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Sydney Roosters Women

Sydney Roosters Women are a rugby league team, representing the Eastern Suburbs region of Sydney. The team is part of the Sydney Roosters club and plays in the National Rugby League Women's Premiership.

Sydney Roosters
Club information
Full nameEastern Suburbs District
Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Roosters, Easts, Tricolours, Chooks, Sydney City
Short nameSydney Roosters
Colours  Red
  White
  Blue (Navy)
FoundedTeam: 8 September 2018; 6 years ago (8 September 2018)
Club: 24 January 1908; 116 years ago (24 January 1908) as Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club
Websiteroosters.com.au
Current details
Ground(s)
CEOJoe Kelly
ChairmanNick Politis
CoachJohn Strange
CaptainIsabelle Kelly
CompetitionNRL Women's Premiership
2024 seasonPremiers (2nd on ladder)
Current season
Uniforms
Home colours
Away colours
Records
Premierships2 (2021, 2024)
Runners-up2 (2018, 2020)
Minor premierships1 (2022)
Wooden spoons1 (2019)
Most cappedIsabelle Kelly – 41
Highest try scorer17 – Isabelle Kelly
Jayme Fressard
Highest points scorerJocelyn Kelleher – 162

Seasons

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Season Regular Season Finals Nines Ref
P W D L F A Pts Pos
2018 3 1 0 2 34 24 2 2nd Grand Finalist — [1][2]
2019 3 0 0 3 28 60 0 4th — —
2020 3 2 0 1 56 40 4 2nd Grand Finalist 3rd [3]
2021 5 2 0 3 77 92 4 4th Premiers — [4][5]
2022 5 5 0 0 156 58 10 1st Semi-finalist — [6][7]
2023 9 7 0 2 284 120 14 2nd Semi-finalist — [8][9]
2023 9 7 0 2 222 112 14 2nd Premiers — [10][11]

Head-to-head records

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Opponent First meeting P W D L PF PA Win % Share %
  Warriors 8 Sep 2018 3 1 0 2 38 38 33.33% 50.00%
  Broncos 14 Sep 2018 10 4 0 6 160 186 40.00% 46.24%
  Dragons 22 Sep 2018 8 6 0 2 178 62 75.00% 74.17%
  Titans 6 Mar 2022 5 2 0 3 90 84 40.00% 51.72%
  Knights 12 Mar 2022 5 3 0 2 85 76 60.00% 52.80%
  Eels 20 Mar 2022 5 4 0 1 145 88 80.00% 62.23%
  Raiders 29 Jul 2023 2 1 0 1 48 44 50.00% 52.17%
  Sharks 13 Aug 2023 3 3 0 0 108 40 100.00% 72.97%
  Tigers 26 Aug 2023 2 2 0 0 68 14 100.00% 82.93%
  Cowboys 16 Sep 2023 2 2 0 0 64 28 100.00% 69.57%
Totals 8 Sep 2018 45 28 0 17 984 660 62.22% 59.85%

Notes

  • Share % is the percentage of points For over the sum of points For and Against.
  • Clubs listed in the order than the Roosters Women first played them.
  • Last updated: 7 October 2024

Current squad

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The Sydney Roosters have announced that the following players have signed to play with the club in the 2023 NRL Women's season.[12]

The team is coached by John Strange.[13]


Jersey numbers in the table reflect the Roosters' Grand Final Team List.
Table last updated on 7 October 2024.

J# Player Age Position(s) NRLW Seasons NRLW Stats Origin Tests All
Stars
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 M T G Pts
1 Samantha Bremner 32 Fullback   1 —   3 —   5 —   10 19 9 0 36   6   10   5
2 Jayme Fressard 27 Wing, Centre — —   3   4   5   8   9 29 18 0 72 — — —
3 Jessica Sergis 27 Centre   3   4   3   6   6   6   5 33 20 0 80   10   7 —
4 Isabelle Kelly 28 Centre   4   3   2   7   6   10   11 43 17 0 68   13   13   1
5 Brydie Parker 24 Wing, Five-eighth   2 —   4   7 —   10   5 28 12 0 48 — — —
6 Jocelyn Kelleher 24 Five-eighth, Halfback — —   3   7   6   10   11 37 6 69 162 — — —
7 Tarryn Aiken 25 Halfback, Five-eighth —   4   4   6   5   10   9 38 14 1 59   8   6 —
8 Millie Elliott 26 Prop —   4   4   5   7   8   10 38 7 0 28   9   1 —
9 Keeley Davis 24 Hooker   3   4   3   7   6   9   11 43 4 0 16   7   6 —
10 Otesa Pule 21 Prop, Second-row — — — —   6   10   11 27 8 0 32 —   8 —
11 Amber Hall 29 Second-row, Prop —   4   3   6   5   1   10 29 9 0 36 —   11 —
12 Olivia Kernick 23 Second-row — — —   7   6   10   11 34 13 0 52   6   6   2   2
13 Tiana Davison 23 Lock, Second-row — — — —   2   6   8 16 2 0 8 —   2 —
14 Tavarna Papalii 19 Lock — — — — — —   8 8 0 0 0 — — —
15 Jasmin Strange 21 Centre, Second-row — — — —   1   11   11 23 6 0 24 — —   2
16 Samantha Economos 30 Second-row — —   3   1   2 —   7 13 0 0 0 — — —
17 Kalosipani Hopoate 20 Prop — — — —   6   7   11 24 2 0 8 —   1 —
18 Mia Wood 25 Wing, Centre — — — — —   5   9 14 9 0 36 — — —
19 Mya Hill-Moana 22 Prop — — —   6   5   8   6 25 1 0 4 —   10   4
20 Taina Naividi 23 Wing, Fullback — — —   5 — —   6 11 1 0 4 — — —
21 Eliza Lopamaua 19 Second-row, Prop — — — — — —   4 4 1 0 4 — — —
22 Shannon Rose 27 Fullback, Wing — — — —   1 — — 1 0 0 0 — — —
– Kayla Jackson 21 Wing — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 — — —
– Aliyah Nasio 18 Lock, Prop — — — — — —   4 4 0 0 0 — — —
– Imogen Hei 18 Hooker — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 — — —
IS Corban Baxter 30 Fullback, Five-eighth —   3   4   5 —   10 — 22 9 0 36   10   7   1   4
IS Shawden Burton 24 Hooker — — —   2   5   6 — 13 0 0 0 — — —
IS Liz Tafuna 21 Second-row — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 — — —

Notes:

  • The following players have been signed on a Development contract for 2024.[14]
    • Tyra Ekepati (who moves to a full contract for the 2025 season)
    • Taneisha Gray
    • Kayla Jackson
    • Tess McWilliams
  • Liz Tafuna (U.S.A Rugby 7's) was signed for the 2024 season however was released due to a medical condition prior to the season starting.[15]
  • Taina Naividi was added to the squad and played in the trial match (vs Sharks) on 14 July, scoring two tries. Naividi played for the Parramatta Eels in early 2022, but incurred an ACL injury during the 2022 HNWP season and missed missed the 2022 NRLW, 2023 HNWP and 2023 NRLW seasons.[16]
  • Corban Baxter suffered an ACL injury during the trial match, ruling her out of the 2024 NRLW season.[17]
  • Shawden Burton, who had rehabilitated an ACL injury sustained during the 2023 NRLW season, tore her hamstring during pre-season training, ruling her out of the 2024 season.[17]
  • Brydie Parker sustained a forearm fracture in the trail match, for which recovery is expected to be six to eight weeks.[17]
  • Eliza Lopamaua was promoted from a Development contract to a full contract in the top 24 as injury replacement.[16] Lopamaua had played three seasons in Under 19 competitions, for Wynnum in 2022 and the Indigenous Academy Sydney Roosters in 2023 and 2024. Lopamaua participated in the NRLW trial match.
  • On 19 July 2024, the Roosters announced that Sam Bremner was to come out of retirement to play for the Roosters in the 2024 NRLW season.[18]
  • The following players were signed on a Development contract for 2023.[19]
    • Perrinne Monsarrat (French International)[20]
    • Aliyah Nasio
    • Matilda Power
    • Jay Jay Taylor

The Sydney Roosters announced player signings in several instalments from September 2023 to 30 May 2024.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][14]


Club records

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Player records

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Lists and tables last updated: 7 October 2024.

Most games for the Roosters

Most tries for the Roosters

Most points for the Roosters (20+)

Player 2024 Club M T G FG Points
Jocelyn Kelleher   37 6 69 0 162
Zahara Temara   24 2 43 1 95
Isabelle Kelly   41 17 0 0 68
Jayme Fressard   22 17 0 0 68
Jessica Sergis   23 15 0 0 60
Olivia Kernick   34 13 0 0 52
Brydie Parker   28 12 0 0 48
Corban Baxter   22 9 0 0 36
Mia Wood   14 9 0 0 36
Tarryn Aiken   19 8 0 1 33
Otesa Pule   27 8 0 0 32
Samantha Bremner   15 8 0 0 32
Taleena Simon — 5 5 0 0 20
Amber Hall   11 5 0 0 20

Most points in a season (16+)

Player Season M T G FG Points
Jocelyn Kelleher 2024 11 1 37 0 78
Jocelyn Kelleher 2023 10 2 32 0 72
Jessica Sergis 2023 6 7 0 0 28
Corban Baxter 2023 10 7 0 0 28
Zahara Temara 2022 6 1 21 0 26
Jayme Fressard 2023 8 6 0 0 24
Sam Bremner 2024 10 6 0 0 24
Jayme Fressard 2024 9 6 0 0 24
Olivia Kernick 2024 11 6 0 0 24
Zahara Temara 2020 4 1 9 0 22
Zahara Temara 2021 7 0 10 1 21
Jayme Fressard 2022 5 5 0 0 20
Isabelle Kelly 2023 10 5 0 0 20
Otesa Pule 2023 10 5 0 0 20
Tarryn Aiken 2023 10 5 0 0 20
Mia Wood 2024 9 5 0 0 20
Amber Hall 2024 9 5 0 0 20
Jessica Sergis 2024 5 5 0 0 20
Taleena Simon 2018 4 4 0 0 16
Isabelle Kelly 2021 7 4 0 0 16
Brydie Parker 2023 10 4 0 0 16
Mia Wood 2023 5 4 0 0 16
Brydie Parker 2024 5 4 0 0 16

Margins and streaks

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Biggest winning margins

Margin Score Opponent Venue Date
40 40—0   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks PointsBet Stadium 8 Sep 2024
38 48—10   Wests Tigers Allianz Stadium 26 Aug 2023
34 46—12   Parramatta Eels Industree Group Stadium 3 Sep 2023
30 30—0   St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground 3 Aug 2023
28 34—6   St. George Illawarra Dragons Allianz Stadium 2 Sep 2022
26 26—0   St. George Illawarra Dragons Allianz Stadium 22 Sep 2018
26 38—12   Gold Coast Titans Central Coast Stadium 18 Sep 2022

Biggest losing margins

Margin Score Opponent Venue Date
22 12—34   Brisbane Broncos ANZ Stadium 30 Sep 2018
20 0—20   Brisbane Broncos AMII Park 21 Sep 2019
20 6—26   Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 25 Aug 2024

Most consecutive wins

  • 7 — (3 April 2022 — 10 April 2022, 20 August 2022 — 18 September 2022)

Most consecutive losses

  • 4 — (30 September 2018 — 29 September 2019)
  • 4 — (17 October 2020 — 6 March 2022)

History

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On 27 March 2018, the Sydney Roosters applied for, and won, a license to participate in the inaugural 2018 NRL Women's season.[2] Adam Hartigan was named as the coach of the women's side.

In June 2018, the club used up the maximum of fifteen marquee signings ahead of the inaugural season which subsequently commenced in September. Players signed included Karina Brown, Isabelle Kelly and Ruan Sims.[31]

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.[32] Zahara Temara claimed the 2018 Player of the Season award.

In 2019, Rick Stone took over as coach. The club, however, failed to win a match, claiming the wooden spoon. Tallisha Harden was awarded the club's Best & Fairest Player for the 2019 season.

Jamie Feeney was appointed the head coach for the 2020 season, being determined to turn the club's fortunes around. He was assisted by Kylie Hilder and John Strange. Feeney immediately appointed Corban McGregor as the clubs new captain. The club also announced the big signing of Sevens Rugby star and 2016 Gold Medalist, Charlotte Caslick. In his first season, Feeney took the side to the Grand Final however they fell short, going down 20–10 as the Brisbane Broncos claimed a three-peat of premierships.

In 2021, John Strange was appointed the head coach with Kylie Hilder staying on as assistant coach. After a tough start to the season, the Roosters snuck into the finals in fourth place before upsetting defending champs Brisbane Broncos in the semi-final and then defeating the highly fancied St George-Illawarra Dragons in the Grand Final (played at Moreton Daily Stadium, Redcliffe) to claim the club's inaugural NRLW title.

John Strange added to his success in 2022 by claiming the club's first NRLW Minor Premiership (5 wins, 0 losses) before being eliminated by the Parramatta Eels in an upset semi-final loss. Season 2023 followed a similar path with the club finishing second (8 wins, 2 losses) in the Premiership rounds before once again falling short in the semi-final, this time at the hands of the Gold Coast Titans.

Players

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Main article: List of Sydney Roosters players § Women's

References

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Sydney Roosters NRLW squad
2021 NRLW Coaching staff

Head coach


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

Updated: 27 February 2022
Source(s): Sydney Roosters


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