document_title: Sydney Roosters

question_text: when did roosters last win the grand final

text: Sydney Roosters

text: History[edit]

text: The Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (ESDRLFC) was formed on 24 January 1908[3] at a meeting at the Paddington Town Hall in Sydney[4] after it was decided that the district should enter a team in the newly formed New South Wales Rugby Football League.[5] The ESDRLFC was formed, under its articles of association with the NSWRL, to represent the geographic areas in Sydney covering the Waverley, Randwick, Woollahra, Paddington, Darlinghurst and Vaucluse local government municipalities, as well as the eastern parts of the Sydney CBD. Indeed, the 'suburb' of Sydney, postcode 2000, falls entirely within the official boundaries of the ESDRLFC.

text: Unofficially nicknamed the "Tricolours" due to their red, white and blue playing strip,[6] Eastern Suburbs won its first match, defeating Newtown 32–16 at Wentworth Oval on 20 April 1908.[4] In 1913, it became the first club to win three consecutive premierships;[3][7][8] the line-ups during this period included the likes of Dally Messenger, Harry "Jersey" Flegg and Sandy Pearce, all regarded as all-time rugby league greats.[3][9] However, the club rapidly declined and failed to win the premiership for the next nine seasons.[8]

text: Eastern Suburbs missed the finals once from 1926 to 1942, and in that time won four titles and the minor premiership on seven occasions.[6][10] During this period, Dave Brown set several point-scoring records that still stand.[11] In 1935, the team lost just one game,[12] and recorded the highest winning margin in their history, an 87–7 (106–8 in modern scoring) victory over Canterbury.[13] In 1936, Eastern Suburbs became one of five teams in premiership history to remain undefeated for an entire season,[14] a feat they repeated the following year.[12] They are the only club to remain unbeaten for two consecutive seasons.[15]

text: Despite claiming the premiership in 1945, Eastern Suburbs failed to make the finals for the following seven seasons.[16] A runners-up finish in 1960 was the closest the club came to claiming the premiership during this era.[6] Eastern Suburbs were soundly defeated 31–6 in the grand final that year, by the famous record-beating St George outfit.[17] In 1966, the club fell to new depths and was winless for the first time in its history.[18][19] It was also the last occasion in which the Roosters won the wooden spoon until claiming it again in the 2009 season.[15] It ended a poor run for Eastern Suburbs; from 1963 to 1966, they won 8 of 72 matches, finishing second to last in 1964 and last in the other three years.[20] The club underwent a renaissance in 1967 after appointing Jack Gibson as coach (1967–68), and introducing a new emblem on the playing jerseys, the rooster.[20]

text: From 1972 to 1982, the Roosters won four minor premierships and played in four grand finals,[6] winning two consecutively.[6] Gibson, now dubbed as "Super Coach",[21] returned to lead the team from 1974 to 1976.[22][23] In 1974 and 1975, the team won 39 of 44 matches,[23] both minor premierships, and both grand finals and set a premiership record of 19 consecutive wins.[6][23] The 38–0 grand final victory in 1975 against St George was the largest margin in a first grade grand final,[24] and the record stood for 33 years until superseded by Manly's 40–nil win over the Melbourne Storm in 2008. Though the 1975 grand final was played in the era of an obsolete scoring system with 3-point tries, the winning margin using 4 points for tries would mean that it is still a record for a grand final at 46-0. [25] With line-ups including Mark Harris, Elwyn Walters, John Brass, Bill Mullins, Russell Fairfax, Johnny Mayes, John Peard, Ron Coote, Ian Schubert and captain Arthur Beetson,[3][26] the Centenary of Rugby League panel considered the Roosters of 1974 and 1975 to be among the greatest club teams of all time.[27]

text: Between 1984 and 1995, the Roosters reached the semi-finals once,[15] and became known to critics as the "transit lounge", due to the high frequency of player purchases and releases.[7][28] The club came close to reaching the premiership in 1987 under coach and favourite son Arthur Beetson, being defeated by eventual premiers Manly in a "bruising" major semi-final, 10–6.[29]

text: As the Super League war built up in the mid-1990s, the Roosters recruited high-profile coach Phil Gould and star five-eighth Brad Fittler, both from the Penrith Panthers.[3][28] This helped to quickly send the Roosters back to the upper end of the ladder. Fittler's presence proved invaluable;[28] during his reign, the Roosters competed in four grand finals in five years.[6] In 2002, the club captured its 12th premiership — the first in 27 years — defeating minor premiers the New Zealand Warriors 30–8 in the 2002 NRL grand final.[30]

text: In the 2003 NRL grand final against the Penrith Panthers, the Roosters lost 18–6 in what was their heaviest defeat for the year. A decisive moment occurred midway through the second half: with the scores tied at 6-all, Roosters winger Todd Byrne made a clear break down the sideline and looked set to score a try before being chased down and tackled into touch by Penrith lock forward, Scott Sattler. From then on, the momentum of the game was with Penrith.[30][31] The Roosters' made the Grand Final in 2004, when they ceded a 13–6 half-time lead to be defeated by the Bulldogs 16–13. The match was captain Fittler's last for the team.[32]

text: In 2007, the Roosters became the first club to play 100 seasons of first grade rugby league; they were the only outfit to play in each season since the competition's inception in 1908. They appointed Chris Anderson as coach in 2007 and 2008 following two relatively unsuccessful years under Ricky Stuart.[33] On 9 July 2007, Anderson resigned after a 56–0 loss to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.[34] Assistant Coach Fittler acted as the caretaker for the remainder of the 2007 season, before being appointed in August to the top job for two years.[35] With eight rounds remaining in a disappointing 2009 season in which the Roosters finished with the wooden spoon for the first time in 43 years, Fittler was informed he would not be the coach in 2010, his position to be taken by veteran coach Brian Smith. The Roosters wound up winning only five games for the entire season; twice against Cronulla and once against each of Canberra in Canberra, eventual grand finalists Parramatta and Newcastle in Newcastle.

text: A year after finishing last, under the coaching of Brian Smith they reached the 2010 NRL Grand Final where the St. George Illawarra Dragons defeated them 32–8. The Roosters led 8–6 at half time but were overrun in the second half.

text: What followed was another relatively disappointing season at Bondi Junction, with the Roosters finishing 11th in a 2011 season plagued by off-field issues involving 2010 Dally M Medallist Todd Carney (who was later sacked by the Roosters at season's end). However, a four-game winning streak to end the season brought hope for the 2012 season. Other high-profile players including Nate Myles, Mark Riddell, Jason Ryles, Kane Linnett and Phil Graham all left the club at season's end.

text: The Roosters endured a disappointing 2012 season, finishing 13th. Brian Smith resigned from the coaching role shortly after the Roosters' season concluded with a loss to the minor premiers Canterbury, and also at season's end captain Braith Anasta left to join the Wests Tigers in 2013.

text: The 2013 season saw new staff, a new coach, Trent Robinson, and several new players, including big signings Michael Jennings, James Maloney, Luke O'Donnell and Sonny Bill Williams, arrive at the club. This culminated in the Roosters finishing the 2013 season with a 24–12 win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs, securing the minor premiership for the 2013 season and were the NRL's best attacking and defensive team.[36] The Roosters defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4–0, in week one of the finals, earning a week's rest. The Roosters defeated the Newcastle Knights 40–14 in week three of the NRL finals, progressing to the 2013 NRL grand final, facing the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, winning 26–18. It was a great comeback by the Roosters, down by 10 points in the second half they went on to score three consecutive tries to seal the win and their 13th premiership. They then went on to win the 2014 World Club Challenge against Wigan 36–14 to claim the treble of club titles. No team in premiership history had come from a lower ladder position to win the following season’s title.[37]

text:
In the 2014 season, the club finished first on the table winning the minor premiership.  In the preliminary final against arch rivals Souths, Easts lost the match 32-22 in what was retiring legend Anthony Minichiello's final game.[38]
In the 2015 season, Easts finished first on the table and claimed their third consecutive minor premiership.  The Roosters again made the preliminary final with Brisbane this time being the opponents.  The Roosters ended up losing the match 31-12 in front of a sold out crowd at Suncorp Stadium.[39]

text: In the 2016 season, The Roosters finished 15th on the table after enduring a horror season where star player Mitchell Pearce was suspended for 8 matches, fined $125,000 and stripped of the captaincy following a pre season incident where the player who was intoxicated, simulated a sex act with a dog which was filmed on another party goer's mobile phone.  The club also struggled due to injuries to star players such as Boyd Cordner and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.[40][41]

text: The Roosters finished 2nd at the end of the 2017 season and defeated Brisbane in week one of the finals earning the week off.  Easts opponents in the preliminary final were North Queensland who had finished in 8th position on the table and produced upset victories over Cronulla and Parramatta.  In a game that The Roosters were expected to win, North Queensland surprised everyone winning the match 29-16. [42][43]

text: In 2018, the Roosters finished in 1st place, claiming their 20th minor premiership. They beat the Sharks 21-12 in week one of the finals earning the week off. They then broke their preliminary final hoodoo beating rivals Rabbitohs 12-4 in what was the last sports match ever played at the Sydney Football Stadium. They managed to keep the Rabbitohs tryless and the crowd was the highest ever recorded in a sporting match at the Sydney Football Stadium with 44,380 people attending the match. They played the Storm in the Grand Final and won 21-6 to claim their 14th premiership.

text: Emblem[edit]

text: Eastern Suburbs did not traditionally sport a crest on their jerseys in the first half of the 20th century.[44] Other clubs occasionally sported simple designs on their strip; however, this was not seen consistently on all jerseys until the 1950s and 1960s.[18] In 1967, the club introduced its first logo, displaying the mantra "Easts to Win", following a winless season.[18] The crest also incorporated a rooster or cockerel in the design; one source suggested that this choice of mascot followed after the Roosters' jersey design was inspired by the French national team's jersey.[20][45] Given that the French team's mascot was affectionately known to supporters as le coq, "the rooster", connections have been made as to the choosing of a rooster for Eastern Suburbs' mascot.[20]

text: In 1978, the mantra was replaced with the team's name, "Eastern Suburbs".[28] This name was kept until 1994,[28] when the club changed its team name to the "Sydney City Roosters" for the start of the 1995 season to appeal to the club's widening fan base.[28] In 2000, the club shortened its name to the "Sydney Roosters".[28]

text: Although marketing names have changed, the Roosters are still registered with the National Rugby League competition as the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, the entity holding the NRL licence.[46]

text: Colours[edit]

text: Red, white and blue have been the colours of every jersey design in the club's history;[47] however, the jersey design has undergone several alterations. The red, white and blue colour scheme has traditionally been the colour combination of sporting teams representing Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. Eastern Suburbs Rugby League club adopted these colours in 1908, with its predecessor Rugby Union club, also known as Eastern Suburbs in the Sydney club Rugby Union, having played in the tri-colours. The jersey worn in the first premiership season consisted of several hoops; red stripes dominated over consecutive smaller white and blue stripes. Although the width and the order of these stripes have changed, the basic design has always been maintained.

text: During World War II, the design of the jersey was modified because the dye used to colour jerseys was needed for the war effort.[48] This saw Eastern Suburbs playing in different colours and an altered design. Instead of using the traditional hoops, the side used a sky-blue based jersey and a red and white V-strip around the collar. This is the only noted time in the club's history where the traditional deep blue, red and white combination was absent from the jersey. After the war, the V-strip design reverted to the original blue that had been present in the original jerseys, and the single red and white stripes around the shirt's chest were incorporated with a single white stripe surrounded by a red stripe on either side. This jersey appeared in the 1950s and remains the team's base design.[18]

text: Facing design clashes with other teams in the 1990s, the club adopted a jersey with a similar design to what became known as the "away jersey", replacing the blue backing with white, and the outer red stripe with blue. As the club entered the new century, the team began to wear a "foundation jersey". Although the design differs slightly from the jersey worn in the inaugural 1908 season, it did feature the traditional horizontal striped-design. This jersey is normally worn when the Sydney Roosters face traditional rivals, such as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, or on special occasions such as Anzac Day when the team meets the St George Illawarra Dragons, the product of a team partly formed by the St. George Dragons.

text: Rivals[edit]

text: Main: South Sydney Rabbitohs, St George Illawarra Dragons.

text: Minor: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Penrith Panthers, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos, New Zealand Warriors.

text: Geographic area[edit]

text: The Sydney Roosters, namely the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club was formed, under its articles of association with the NSWRL, to represent the geographic areas in Sydney covering the Waverley, Randwick, Woollahra, Paddington, Darlinghurst and Vaucluse local government municipalities, as well as the eastern parts of the Sydney CBD. Despite some junior Rugby League boundaries being redrawn over the 107-year history of the code in Australia, these articles of association remain unchanged. As such, the Roosters represent a small area of Sydney.  The Roosters home turf is also home to a large number of supporters of rival codes and thus is the most competitive sporting market in Australia, with the Roosters flying the flag for Rugby League in Sydney's east.

text: Stadium[edit]

text: Most sources suggest that the Royal Agricultural Ground was often used as a home venue between 1908 and 1910, before the club hosted matches at the Sydney Sports Ground from 1911 onwards.[4][49][50] It was here that the team played all of their home games up until 1986, when the ground was demolished with the Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2 to make way for Sydney's main rectangular field, the Sydney Football Stadium.[51] In 1987, games were moved away to the Newtown Jets' home ground, Henson Park, temporarily to await the completion of the Sydney Football Stadium. The team capitalised on this move, finishing second in the regular season. It was the only time between 1983 and 1995 that the side reached the finals.[10]

text: In 1988, the club moved to the newly built Sydney Football Stadium on the site of the old Sydney Sports Ground,[24] opening the season with a 24–14 defeat at the hands of the St George Dragons in front of 19,295 spectators on a wet night on 4 March 1988.[52] At the Sydney Football Stadium, the Roosters have a 59% win record from 256 games with a 58% and 55% win record at their old grounds the Sydney Sports Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground respectively.[53]

text: The Roosters played their last game at the Sydney Football Stadium on 22 September 2018 in front of a ground record crowd (44,380).  The Sydney Roosters will play home games at the Sydney Cricket Ground whilst a new stadium is built on the site of the former Sydney Football Stadium.

text: Supporters[edit]

text: Whilst the Roosters have supporters all around the world, its traditional fan base is in Sydney, which is most concentrated in its homeland in the affluent eastern suburbs.[54] The club has an internet message board for supporters, "The Wall", which has been the official forum since 1999. The club has announced that "The Wall" will be closing as of late January 2012. "The Chookpen" is an unofficial site.

text: In 2013 the club tallied the fourth-highest home attendance of all National Rugby League clubs (behind the Brisbane Broncos) with an average of 19,368 spectators at the Sydney Football Stadium.[55]

text: At the club's home ground, the Sydney Football Stadium, the supporters congregate in distinct sections. The "Chook Pen", a designated area in Bay 35,[56] is the preferred location for the most animated fans.[57] Members of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust are seated in the Members Pavilion,[58] and season ticket holders are located in Bays 12–14.[59]

text: In 2018, the Roosters had over 16,000 paying members, in addition to the 41,980 members of the Roosters' Leagues Club, which is the major benefactor of the football club[60]. The Easts Leagues Club and the Sydney Roosters "operate as one entity" known as the Easts Group.[61] Under this arrangement, the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club is the 'parent company' of the Easts Group. The Football Club delegates, however, overarching responsibility for both football and leagues club operations to a single general manager who oversees the whole group's performance. The leagues club group provides financial support to the football club, only where necessary, as in recent years the football club's sponsorships and TV revenues are generally covering most Rugby League expenditures.

text: Notable supporters[edit]

text:
Doug Bollingercricketer[62]
Mark Bourisbusinessman[63]
Guillaume Brahimichef[64]
Simon Burkeactor[65]
Scott Camtelevision host[66]
Bob Carr39th Premier of New South Wales[67]
General Sir Peter Cosgrove 26th Governor-General of Australia[68]
George Donikiannews presenter[69]
Luke FoleyNew South Wales Opposition Leader[70]
Sir James Darcy FreemanCatholic Cardinal[71]
Amanda Kellermedia personality[72]
Paul KellyAustralian rules football player[73]
Joel Labijournalist
Harold Larwoodcricketer[74]
Alan McGilvraycricket commentator[75]
Erin McNaughtmedia personality[72]
Brett Ogleprofessional golfer[76]
Peter O'Malleyprofessional golfer[62]
Paul Sheehancolumnist[77]
Steve Smithformer captain of the Australia cricket team[78]
Malcolm Turnbull29th Prime Minister of Australia[79]
Jonathan UptinNine News Queensland weekend presenter[80]
Kate Waterhousemedia personality[72]
David Warnerformer vice  captain of the Australia cricket team[78]
Tim Websterradio and television personality[81]
Gus WorlandMedia personality

text: Statistics and records[edit]

text: Anthony Minichiello holds the record for the most first grade games (302),[82] having surpassed Luke Ricketson's tally of 301 matches in round 3 of the finals in 2014.[28] Former team captain Craig Fitzgibbon holds the club record for scoring the most points, tallying 1,376 over his 210 matches.[83][84] Fitzgibbon also broke the all-time point scoring record for a forward in the later rounds of 2006.[85] Dave Brown's tally of 45 points (five tries and 15 goals) in a single match against Canterbury in 1935 remains a competition record after more than seven decades.[6] Ivan Cleary scored 284 points in 1998,[6] which at the time was an all-time points scoring record in a season.[86]

text: Bill Mullins, father of 2002 premiership player Brett, scored 104 tries in his 11-year, 190-game career with Eastern Suburbs between 1968 and 1978,[6] meaning that on average, he scored at least one try every two games. Anthony Minichiello became the highest try scorer in the Roosters history when he scored his 105th try against the Newcastle at Ausgrid Stadium in June 2011. 'Mini' finally retired after the 2014 season, and ended his career with 139 tries. He is also the first fullback in 70 years to win the Grand Final (2013), whilst captaining the Club. Rod O'Loan scored seven tries in a single match against Sydney University in 1935,[6] and Dave Brown's 38 tries in 15 games in the same year remains a competition record.[6]

text: In 1975, the Eastern Suburbs Roosters set an unparalleled 19-match winning streak on their way to their 11th premiership.[23] In a 1935 match against Canterbury, Dave Brown scored 45 points, the highest score and victory margin for the club (the 87–7 scoreline is equivalent to 106–8 under the contemporary scoring system).[6] The winning margin is the second largest overall, behind St. George's 91–6 win over Canterbury a week earlier.[87]

text: The club's record attendance for a regular season game at its home ground—the Sydney Football Stadium—stands at 40,864, achieved in a match on ANZAC Day against the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2017.[52] The 2000 grand final between the Sydney Roosters and the Brisbane Broncos attracted 94,277 spectators to the Olympic Stadium.[52]

text: Squads[edit]

text: Current squad[edit]

text:
Sydney Roosters 2018 Squadviewtalkedit

First team squad

Coaching staff

1067  Mitchell Aubusson  - SR, CE
  - HK
1165  Nat Butcher  - LK, SR
1170  Lindsay Collins  - PR
1119  Boyd Cordner (c) - SR, LK
1171  Mitch Cornish  - HB, FE
1174  Cooper Cronk  - HB
1181  Poasa Faamausili  - PR, LK
  - WG, CE
0000  Brendan Frei  - LK, SR
1083  Jake Friend (c) - HK
0000  Brock Gray  - LK, PR, SR

1177  Matt Ikuvalu  - WG, CE
1167  Luke Keary  - FE, HB
0000  Lachlan Lam  - FE
0000  Bernard Lewis  - WG, FB
1137  Isaac Liu  - LK, PR
1162  Joseph Manu  - CE, WG
1161  Ryan Matterson  - SR, CE, FE
1153  Latrell Mitchell  - FB, CE, WG  (gk)
  - FE, CE
1138  Dylan Napa  - PR
  - LK, PR, SR
1180  Sean O'Sullivan  - HB, FE

0000  Reuben Porter  - SR
1172  Victor Radley  - HK, SR
1175  Reece Robinson  - WG, FB
0000  Billy Smith  - CE
1148  Sio Siua Taukeiaho  - SR, CE, LK  (gk)
1173  James Tedesco  - FB
1168  Zane Tetevano  - PR, SR, LK
1130  Daniel Tupou  - WG
1178  Sitili Tupouniua  - SR
  - PR
1105  Jared Waerea-Hargreaves  - PR

Head coach

Trent Robinson
Assistant coaches

Craig Fitzgibbon
Jason Taylor
Matt King

Legend:
(c) Captain(s)
(vc) Vice captain(s)
 Injured

Updated: 16 July 2018Source(s): roosters.com.au

text: Team of the Century[edit]

text: In 2000, the Sydney Roosters named their "Team of the Century", which included players from 1908 to 2000. The official team is listed below along with their Sydney Roosters cap number.[88]

text:
Team of the Century

First team squad

Coaching staff

639  Russell Fairfax  - FB
587  Bill Mullins  - WG
 18  Dally Messenger  - CE
202  David Brown  - CE
315  Lionel Cooper  - WG
948  Brad Fittler  - FE
210  Viv Thicknesse  - HB
190  Ray Stehr  - PR
 10  Sandy Pearce  - HK
615  Arthur Beetson  - PR
625  Ron Coote  - SR
193  Joe Pearce  - SR
234  Andy Norval  - LK

674  Kevin Hastings
232  Jack Beaton
 66  Jack Watkins
570  Barry Reilly

Head coach

Jack Gibson

Legend:
(c) Captain(s)
(vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 22 October 2011Source(s): Player List (archived)

text: The Centurions[edit]

text: In 2007, the Sydney Roosters announced "The Centurions", a team consisting of those regarded as the greatest players to have played 100 or more games for the club between 1908 and 2007. The team was selected by Ray Chesterton, Ian Heads, David Middleton and Alan Clarkson and was unveiled at the centenary season launch at the Michael Algeri Pavilion on 10 March 2007.[89][90]

text:
The Centurions

First team squad

Coaching staff

994  Anthony Minichiello  - FB
587  Bill Mullins  - WG
608  Mark Harris  - CE
595  John Brass  - CE
650  Ian Schubert  - WG
948  Brad Fittler  - FE
674  Kevin Hastings  - HB
190  Ray Stehr  - PR
 10  Sandy Pearce  - HK
615  Arthur Beetson (c) - PR
625  Ron Coote  - SR
193  Joe Pearce  - SR
234  Andy Norval  - LK

989  Craig Fitzgibbon  - SR
206  Ernie Norman
884  Luke Ricketson  - LK
570  Barry Reilly

Head coach

Jack Gibson

Legend:
(c) Captain(s)
(vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 22 October 2011Source(s): Centurions

text: Honours[edit]

text: Major Titles[edit]

text: Premierships – 14     1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1974, 1975, 2002, 2013, 2018

text: Runners-up – 15     1908, 1919, 1921, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1960, 1972, 1980, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010

text: Minor Premierships – 20     1912, 1913, 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018

text: World Club Challenge – 3     1976, 2003, 2014

text: Minor Titles[edit]

text: Club Championship – 14     1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1945, 1970, 1974, 1975, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2014

text: Second Grade – 9     1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1935, 1937, 1949, 1986, 2004

text: National Youth Competition – 1     2016

text: Jersey Flegg Cup – 14     1914, 1917, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1941, 1947, 1970, 1976, 1993, 2002, 2004

text: Presidents Cup – 15     1910, 1911, 1913, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1955, 1978, 1987, 1993

text: S. G. Ball Cup – 4     1997, 2008, 2010, 2014

text: Amco Cup – 2     1975, 1978

text: City Cup – 3     1914, 1915, 1916

text: Pre-Season Cup – 4     1974, 1977, 1979, 1981

text: Auckland Nines – 1     2017

text: World Sevens – 1     1993

text: NRL Women's team[edit]

text: On 27 March 2018, the Sydney Roosters applied for, and won, a license to participate in the inaugural 2018 NRL Women's season.[91] Adam Hartigan was named as the coach of the women's side.

text: In June 2018, the club used up the maximum of fifteen marquee signings ahead of the inaugural season which will commence in September, including Karina Brown, Isabelle Kelly and Ruan Sims.[92]

text: The club finished runners-up in the inaugural NRL Women's Premiership, losing to the Brisbane Broncos by 34–12 in the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final.[93]

text: Current squad[edit]

text: Template:Sydney Roosters Women's Current Squad

text: Footnotes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Rakic, Josh (14 March 2010). "There's still reason to hate those Roosters: Champion". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

Jump up ^ In Australia, a foundation club is one that played in the first season of a competition. Eastern Suburbs played in the first season of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1908, the predecessor to the National Rugby League competition. Notwithstanding its branding as the Sydney Roosters, the official name of the club, holder of the NRL licence, remains the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, the same licensee since 1908. As such, much of the club's merchandise and paraphernalia, especially those marketed directly to long-serving and dedicated members, includes the insignia ESDRLFC.

^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Sydney Roosters (Eastern Suburbs)". RL1908.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2006.

^ Jump up to: a b c Collis and Whiticker, p. 16.

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^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m Collis and Whiticker, p. 29.

^ Jump up to: a b "Club History: Sydney Roosters Rugby League 2006". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 4 February 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2006.

^ Jump up to: a b Collis and Whiticker, p. 381.

Jump up ^ Collis and Whiticker, pp. 16–17.

^ Jump up to: a b "Rugby League Tables / Season Summary / Easts". Rugby League Tables & Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2006.

Jump up ^ Collis and Whiticker, p. 20.

^ Jump up to: a b Collis and Whiticker, p. 21.

Jump up ^ "Rugby League Tables / Regular Season / All Teams". Rugby League Tables & Statistics. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2006.

Jump up ^ "Rugby League Tables / Game Records / Easts". Rugby League Tables & Statistics. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2006.

^ Jump up to: a b c Jeffs, Paul. "Rugby League Tables / Season Summary / Sydney Roosters". Rleague. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.

Jump up ^ Collis and Whiticker, pp. 22–23.

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^ Jump up to: a b c d Collis and Whiticker, p. 23.

Jump up ^ Andrews, p. 658.

^ Jump up to: a b c d Collis and Whiticker, p. 24.

Jump up ^ Collis and Whiticker, pp. 24–26.

Jump up ^ The titling of Gibson as "Super Coach" is common terminology in Australian rugby league references, given his outstanding coaching record. See "Super coach Gibson salutes his favourite players". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 2003. Retrieved 8 October 2006.

^ Jump up to: a b c d Collis and Whiticker, p. 25.

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Jump up ^ Walter, Brad; Pandaram, Jamie (6 October 2008). "Manly's five-year plan". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2009.

Jump up ^ Collis and Whiticker, pp. 25–26.

Jump up ^ "Team of the Century Announced". National Rugby League. 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2009.

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Jump up ^ Middleton, p. 108.

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Jump up ^ Brown, Alex; Brown, Malcolm; Maley, Jacqueline (6 October 2003). "Fairytale of the year: Panthers pluck Roosters". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2006.

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document_title: Perry Cox

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text: Perry Cox

text: Character profile[edit]

text: Dr. Cox is sarcastic, bitter and has a quick, cruel wit, normally expressed through frequent and sometimes incredibly long rants. At the beginning of the series, he is the chief attending physician at Sacred Heart Hospital; he is later promoted to residency director and, by the eighth season, to chief of medicine. In the ninth and final season, he becomes a professor when Sacred Heart is turned into a medical school. He is the superior and unwilling mentor of the series' protagonist, John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff). He has a "married but not married" relationship with his ex-wife, Jordan Sullivan (Christa Miller), with whom he has a son, Jack, and a daughter, Jennifer Dylan. He treats virtually everyone in the hospital with derision, especially his longtime nemesis, Chief of Medicine Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins).

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text: Cox is athletic, often found playing basketball in the hospital's parking lot with younger employees. In "My Friend the Doctor", he shows off by slam-dunking a basketball, but injures his back when he lands, a reminder that he is middle-aged. Out of vanity, he tries to hide his injury. He is also extremely egocentric; when named by a magazine as the best doctor in the city, he lines up every staff member beneath him, and his ex-wife, to consecutively praise him.

text: Cox grew up in an Irish Catholic family and has a younger sister, Paige (Cheryl Hines). Their family was extremely dysfunctional; their father was an abusive alcoholic, and their mother did nothing to prevent the abuse. Cox has a strained relationship with his sister, who reminds him of the childhood he has tried to forget.[2]

text: Ironically, while he goes out of his way to distance himself from others, Cox often gets mixed up in the lives of both his patients and those around him. This personal involvement often manifests in destructive ways, with Cox either internalizing his feelings or externalizing them by targeting those around him. Despite this, he has intervened in some situations, with no expectation of personal gain and often to his own detriment, to help others. A notable example is when he punches Kelso in the face in front of the entire staff when Kelso berates Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke).[3]

text: According to McGinley in the Season 1 DVD bonus features, Dr. Cox's habit of often touching his nose is a homage to Paul Newman's character in The Sting, although Cox also uses it as a sign of irritation on occasion, rather than just a sign signifying "it's going to be OK", as it was used in the film. Dr. Cox has also been compared to Gregory House. This is further explored in "My House", during which Cox acquires a temporary limp. At the end of the episode, through a series of circumstances, Dr. Cox walks into the room where the other characters are sitting and in a very House-esque way, gives them the answers to everything they have been trying to figure out through the whole episode.

text: Cox accepts the position of chief of medicine after Kelso retires.[4] The position, however, does not come easily. He temporarily holds the position until the board finds a replacement, Dr. Taylor Maddox (Courteney Cox). After concluding that Dr. Maddox is, in fact, worse than Kelso, Dr. Cox teams up with the Janitor and Kelso to oust her.[5] After Dr. Maddox is fired, the position is vacant until Dr. Kelso, behind Cox's back, recommends him for the job. Dr. Cox is initially hesitant to take the job out of fear of losing the connection he has with his patients. Although it takes a few days, Kelso convinces him to accept the position.[6]

text: In the Season 2 DVD commentary of "His Story", series creator Bill Lawrence stated that one of Dr. Cox's quirks is that he knows if someone is standing behind him and who it is, without turning around to check. This quirk is defied in "My Finale" when J.D. stands behind Cox as he tells one of the new interns how he really feels; throughout the speech, he gives no sign that he knows that J.D. is behind him.

text: He is also a very good golfer, regularly besting Kelso.[7]

text: Cox harbors an intense hatred for Hugh Jackman, mentioning him frequently in his rants about things he hates throughout the series. According to a 2006 interview with McGinley, Cox's reason for hating Jackman may be that Bill Lawrence envies the actor's talent.[8]

text: Cox is occasionally seen wearing a Detroit Red Wings jersey. McGinley is a Red Wings fan and a close friend of former Detroit defenseman Chris Chelios, whose name can be seen on the back of Cox's jersey. He has also been seen wearing a T-shirt for Cheli's Chili Bar, a small chain of restaurants owned by Chelios.

text: Cox is a graduate of Hale University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the former being a fictional adaptation of Yale University.[9]

text: Dr. Cox is often seen drinking scotch and has acknowledged (humorously) that he has a drinking problem. Cox drinks so much that J.D. fears that Cox will die of liver disease.[10] After making a mistake about a transplant patient that results in three deaths, a guilt-ridden Cox goes to work drunk and falls into a deep depression.[11] J.D. eventually helps him forgive himself, however.[12] His son Jack's first full sentence is "Daddy drinks a lot".[12]

text: Relationships with other characters[edit]

text: In Sacred Heart[edit]

text: Dr. Cox constantly berates the residents, giving John "J.D." Dorian female nicknames (e.g. "Tiffany", "Jennifer", "Carol", "Betsy", "Lindsey") and regularly calling him "Newbie". He also calls Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke) "Barbie", Turk (Donald Faison) "Gandhi" and Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins) "Bob-O", "Bobcat", and "Beelzebob". The one person he openly admits to tolerating is head nurse Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes). Throughout Season 1, he and Turk compete for her affections, with Cox eventually bowing out when he sees that Turk and Carla are in love. In one episode, it is seen that Cox helped Turk with how to deal with women when they are mad, Turk eventually taking Perry's advice. Turk soon learns that Carla and Cox went on a date before Turk came to the hospital.[13] Despite his contempt for Turk in early seasons, Cox develops a restrained level of respect for him, and even occasionally gets along with and relates to him. Being reluctant at first, he even appoints Turk as the Chief Surgeon of Sacred Heart. Cox makes this decision after being told by Kelso that his own promotions by Kelso were against the latter's personal disdain for Cox, yet Cox's excellent medical knowledge made him the best candidate nonetheless - a feature that Turk shares with Cox.

text: He berates Elliot almost as much as J.D., frequently making fun of her insecurity, hairstyle and WASP background. However, he has also been known to stand up for her: he punches Kelso in the face when he yells at her in front of the staff.[3]

text: Cox despises Kelso, Sacred Heart's chief of medicine. They disagree constantly about the best way to provide care, with Cox advocating for patients and Kelso adhering to the hospital's bottom line. At one point, he even punches Kelso in the face.[3] On occasion, however, they have acknowledged the necessity of the other's position, and Kelso has admitted that they need each other.[12] When Kelso retires and Cox succeeds him as chief of medicine, Cox confides in him about the pressures of the job, and the two form a "secret friendship".[14]

text: While Dr. Cox has had limited interactions with veteran nurse Laverne Roberts (Aloma Wright), his cynicism drives him to mock her strong religious beliefs on occasion. This culminates in Cox confronting her about a seemingly "miraculous" accident, unwilling to accept it as divine intervention. Visibly upset, Laverne replies that after 24 years as a nurse, she has to believe in a "bigger plan", otherwise she'd lose all hope. Taken aback, Cox uncharacteristically apologizes and sincerely replies that he wishes he could also believe that.[15] When she dies in the following episode, he joins the rest of the staff in bidding her farewell and drinking in her honor.[16]

text: He berates J.D. from their first meeting[17] and emphatically denies being his mentor, despite J.D.'s repeated attempts to win his favor. Nonetheless, Cox has shown concern for J.D.'s welfare, such as telling him not to blame himself for a patient's death[11] and (reluctantly) comforting him when his father dies.[18] He also tells J.D. that he trusts him as a doctor and a person and has taken an interest in him from the start because he seems "to actually give a crap".[19] Cox also recommends him as a promising, skilled, and hard-working doctor to a review board.[20] In "My Finale", Cox finally admits that he considers J.D. a talented doctor, a good person, and a friend, although he has to be tricked to do it. He refuses to say this directly to J.D. or to hug him. A flash-forward scene at the end of the episode suggests that Cox will reluctantly be a part of J.D.'s life well into the future.[21]

text: In the ninth season, Sacred Heart has become a medical school, and Cox is hired as a professor. He immediately begins berating the series' new protagonist, Lucy Johnson (Kerry Bishe), and takes an interest in one of his students, Drew Suffin (Michael Mosley). He calls the latter "Number 1" and makes him his protégé, much to J.D.'s chagrin.[22] However, he still provides advice and support to J.D. (albeit in his usual sarcastic fashion) by telling him that he has to learn to let his students make their own mistakes.[23]

text: Family life[edit]

text: Cox's family is from Pittsburgh. He has a sister, Paige (Cheryl Hines), who is a born-again Christian.[2] Cox is presented as an ardent skeptic[2] who says that he does not "technically believe" in God.[24] His political views are varied; he has expressed disdain for members of both political parties, as well as "registered Independents". He opposes the Iraq War and is disgusted when Elliot reveals that she is a Republican.[25] He also uses "Republican" as an insult for Paige.[2]

text: Cox's father was an abusive alcoholic, and his mother would "watch silently while he drunkenly knocked [Dr. Cox and Paige] from room to room." At the end of one episode, he admits to his sister that seeing her reminds him of the childhood he has tried so hard to forget.[2]

text: Cox was apparently legally divorced from Jordan Sullivan (Christa Miller Lawrence), but the two have lived together in an exclusive relationship since Jordan discovered she was pregnant.[26] As revealed in flashbacks, the marriage appears to have started out strongly, but went downhill and eventually ended when Jordan slept with Dr. Cox's then-protégé Peter Fisher (Jay Mohr).[27] Later in the series, it is revealed that Ted did not submit the divorce papers properly, so Cox and Jordan have been married during the entire run of the show. They immediately resume the role of husband and wife since they have already reconciled, but they quickly become dissatisfied with being an ordinary married couple, so they agree to go back to acting as though they were divorced, even going so far as to actually legally divorce with Ted (again) ending their marriage. In later seasons, Cox quietly resumes wearing his wedding ring, and Jordan soon acquiesces to the marriage title after the birth of their second child, and it is implied that they have remarried.

text: He has two children with Jordan: a son named Jack and, after an unsuccessful vasectomy, a daughter named Jennifer Dylan (J.D.). Jack is played by Andrew Miller and his twin brother (although in a cameo appearance in "My Missed Perception", he is played by Bill Lawrence and Christa Miller's son, William). When Jordan first becomes pregnant with Jack, she tells Cox that she was impregnated by a Greek bellboy, wanting Cox to stay because he wants to rather than out of obligation to his child.[26] At first, Cox feels nothing for the then-nameless boy, but begins to feel a connection after the child responds to the name Jack, which Cox had been trying to impress upon him for some time. J.D.'s college friend Spencer (Ryan Reynolds) accidentally tells Cox that he is actually Jack's biological father,[3] and he takes on the role of father much more seriously. Cox has a very unorthodox way of raising Jack, often treating him like his "drinking buddy". Nonetheless, Cox loves his son and tries fervently to be a better father than his own was. He often talks to Jack in lieu of a therapist. He also dotes on his daughter; among other things, he goes far out of his way to have someone else give her a shot so that she will not associate him with pain.[28]

text: Cox is best friends with Jordan's brother, Ben (Brendan Fraser), and is hit hard when he is diagnosed with leukemia; he is initially too afraid to treat him because he fears he will lose him. He rallies, however, and helps Ben go into remission.[29][30] Ben dies in the episode "My Screw Up", but Cox convinces himself that he is still alive. When he finally admits that Ben is dead, he is devastated, and uncharacteristically allows people to comfort him at the funeral.[31]