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The club was founded in 1908 in Paddington, Sydney, as Eastern Suburbs; in 1995 the club's name was changed to the Sydney City Roosters, and in 2000 to the Sydney Roosters. The team's Leagues Club is based in Bondi Junction and its home ground, administration and training facilities are located at nearby Moore Park .
The one remaining exception to this was the foundation Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, now known as the Sydney Roosters. In around 1960, Millers Breweries , then one of the largest brewers in Australia, approached the Easts club with a plan to underwrite the operations of a licensed premises in Sydney's east.
The Roosters entered the new century dropping the "City" from their name to be called "Sydney Roosters". With a change of coach in Graham Murray and a new playing style in 2000, the Roosters progressed through to the Grand Final on the back of a tight victory against Newcastle in the Grand Final qualifier, where the Brisbane Broncos prevailed ...
While the Roosters finished the regular season with the Minor Premiership, Canterbury defeated them in the Grand Final 16-13 after trailing 13–6 at half-time. As of the 2022 NRL season, the last time the two clubs met in a finals game was the 2015 elimination final which the Sydney Roosters won 38–12 at the Sydney Football Stadium. [15]
The 2014 World Club Challenge marked a return to Australia, 20 years after the last Australian based game. It was played on 22 February 2014 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. [1] The Roosters won the match 36–14. By winning the World Club Challenge, the Roosters were the only team to win on Australian soil, but are the only team to have won twice.
In round 22 2021, Whyte made his NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium in a 21–20 win. Whyte re-signed with the Roosters club until the end of 2024. Whyte played nine matches for the Sydney Roosters in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 7th on the table and qualified for the finals. [2]
The 2000 NRL season was the 93rd season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the third to be run by the National Rugby League.Fourteen teams competed from February until August for the NRL Premiership, culminating in the 2000 NRL Grand final between the Brisbane Broncos and the Sydney Roosters.
The 2024 Sydney Roosters season is the 117th season in the club's history and they compete in the National Rugby League.. The captain James Tedesco retains his captaincy for his 4th consecutive season, while Head Coach Trent Robinson maintains his position for the 12th consecutive season.