Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters
Club information
Full name	Eastern Suburbs District; Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)	Roosters, Easts, Tricolours, Chooks, Red White and Bluesters, Sydney City, Eastern Suburbs
Short name	Sydney Roosters
Colours	Red; White; Blue (Navy)
Founded	24 January 1908 as Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club
Website	roosters.com.au
Current details
Ground(s)	Sydney Football Stadium (45,000);
CEO	Joe Kelly
Chairman	Nick Politis
Coach	Trent Robinson (NRL); John Strange (NRLW)
Captain	James Tedesco (NRL); Isabelle Kelly (NRLW)
Competition	National Rugby League and NRL Women's Premiership
2024 season	9th (Rd 12)
	Current season
Uniforms
Home colours	Away colours
Records
Premierships	15 (1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1974, 1975, 2002, 2013, 2018, 2019)
Runners-up	15 (1908, 1919, 1921, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1960, 1972, 1980, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010)
Minor premierships	20 (1912, 1913, 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018)
World Club Challenge	5 (1976, 2003, 2014, 2019, 2020)
NRL Nines	1 (2017)
World Sevens	1 (1993)
NRLW	1 (2022)
Wooden spoons	5 (1949, 1963, 1965, 1966, 2009)
Most capped	306 – Mitchell Aubusson
Highest try scorer	150 – Daniel Tupou
Highest points scorer	1,469 – Craig Fitzgibbon

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs and parts of inner Sydney including the CBD. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and National Rugby League titles, and several other competitions. First founded as the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (ESDRLFC), it is the only club to have played in every season at the elite level, and since the 1970s has often been dubbed the glamour club of the league. The Sydney Roosters have won 15 premierships, equal to the record of the St George Dragons. Only the South Sydney Rabbitohs have won more premierships. The club holds the record for having won more matches than any other in the league, the most minor premierships and the most World Club Challenge trophies. The Sydney Roosters are one of only two clubs (the other being the St. George Illawarra Dragons in 1999) to finish runners-up in their inaugural season. 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 team's Leagues Club is based in Bondi Junction and its home ground, administration and training facilities are located at nearby Moore Park. The Roosters have long-standing and fierce rivalries with other Sydney-based clubs, especially the South Sydney Rabbitohs, a fellow foundation club based in neighbouring Redfern.^[1]

^ In Australia, a foundation club is one that played in the first season of a competition. Eastern Suburbs played in the first season of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1908, the predecessor to the National Rugby League competition. Notwithstanding its branding as the Sydney Roosters, the official name of the club, holder of the NRL licence, remains the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, the same licensee as in 1908. Much of the club's merchandise and paraphernalia, especially those marketed directly to long-serving and dedicated members, includes the insignia ESDRLFC.

[1] In Australia, a foundation club is one that played in the first season of a competition. Eastern Suburbs played in the first season of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1908, the predecessor to the National Rugby League competition. Notwithstanding its branding as the Sydney Roosters, the official name of the club, holder of the NRL licence, remains the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, the same licensee as in 1908. Much of the club's merchandise and paraphernalia, especially those marketed directly to long-serving and dedicated members, includes the insignia ESDRLFC.

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