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Currently coached by Trent Robinson and captained by James Tedesco, the Roosters play home games at the Sydney Football Stadium. 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 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 ...
The Sydney Roosters are one of only two extant clubs from the League's foundation year of 1908, and are the only one to have played continuously in all seasons since, making their players' register one of the most extensive. Only first grade stats are counted and non first grade stats do not apply on this list.
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.
Julian Bailey is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Eastern Suburbs, later renamed the "Sydney City Roosters", from 1998 to 2000 and the Newcastle Knights from 2001 to 2002.
The Sydney Roosters had a relatively poor start to their 100th season, not recording a win until Round 7 against the St George-Illawarra Dragons on Anzac Day.This however was juxtaposed by a rather strong period in the middle of the year winning 5 of their last 8 matches between Rounds 7 and 14.
Sydney Football Stadium: Kelvin Jeffes 28,185 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles: 16–14 Sydney City Roosters: 8 September 1996 Sydney Football Stadium: Paul McBlane 31,327 Semi-finals: Brisbane Broncos: 16–22 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks: 14 September 1996 Sydney Football Stadium: Kelvin Jeffes 27,665 Sydney City Roosters: 16–36 St. George Dragons ...
The Sydney Football Stadium was the Sydney Roosters' home ground from 1988. It was built on the site of the old Sydney Sports Ground which served as the Roosters home ground for decades, and the old SCG No 2 which served as a secondary ground for some state cricket matches, an additional training ground, and athletics.