2023 Sydney Roosters season

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2023 Sydney Roosters season
NRL RankSee ladder on this page
Team information
CEOJoe Kelly
Head Coach Trent Robinson
Captain
Stadium Allianz Stadium - 42,500
Avg. attendance0
High attendance0
Low attendance0
Top scorers
Tries Jaxson Paulo (6)
Goals Sam Walker (17)
Points Sam Walker (38)
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The 2023 Sydney Roosters season is the 116th in the club's history. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. The Captain James Tedesco retains his club role for the 3rd consecutive year while Head Coach Trent Robinson maintains his position for the 11th consecutive season.

Contents

Player Movement

These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season. [1]

Gains

Player/CoachPrevious clubLength
Brandon Smith Melbourne Storm 2024
Jake Turpin Brisbane Broncos 2023
Jaxson Paulo South Sydney Rabbitohs 2023
Corey Allen Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2023
Nathan Brown Parramatta Eels 2023

Losses

Player/CoachNew Club
Siosiua Taukeiaho Catalans Dragons
Lachlan Lam Leigh Leopards
Daniel Suluka-Fifita South Sydney Rabbitohs
Adam Keighran Catalans Dragons
Kevin Naiqama Huddersfield Giants
Oliver Gildart Dolphins
Sam Verrills Gold Coast Titans
Renouf Atoni Wakefield Trinity
Tuku Hau Tapuha Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Pre-Season Challenge

Date [2] RoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Sunday, 12 FebruaryTrial 1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm GMHBA Stadium 24 – 32 Elie El-Zakhem 20'
Tyler Moriarty 25'
William Fakatoumafi 34'
Jaxson Paulo 46'
Victor Radley 50'
Junior Pauga 78'
Sandon Smith (3/3)
Sam Walker (1/3)
7,857
Friday, 17 FebruaryTrial 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Industree Group Stadium 16 – 28 Nat Butcher 64'
Lindsay Collins 67'
Tuipulotu Katoa 69'
Sandon Smith (2/3)10,744

Regular season

Source: [3]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers (P)2418063645312+33342
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2418063639425+21442
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416083627459+16838
4 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2416083572448+12438
5 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2414193626451+17535
6 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140103619497+12234
7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24130113472496−2432
8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24130113486623−13732
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24120123564505+5930
10 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24120123587574+1330
11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24120123546542+430
12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24111123545539+629
13 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins 2490153520631−11124
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2490153527653−12624
15 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2470173438769−33120
16 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2450193474673−19916
17 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2440203385675−29014

Matches

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Sunday, 5 March1 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins Lang Park 28 – 18 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii 10'
Drew Hutchison 18'
Daniel Tupou 66'
Sam Walker (3/3)32,177
Saturday, 11 March2 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Allianz Stadium 20 – 12 Jaxson Paulo 4', 47'
Sam Walker 57'
Sam Walker (2/3)
PG: Sam Walker (2/3)
16,267
Friday, 17 March3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Allianz Stadium 20 – 18 Brandon Smith 33'
Daniel Tupou 37'
Jaxson Paulo 45', 65'
Sam Walker (2/4)36,639
4BYE
Thursday, 30 March5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Allianz Stadium 28 – 20 Drew Hutchison 13'
Daniel Tupou 32'
Luke Keary 38', 71'
Jaxson Paulo 54'
Sam Walker (3/5)20,886
Thursday, 6 April6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 28 – 8 Jaxson Paulo 12' Sam Walker (1/1)
PG: Sam Walker (1/1)
16,323
Friday, 14 April7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks PointsBet Stadium 22 – 12 Egan Butcher 23'
Brandon Smith 31'
Sam Walker (2/2)11,489
Tuesday, 25 April8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Allianz Stadium 27 – 26 James Tedesco 4'
Victor Radley 20'
Luke Keary 28'
Joseph Manu 45'
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (4/4)
PG: Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (1/1)
FG: Luke Keary (1/1)
40,191
Friday, 30 April9 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium 0 – 14 Nat Butcher 34'
Sitili Tupouniua 59'
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (2/2)
PG: Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (1/1)
20,395
Sunday, 7 May10 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Lang Park 6 – 20 Angus Crichton 78' Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (1/1)45,085
Friday, 12 May11 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers BlueBet Stadium 48 – 4 Corey Allan 64' Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (0/1)20,255
Friday, 19 May12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 24 – 22 James Tedesco 50', 75'
Luke Keary 53', 61'
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (3/4)9,007
13BYE
Sunday, 4 June14 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Industree Group Stadium 25 – 24 James Tedesco 17', 22'
Junior Pauga 50'
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii 67'
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (4/4)
PG: Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (0/1)
FG: Luke Keary (1/1)
18,338
Saturday, 10 June15 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Allianz Stadium 6 – 30 James Tedesco 60' Luke Keary (1/1)23,610
Saturday, 17 June16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 16 – 18 Nat Butcher 8'
Joseph Manu 15'
Daniel Tupou 33'
Luke Keary (2/3)
PG: Sandon Smith (1/1)
21,966
Sunday, 25 June17 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Allianz Stadium 18 – 20 Joseph Manu 39', 42'
Lindsay Collins 75'
Sandon Smith (3/3)13,326
Sunday, 2 July18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 4 Pines Park 18 - 16 Junior Pauga 22'
James Tedesco 31'
Joseph Manu 45'
Sandon Smith (2/3)17,385
19BYE
Saturday, 15 July20 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Sydney Cricket Ground 16 - 30 Daniel Tupou 32', 77'
Siua Wong 79'
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (2/3)12,021
Saturday, 22 July21 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 18 - 36 Egan Butcher 10'
James Tedesco 13'
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii 22'
Lindsay Collins 28'
Nat Butcher 30'
Fletcher Baker 46'
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (5/6)
PG: Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (1/1)
15,362
Thursday, 27 July22 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos The Gabba 32 - 10 Billy Smith 65'
Daniel Tupou 70'
Sandon Smith (1/2)21,841
Thursday, 3 August23 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, 12 August24 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins Allianz Stadium
Friday, 18 August25 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels CommBank Stadium
Saturday, 26 August26 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Allianz Stadium
Friday, 1 September27 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Accor Stadium

2023 Squad

Sydney Roosters 2023 squad
Top 30 squad - 2023 NRL seasonDevelopment playersCoaching staff

Extended squad

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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

Updated: 14 February 2023
Source(s): Roosters team profiles

References

  1. "2023 Roosters Signings". NRL.com. 2 March 2023.
  2. "2023 NRL Pre-Season Challenge". NRL.com. 2 March 2023.
  3. "2023 NRL Regular Season/Telstra Premiership". NRL.com. 2 March 2023.