponent	Result	Syd	Opp.	Date	Venue	Crowd	Report
1	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Loss	6	18	Mar 19	Sydney Football Stadium	24,127	[1]
2	North Queensland Cowboys	Loss	6	43	Mar 24	Dairy Farmers Stadium	21,396	[2]
3	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Loss	8	30	Apr 1	Sydney Football Stadium	11,976	[3]
4	Brisbane Broncos	Loss	10	32	Apr 6	Sydney Football Stadium	11,476	[4]
5	Canberra Raiders	Loss	28	37	Apr 16	Canberra Stadium	15,862	[5]
6	Bye
7	St George-Illawarra Dragons	Win	18	4	Apr 25	Sydney Football Stadium	18,240	[6]
8	Parramatta Eels	Loss	10	28	May 5	Parramatta Stadium	13,021	[7]
9	Gold Coast Titans	Win	24	18	May 13	Sydney Football Stadium	6,242	[8]
10	Melbourne Storm	Loss	2	26	May 19	Olympic Park	9,354	[9]
11	Cronulla Sharks	Win	13	12	May 26	Toyota Park	11,193	[10]
12	Newcastle Knights	Loss	18	22	Jun 2	Bluetongue Stadium	11,264	[11]
13	North Queensland Cowboys	Win	64	30	Jun 9	Sydney Football Stadium	4,168	[12]
14	Penrith Panthers	Win	24	20	Jun 16	CUA Stadium	5,831	[13]
15	Parramatta Eels	Loss	16	36	Jun 23	Sydney Football Stadium	12,211	[14]
16	Bulldogs	Loss	6	38	Jul 2	Telstra Stadium	20,722	[15]
17	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Loss	0	56	Jul 7	Brookvale Oval	9,932	[16]
18	Cronulla Sharks	Win	23	12	Jul 14	Sydney Football Stadium	8,421	[17]
19	Newcastle Knights	Win	20	17	Jul 21	Energy Australia Stadium	15,171	[18]
20	Melbourne Storm	Win	26	16	Jul 27	Sydney Football Stadium	8,824	[19]
21	New Zealand Warriors	Draw	31	31	Aug 5	Sydney Football Stadium	15,142	[20]
22	Wests Tigers	Win	26	22	Aug 10	Telstra Stadium	25,166	[21]
23	Gold Coast Titans	Loss	18	22	Aug 19	Carrara Stadium	17,425	[22]
24	Penrith Panthers	Loss	22	28	25 Aug	Sydney Football Stadium
25	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	26	12	1 Sep	Telstra Stadium

[edit] Notable events

• Sydney Roosters celebrate their 100th year in the competition
• In round 7 the Roosters defeated the St George Illawarra Dragons 18–4. This victory marked the 1,000th win in the club's history. The Roosters were the first club to achieve this feat.
• The Roosters scored an unprecedented 64 points in round 13 against the Cowboys. This was the 3rd highest amount of points scored in a single game by the Roosters.
  
• In the Roosters round 14 victory over the Penrith Panthers, the Sydney Roosters recorded their first back to back win since 2005.
• The Roosters 56 point thrashing by Manly was their second worst defeat by Manly, and the Roosters 7th worst loss of all time. Following this loss, Chris Anderson resigned as coach with club legend Brad Fittler named as coach for the rest of the season.
  
• On July 14 the Sydney Roosters defeated the Cronulla Sharks 23–12. This result after a restless week at the Roosters marked Brad Fittler's first win as a first grade coach.
  
• With the round 20 victory over the competition leaders and premiership favourites, the Melbourne Storm (26–16), the Sydney Roosters recorded their first three consecutive wins since the finals series in 2004, a run which was halted by the Grand Final loss to the Canterbury Bulldogs.
• In round 22, the Roosters became the first team in NRL history to go to Golden Point extra-time for two consecutive matches. They went on to win the match with a Joel Monaghan try.
• In round 23, Brad Fittler tasted defeat for the first time in his coaching career, a loss to the Gold Coast Titans, 22–18.
  
• On August 28, 2007, care-taker Head Coach Brad Fittler AM was appointed as the Head Coach for season 2008 (101st season for the Sydney Roosters). [23]

[edit] Wins

• Round 07, Sydney Roosters 18 defeated St George Illawarra Dragons 4 at Aussie Stadium
  
• Round 09, Sydney Roosters 24 defeated Gold Coast Titans 18 at Aussie Stadium
  
• Round 11, Sydney Roosters 13 defeated Cronulla Sharks 12 at Toyota Park
  
• Round 13, Sydney Roosters 64 defeated North Queensland Cowboys 30 at Aussie Stadium
• Round 14, Sydney Roosters 24 defeated Penrith Panthers 20 at CUA Stadium
  
• Round 18, Sydney Roosters 23 defeated Cronulla Sharks 12 at Aussie Stadium
  
• Round 19, Sydney Roosters 20 defeated Newcastle Knights 17 at Energy Australia Stadium
  
• Round 20, Sydney Roosters 26 defeated Melbourne Storm 16 at Aussie Stadium
  
• Round 22, Sydney Roosters 26 defeated Wests Tigers 22 at Telstra Stadium
  

[edit] Draws

• Round 21, Sydney Roosters 31 drew with the New Zealand Warriors at the Sydney Football Stadium

[edit] Players

The following is the Sydney Roosters squad named for the 2007 season. For Player Contracts see below in the external links section for details.

No. Position Player 989 SR Craig Fitzgibbon (c) 990 HK Craig Wing 994 FB Anthony Minichiello 995 SR Chris Flannery 1033 SR Lopini Paea 1035 SR Anthony Tupou 1038 HK Heath L'Estrange 1040 WG Sam Perrett 1044 WG Joel Monaghan 1045 SR Nigel Plum 1046 WG Amos Roberts 1047 CE Iosia Soliola 1049 FE Jamie Soward #

No. Position Player 1052 SR Mickey Paea 1053 PR David Shillington 1055 FE Braith Anasta 1056 LK Ashley Harrison (vc) 1057 PR Charlie Tonga 1060 CE Vince Mellars 1068 PR Chris Beattie 1070 SR Nate Myles 1071 PR Danny Nutley 1072 HB Mitchell Pearce WG John Williams

1. Jamie Soward as of May 28 has left the Sydney Roosters. He is now a member of the St George Illawarra Dragons.^[1]
   
2. Josh Lewis as of May 14 gained a release from the Sydney Roosters and with immediate effect will play for the Gold Coast Titans
   
3. Nigel Plum as of June 5 sought and was granted a release from the Sydney Roosters and has immediately signed with the Canberra Raiders.
   
4. Chris Flannery as of June 15 has been granted a release from the Sydney Roosters. Flannery, a seasoned origin player for Queensland has since signed with St Helens in the English Super League.

[edit] 2007/2008 Player Movement

[edit] Incoming

Name	Club Coming From	Details
Mark O'Meley	Bulldogs	4-year contract, begins 2008	[24]
James Aubusson	Melbourne Storm	3-year contract, begins 2008	[25]
Willie Mason	Bulldogs	3-year contract, begins 2008	[26]

[edit] Outgoing

Name	Club Going To	Details
Craig Wing	South Sydney Rabbitohs	4-year contract, begins 2008	[27]
Joel Monaghan	Canberra Raiders	3-year contract, begins 2008	[28]
Jamie Soward	St George-Illawarra Dragons	2-year contract, effective immediately	[29]
Josh Lewis	Gold Coast Titans	3-year contract, effective immediately	[30]
Nigel Plum	Canberra Raiders	2-year contract, effective immediately	[31]
Chris Flannery	St Helens RFC	4-year contract, effective immediately	[32]
Heath L'Estrange	Manly Sea Eagles	2-year Contract begins 2008	[33]

[edit] Representative Players

The following is a list of Sydney Rooster players who have played for Australia or New Zealand and other nations, New South Wales or Queensland and City or Country in representative levels of football during the 2007 calendar year. This is correct as of May 15, 2007

[edit] International

Australia

• Anthony Tupou
  

New Zealand

• Iosia Soliola
  

[edit] State of Origin

New South Wales

• Anthony Minichiello
  
• Braith Anasta
  
• Anthony Tupou
  

Queensland

• Nate Myles
  

[edit] City Vs Country

City

• Anthony Minichiello
  
• Braith Anasta
  
• Craig Wing
  

Country

• Amos Roberts
  
• Craig Fitzgibbon
  

[edit] Staff

[edit] Coaching Staff

Head Coach - Brad Fittler AM (July 10, 2007 - )
Head Coach - Chris Anderson (March 16,2007 - July 09,2007)
Physical Performance Manager - Ronald Palmer
Strength and Conditioning Coach - Richard Harris
Strength and Conditioning Coach - Ben Gardiner
Jersey Flegg and NRL Assistant Coach - James Pickering
Club Physotherapist - Tony Ayoub
Football Manager - Troy Rovelli
Team Doctor - Dr John Orchid
Recruitment and Retention - Arthur Beetson OAM

[edit] Assistant Staff/ Consultants

Luke Phillips
Luke Ricketson
Adrian Lamb
Phil Gould

[edit] Executive

CEO - Brian Canavan
Chairman - Nick Politis

List incomplete

[edit] Trivia

• Featured is the unique 100 years edition of the Sydney Roosters Logo:
  
• The Sydney Roosters are the first club in the history of the game to achieve some 1000 first grade wins. This milestone came with the defeat of the St George Illawara Dragons on April 25, 2007.
• Captain Craig Fitzgibbon is currently the clubs top point scorer with 2 tries and 51 goals totaling some 110 points.
• Winger/Center Joel Monaghan is the clubs to try scorer with currently 13 tries to his name; this also places him in the top ten try scorers in the NRL.

[edit] See also

• List of Sydney Roosters seasons
• Sydney Roosters
  
• National Rugby League

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Official Sydney Roosters Website
Official Sydney Roosters Player Contracts
Official Australian Rugby League Website
Official National Rugby League Website
Official New South Wales Rugby League Website
Official Queensland Rugby League Website
Official Country Rugby League of New South Wales Website
Official New Zealand Rugby League Website
Official International Rugby League Website