Sydney Roosters season 2007

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.

eason 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.

2007 Season Ladder

Outgoing

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

International

Australia
* Anthony Tupou

New Zealand
* Iosia Soliola

tate of Origin

New South Wales
* Anthony Minichiello

* Braith Anasta

* Anthony Tupou

Queensland
* Nate Myles

City Vs Country

City
* Anthony Minichiello

* Braith Anasta

* Craig Wing

Country
* Amos Roberts

* Craig Fitzgibbon

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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

Assistant Staff/ Consultants

Luke Phillips

Luke Ricketson

Adrian Lamb

Phil Gould

Executive

CEO - Brian Canavan
Chairman - Nick Politis

"List incomplete"

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.

ee also

*List of Sydney Roosters seasons
*Sydney Roosters

*National Rugby League

References

External links

[http://www.sydneyroosters.com.au/ Official Sydney Roosters Website]
[http://www.sydneyroosters.com.au/players/player_contracts.php/ Official Sydney Roosters Player Contracts]
[http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au/ Official Australian Rugby League Website]
[http://www.nrl.com/ Official National Rugby League Website]
[http://www.nswrl.com.au/ Official New South Wales Rugby League Website]
[http://www.qrl.com.au/ Official Queensland Rugby League Website]
[http://www.crlnsw.com.au/ Official Country Rugby League of New South Wales Website]
[http://www.nzrl.co.nz/ Official New Zealand Rugby League Website]
[http://www.rleague.com//db/location/international/index.php/ Official International Rugby League Website]