2003 Sydney Roosters season

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2003 Sydney Roosters season
  2002 2004  

The 2003 Sydney Roosters season was the 96th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Brad Fittler, the Roosters competed in the National Rugby League's 2003 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 2nd (out of 15). They reached the 2003 NRL grand final which they lost to the Penrith Panthers. [1]

A total of four Roosters players, Shannon Hegarty, Anthony Minichiello, Luke Ricketson and Michael Crocker, were selected to make their Test match débuts for the Australian national team in 2003.

Nine Roosters players were selected to play in the mid-season 2003 State of Origin series: Craig Fitzgibbon, Craig Wing, Luke Ricketson, Bryan Fletcher and Anthony Minichiello for New South Wales; and Shannon Hegarty, Chris Flannery, Justin Hodges and Michael Crocker for Queensland.

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers (P)2418062659527+13240
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2417072680445+23538
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2416082702419+28336
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2416082620463+15736
5 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2415092564486+7834
6 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415092545510+3534
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24140102632635-332
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24120122497464+3328
9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24110132570582-1226
10 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24110132548593-4526
11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24100142606629-2324
12 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2480162497704-20720
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2470172470598-12818
14 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470172557791-23418
15 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2430212457758-30110

References

  1. "Fairytale of the year: Panthers pluck Roosters". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2011.