2012 Sydney Roosters season

2012 Sydney Roosters season
NRL 13th
2012 record Wins: 8; Draws: 1; Losses: 15
Team information
CEO Steve Noyce
Head Coach Brian Smith
Captain
Stadium Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Avg. Attend. 12,707
Top scorers
Tries 10-Mitchell Pearce
Goals 62-Braith Anasta
Points 140-Braith Anasta
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The 2012 Sydney Roosters season was the 105th in the club's history. Coached by Brian Smith and caaptained by Braith Anasta, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2012 Telstra Premiership. The Roosters finished the regular season 13th (out of 16), failing to reach the finals for the second consecutive year.

Pre-season

Results

The Sydney Roosters will play 2 Trial games in 2012. The first game will be against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the second against the Wests Tigers. In the Roosters' first trial game of the year they went up against the Bulldogs at Belmore Sports Ground which was attended by around 12,000 fans, the game ended with the Roosters winning 28 - 16. In the second trial match they went up against the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium which was attended by 7,426 fans, The game ended with the roosters rallying from behind to win 28 - 24.

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Game Report
12 FebruaryTrial 1 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBelmore Sports Ground16 - 2812,000Game Report
18 FebruaryTrial 2 Wests TigersCampbelltown Stadium24 - 287,426Game Report
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw

Regular season

Results

These are the results and fixtures of the Sydney Roosters 2012 Season. They started their 2012 season well against their longtime rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs, with a comeback with the clock showing two and a half minutes.

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Game Report
5 MarchRound 1 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium20-24[1][2]
11 MarchRound 2 Penrith PanthersSydney Football Stadium18-0
18 MarchRound 3 Canberra RaidersSydney Football Stadium14-8
25 MarchRound 4 Melbourne StormAAMI Park44-4
31 MarchRound 5 New Zealand WarriorsSydney Football Stadium26-8
7 AprilRound 6 Gold Coast TitansSkilled Park12-18
14 AprilRound 7 North Queensland CowboysTIO Stadium12-50
Rep WeekendBYE
25 AprilRound 8 St. George Illawarra DragonsSydney Football Stadium28-24
6 MayRound 9 Newcastle KnightsSydney Football Stadium24-6
12 MayRound 10 New Zealand WarriorsMount Smart Stadium30-26
20 MayRound 11 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval18-10
28 MayRound 12 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSydney Football Stadium30-12
Round 13BYE
10 JuneRound 14 Brisbane BroncosSydney Football Stadium40-22
17 JuneRound 15 Wests TigersLeichhardt Oval42-28
24 JuneRound 16 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesSydney Football Stadium52-14
Round 17BYE
9 JulyRound 18 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksToyota Stadium14-14
16 JulyRound 19 South Sydney RabbitohsSydney Cricket Ground-
22 JulyRound 20 Penrith PanthersCentrebet Stadium28-16
27 JulyRound 21 Gold Coast TitansAllianz Stadium36-16
3 AugustRound 22 St. George Illawarra DragonsAllianz Stadium26-10
11 AugustRound 23 Parramatta EelsParramatta Stadium36-22
18 AugustRound 24 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium20-24
26 AugustRound 25 Wests TigersAllianz Stadium44-20
1 SeptemberRound 26 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ Stadium10-42
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw       Bye

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2418062568369+19940
2 Melbourne Storm 2417072579361+21838
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416082559438+12136
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082497403+9436
5 North Queensland Cowboys 2415092597445+15234
6 Canberra Raiders 24130112545536+930
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24121112445441+429
8 Brisbane Broncos 24120122481447+3428
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132405438-3326
10 Wests Tigers 24110132506551-4526
11 Gold Coast Titans 24100142449477-2824
12 Newcastle Knights 24100142448488-4024
13 Sydney Roosters 2481152462626-16421
14 New Zealand Warriors 2480162497609-11220
15 Penrith Panthers 2480162409575-16620
16 Parramatta Eels 2460182431674-24316

Squad

2012 NRL Sydney Roosters Team

Sydney Roosters
2011 National Rugby League squad - 26 Players Coaching staff

Head coach



Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain
  • (gk) Goal kicker

Updated: 22nd OCTOBER 2011
Source(s): Sydney Roosters Squad

Player Summary

Sydney Roosters 2012 Appearance Interchange Tries Goals F/G Points
Braith Anasta 22 - 4 62 - 140
Tinirau Arona 4 16 3 - - 12
Mitchell Aubusson 22 2 3 - - 12
Jack Bosden 1 3 1 - - 4
Justin Carney 5 - - - - 0
Boyd Cordner 15 7 4 - - 16
Jake Friend 20 4 2 - - 8
Aidan Guerra 18 1 5 - - 20
Adam Henry 4 - 1 - - 4
Martin Kennedy 17 7 1 - - 4
Shaun Kenny-Dowall 17 - 8 - - 32
Joseph Leilua 19 - 6 - - 24
Mose Masoe 1 13 - - - 0
Anthony Minichiello 24 - 9 - - 36
Anthony Mitchell 4 2 1 - - 4
Tautau Moga 14 - 7 - - 28
Daniel Mortimer 4 4 2 5 - 18
Frank-Paul Nuuausala 18 1 2 - - 8
Mitchell Pearce 22 - 10 - - 40
Sam Perrett 15 - 3 - - 12
Nafe Seluini - 7 - - - 0
Tom Symonds 1 1 1 - - 4
Peni Tagive 5 - - - - 0
Brad Takairangi 5 11 1 - - 4
Lama Tasi 3 16 2 - - 8
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6 - - - - 0
Daniel Tupou 3 - 3 - - 12
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 23 - 3 - - 4012
Total 312 96 82 67 0 462

References