2010 Sydney Roosters season

2010 Sydney Roosters
League 5th NRL
2010 record W9 L7 D0
Home record W4 L2 D0
Away record W5 L5 D0
Points for 355 (50tries, 39goals, 1fieldgoal)
Points against 354 (50tries, 37goals)
Team information
CEO Steve Noyce
Coach Brian Smith
Assistant Coach Trent Robinson, Rohan Smith
Captain Braith Anasta
Ground Sydney Football Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Shaun Kenny-Dowall 21
Goals Todd Carney 72
Points Todd Carney 201
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The 2010 Sydney Roosters season was the 103rd in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2010 Telstra Premiership, finishing 6th (out of 16). The Roosters went on to play in the 2010 NRL Grand Final, losing to the St. George Illawarra Dragons. It was a miraculous turn-around season for the Club, which finished with the 'wooden-spoon' (last) in 2009.

Contents

Pre-Season

The Sydney Roosters pre-season schedule begun with a "thank you" testimonial for Todd Carney 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 convincingly. This match saw Todd Carney score 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 concluded with a win against the Parramatta Eels at Central Coast Stadium.

Results

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Tries Goals F. Goals Attendance
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 28 - 10 Carney, Cherrington, Kenny-Dowall, Perrett Carney (4con, 2pen) 10,281
February 27 Trial 4 Parramatta Eels Central Coast Stadium, Central Coast 40 - 14 Minichiello (2), Guerra, Carney, Pearce, Symonds, Tuigamala Carney (6con) 18,111

Regular season

Results

The Roosters' season was highlighted by several periods. Firslty, the Chooks made a bright start winning two from two but were flogged by the Canterbury Bulldogs and during the middle of the season the Roosters seemed destined to continue with a win-loss-win-loss pattern. They also won five in a row towards the end of the season, then lost three before coming back to convincingly beat Manly, 30-14. Despite a clear run through the finals, including the almighty 100 minute epic against the Tigers, they lost the Grand Final, 32-8, against St. George Illawarra.

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Tries Goals F. Goals Attendance
Mar 14, 15:00 Round 1 South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 36 - 10 Pearce (2), Kenny Dowall (2), Guerra, Perrett Carney (5con, 1pen) 23,149
Mar 21, 15:00 Round 2 Wests Tigers Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 44 - 32 Graham (2), Pearce (2), Guerra (2), Minichiello, Aubusson Carney (6con) 19,021
Mar 28, 15:00 Round 3 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 14 - 60 Anasta, Pearce, Jones Carney (1con) 19,738
Apr 2, 20:35 Round 4 Brisbane Broncos Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 25 - 6 Aubusson, Carney (2), Minichello Carney (4con) Carney (1fieldgoal) 17,106
Apr 11, 15:00 Round 5 Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Penrith 6 - 28 Aubusson Carney (1con) 14,023
Apr 17, 19:30 Round 6 Canberra Raiders Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 36 - 6 Carney (2), Minichello, Kenny Dowall, Kouparitsas, Nuuausala Carney (4con) Anasta (2con) 9,308
Apr 25, 16:00 Round 7 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 6 - 28 Aubusson Carney (1pen) 36,213
May 2, 14:00 Round 8 Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown 12 - 8 Nuuausala, Carney Carney (2con) 19,901
May 10, 19:00 Round 9 North Queensland Cowboys Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 14 - 32 Kouparitsas, Carney, Graham Carney (1con) 6,478
May 15, 19:30 Round 10 Newcastle Knights Bluetongue Stadium, Central Coast 18 - 34 Aubusson, Anasta, Minichello Carney (3con) 10,018
Round 11 BYE
May 31, 19:00 Round 12 Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park, Gold Coast 30 - 16 Kenny Dowall (2), Nuuausala (2), Anasta, Minichello Carney (3con) 13,235
Jun 5, 19:30 Round 13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 18-42 Graham, Kenny Dowall, Carney Carney (3con) 7,934
Jun 14, 19:00 Round 14 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, Melbourne 38-6 Masoe, Graham (2), Linnett, Minichello, Nuuausala, Perrett Carney (5con) 10,449
Round 15 BYE
Jun 27, 16:00 Round 16 New Zealand Warriors AMI Stadium Christchurch 18 - 20 Pearce, Carney, Kenny-Dowall Carney (3con) 20,721
Jul 4, 14:00 Round 17 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra 22 - 12 Carney, Perrett, Kenny-Dowall, Friend Carney (3con) 10,767
Jul 9, 19:35 Round 18 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 18 - 14 Aubusson, Carney, Perrett Carney (3con) 18,424
Jul 18, 15:00 Round 19 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 36 - 32 Leilua (2), Carney (2), Minichiello, Aubusson Carney(6con) 19,129
Jul 26, 19:00 Round 20 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 34 - 30 Kenny-Dowall (4), Carney, Leilua Carney(5con) 26,486
Jul 31, 17:30 Round 21 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta 48 - 12 Aubusson, Kenny-Dowall, Minichiello (2), Graham (2), Linnett, Nuuausala Carney(8con) 19,824
Aug 8, 15:00 Round 22 St George Illawarra Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 12 - 19 Carney, Minichiello Carney, (2con) 37,994
Aug 13, 19:35 Round 23 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Toyota Stadium, Woolooware 12 - 18 Anasta, Kenny-Dowall Carney (2con) 8,911
Aug 23, 19:00 Round 24 Gold Coast Titans Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 14 - 23 Kenny-Dowall, Minichiello, Anasta Carney (1con) 9,113
Aug 29, 15:00 Round 25 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 30 - 14 Kenny-Dowall (3), Carney, Perrett Carney (4con, 1pen) 18,962
Sep 4, 19:30 Round 26 North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville 18 - 8 Kenny Dowall (2), Pearce Carney (3con) 12,033

Standings

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 St. George Illawarra Dragons 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

See also: List of Sydney Roosters players
No. Name Position D.O.B App T G FG Pts
1055 Anasta, BraithBraith Anasta Five-Eighth, Lock January 14, 1982 0 0 0 0 0
- Arona, TinirauTinirau Arona Prop May 8, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
1077 Aubusson, JamesJames Aubusson Hooker, Half Back February 14, 1986 0 0 0 0 0
1067 Aubusson, MitchellMitchell Aubusson Centre, Second Row October 1, 1987 0 0 0 0 0
1107 Baitieri, JasonJason Baitieri Second Row, Lock July 2, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
- Blair, CheyseCheyse Blair Fullback, Centre January 18, 1992 0 0 0 0 0
1098 Carney, ToddTodd Carney Fullback, Five Eighth Halfback June 2, 1986 0 0 0 0 0
1082 Cherrington, AnthonyAnthony Cherrington Second Row March 21, 1988 0 0 0 0 0
1102 Conn, DanielDaniel Conn Second Row, Lock February 14, 1986 0 0 0 0 0
- Cordner, BoydBoyd Cordner Second Row, Lock June 9, 1992 0 0 0 0 0
- Du Plessis, JPJP Du Plessis Centre, Wing April 29, 1991 0 0 0 0 0
- Foran, LiamLiam Foran Half Back, Five-Eighth April 25, 1988 0 0 0 0 0
- Ford, JonathanJonathan Ford Five-Eighth, Fullback August 17, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
1098 Graham, PhilPhil Graham Centre, Wing June 21, 1981 0 0 0 0 0
1101 Guerra, AidenAiden Guerra Second Row February 25, 1988 0 0 0 0 0
1085 Jones, BenBen Jones Five-Eighth, Centre June 24, 2009 0 0 0 0 0
1086 Kennedy, MartinMartin Kennedy Prop February 20, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
1069 Kenny-Dowall, ShaunShaun Kenny-Dowall Wing January 23, 1988 0 0 0 0 0
- Kouparitsas, NickNick Kouparitsas Lock, Second Row February 26, 1984 0 0 0 0 0
- Leilua, JosephJoseph Leilua Centre, Wing December 12, 1991 0 0 0 0 0
- Linnett, KaneKane Linnett Centre January 11, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
- Masoe, MoseMose Masoe Prop, Second Row May 17, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
994 Minichiello, AnthonyAnthony Minichiello Fullback May 24, 1980 0 0 0 0 0
1070 Myles, NateNate Myles Second Row, Prop June 24, 1985 0 0 0 0 0
- Naughton, SteveSteve Naughton Fullback, Wing January 30, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
1074 Nuuausala, Frank-PaulFrank-Paul Nuuausala Prop February 13, 1987 0 0 0 0 0
1033 Paea, LopiniLopini Paea Prop April 19, 1984 0 0 0 0 0
1072 Pearce, MitchellMitchell Pearce Half Back April 7, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
1040 Perrett, SamSam Perrett Centre, Wing May 14, 1985 0 0 0 0 0
1100 Ryles, JasonJason Ryles Prop January 17, 1979 0 0 0 0 0
1092 Symonds, TomTom Symonds Lock, Five-Eighth February 17, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
1103 Takairangi, BradBrad Takairangi Utility June 14, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
- Towers, LukeLuke Towers Fullback, Half Back March 9, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
- Tuigamala, SonnySonny Tuigamala Wing, Centre June 17, 1988 0 0 0 0 0
1105 Waerea-Hargreaves, JaredJared Waerea-Hargreaves Prop, Second Row January 20, 1989 0 0 0 0 0
- Williamson, RyanRyan Williamson Centre, Wing July 5, 1990 0 0 0 0 0

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References

  1. ^ Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
  2. ^ Roosters Launch Community Initiative With Major Sponsor Steggles rleague.com, 5 February 2010