2010 Sydney Roosters season

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2010 Sydney Roosters season
NRL Rank6th
2010 recordWins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 355 (50tries, 39goals, 1fieldgoal); against: 354 (50tries, 37goals)
Team information
CEOSteve Noyce
Coach Brian Smith
Assistant coachTrent Robinson, Rohan Smith
Captain
Stadium 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. Having finished with the 'wooden-spoon' (last) in 2009 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.

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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

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultTriesGoalsF. GoalsAttendance
12 FebruaryTrial 1Atherton RoostersNQ Hardware Stadium, Atherton 68 - 18 Du Plessis (3), Peters, Littlejohn, Unknown (n/a) Carney (3con), Unknown (n/a)3,000
13 FebruaryTrial 2 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua 8 - 26 Takairangi, Tuigamala 9,600
21 February Foundation Cup Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 28 - 10 Carney, Cherrington, Kenny-Dowall, Perrett Carney (4con, 2pen)10,281
27 FebruaryTrial 4 Parramatta colours.svg 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. Firstly, 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.

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

Standings

2010 NRL season
Pos.TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons (P)2417072518299+21938
2 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415092645489+15634
3 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2415092537503+3434
4 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2415092520498+2234
5 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24140102539486+5332
6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24140102559510+4932
7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24130112499493+630
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122545510+3528
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24110132584567+1726
10 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24110132508535−2726
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100142499569−7024
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24100142413491−7824
13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2490152494539−4522
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2470172354609−25518
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2450192425667−24214
16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102489363+12601

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]

Player Summary

Sydney Roosters 2010AppearanceInterchangeTriesGoalsF/GPoints
Braith Anasta 27-92141
James Aubusson 641--4
Mitchell Aubusson 26-8--32
Jason Baitieri -1---0
Sam Brunton 12---0
Todd Carney 28-16951255
Daniel Conn 2211--4
Daniel Fepuleai -1---0
Jonathan Ford 2----0
Jake Friend 1451--4
Phil Graham 23-8--32
Aidan Guerra 633--12
Ben Jones 411--4
Martin Kennedy -15---0
Shaun Kenny-Dowall 28-21--84
Nick Kouparitsas 8152--8
Joseph Leilua 1073--12
Kane Linnett 13-4--16
Mose Masoe 751--4
Anthony Minichiello 26-12--0
Nate Myles 24----0
Frank-Paul Nuuausala 2267--32
Lopini Paea 93---0
Mitchell Pearce 22-9--36
Sam Perrett 27-9--36
Jason Ryles 224---0
Tom Symonds 23---0
Brad Takairangi -2---0
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 514---0
Total372112114972652

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  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 Archived 11 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 5 February 2010
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