2013 Sydney Roosters season

The 2013 Sydney Roosters season was the 106th in the club's history. They competed in the 2013 National Rugby League season. The Sydney Roosters opened their 2013 season against their long-time rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs. In 2013, Trent Robinson coached the Sydney Roosters. Anthony Minichiello captained the team in 2013 along with four vice-captains in Boyd Cordner, Jake Friend, Mitchell Pearce and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves. The Sydney Roosters completed their 2013 regular season as Minor Premiers, defeating the South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 – 12. The Sydney Roosters were crowned Premiers by defeating the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26 – 18 in the 2013 NRL Grand Final.

2013 Sydney Roosters season
NRL Rank1st (Minor Premiers)
Play-off resultGrand Final (Premiers)
2013 recordWins: 18; draws: 0; losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 640; against: 325
Team information
CEOBrian Canavan
CoachTrent Robinson
Captain
StadiumAllianz Stadium
Avg. attendance19,378
High attendance40,752
Top scorers
TriesMichael Jennings (20)
GoalsJames Maloney (108)
PointsJames Maloney (252)
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2013 squad

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CapNat.PlayerPos.Sydney Roosters DebutPrevious Club
994 Anthony Minichiello (C)FB25 February 2000
1067 Mitchell AubussonSR19 March 2007
1069 Shaun Kenny-DowallCE19 March 2007
1072 Mitchell Pearce (VC)HB24 March 2007
1074 Frank-Paul Nu'uausalaLK25 April 2007
1083 Jake Friend (VC)HK27 June 2008
1086 Martin KennedyPR15 March 2009
1101 Aidan GuerraSR14 March 2010
1105 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (VC)PR17 April 2010Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
1113 Tinirau AronaLK3 April 2011
1119 Boyd Cordner (VC)SR4 June 2011
1123 Daniel MortimerFE5 March 2012Parramatta Eels
1125 Jack BosdenSR14 April 2012St. George Illawarra Dragons
1126 Tautau MogaCE12 May 2012
1127 Adam HenryWG10 June 2012
1128 Nafe SeluiniHK9 July 2012Penrith Panthers
1129 Roger Tuivasa-SheckWG27 July 2012
1130 Daniel TupouWG18 August 2012
1131 Michael JenningsCE7 March 2013Penrith Panthers
1132 James MaloneyFE7 March 2013New Zealand Warriors
1133 Sam MoaPR7 March 2013Hull F.C.
1134 Sonny Bill WilliamsSR7 March 2013Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
1135 Luke O'DonnellSR16 March 2013Huddersfield Giants
1136 Michael OldfieldWG7 April 2013Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
1137 Isaac LiuPR1 April 2013
1138 Dylan NapaPR21 June 2013
1139 Samisoni LangiFE19 August 2013
Josh AilaomaiPRYet to Debut
Kane EvansPRYet to Debut
Rhyse MartinSRYet to Debut
Jack SiejkaSRYet to Debut
- David KairuaFBYet to Debut
Brandon TagoPRYet to Debut
Henare WellsFBYet to Debut

Squad movements

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Gains
PlayerSigned From
Michael Jennings[1]Penrith Panthers
James Maloney[2]New Zealand Warriors
Sam Moa[3]Hull F.C.
Luke O'Donnell[4]Huddersfield Giants
Sonny Bill Williams[5]Panasonic Wild Knights
Losses
PlayerSigned With
Braith Anasta[6]Wests Tigers
Justin Carney[7]Castleford Tigers
Anthony Cherrington[8]Penrith Panthers
Joseph Leilua[9]Newcastle Knights
Mose Masoe[10]Penrith Panthers
Tom Symonds[11]Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Peni Tagive[12]Retired
Brad Takairangi[13]Gold Coast Titans

2013 results

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Pre-season

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16 February 2013 Game 1 Sydney Roosters 20 – 4 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Gosford
7:30 PMTupou  4'
Jennings  14'
Liu  ?'
Langi  70'
Maloney Goals 2/4
Gagan  ?'
Chisholm Goals 0/1
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Unknown
23 February 2013 Game 2 Sydney Roosters 28 – 16 Wests Tigers Sydney
7:30 PMCordner  17'
Tupou  19'
Mortimer  49'
Jennings  ?'
Guerra  68'
Maloney Goals 4/5
StatisticsMarshall  40'
Reddy  ?'
Utai  ?'
Marshall Goals 2/3
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Unknown

Regular season

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7 March 2013 Round 1 Sydney Roosters 10 – 28 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney
8:05 PMMaloney  3'
Williams  75'
Maloney Goals 1/2
StatisticsMerritt  10, 28, 61'
McQueen  40'
G. Burgess  46'
Reynolds Goals 4/5
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 35,952
Referee: Ben Cummins, Chris James
16 March 2013 Round 2 New Zealand Warriors 14 – 16 Sydney Roosters Auckland
7:30 PMJohnson  51'
Godinet  59'
Tupou  75'
Johnson Goals 1/3
StatisticsMinichiello  5'
Aubusson  42'
Kenny-Dowall  46'
Maloney Goals 2/3
Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 32,740
Referee: Ashley Klein, Phil Haines
23 March 2013 Round 3 Sydney Roosters 8 – 0 Brisbane Broncos Sydney
7:30 PMMaloney  31'
Maloney Goals 2/2
StatisticsStadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,168
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Brett Suttor
1 April 2013 Round 4 Sydney Roosters 50 – 0 Parramatta Eels Sydney
7:00 PMWaerea-Hargreaves  12'
Williams  18'
Tuivasa-Sheck  28, 35, 63'
Jennings  45'
Mortimer  69'
Tupou  72'
Cordner  78'
Maloney Goals 7/9
StatisticsStadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 18,014
Referee: Ben Cummins, Chris James
7 April 2013 Round 5 Canberra Raiders 24 – 22 Sydney Roosters Canberra
6:30 PMLee  45'
Williams  50'
Earl  66'
Croker  76'
Croker Goals 4/4
StatisticsMaloney  20'
Oldfield  30'
Aubusson  35'
Minichiello  54'
Maloney Goals 3/4
Stadium: Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 10,969
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Luke Phillips
12 April 2013 Round 6 Sydney Roosters 38 – 0 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sydney
7:35 PMTuivasa-Sheck  9'
Williams  48, 62'
Mortimer  54'
Maloney  69'
Jennings  72'
Maloney Goals 7/7
StatisticsStadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 22,552
Referee: Ben Cummins, Gavin Morris
25 April 2013 Round 7 Sydney Roosters 34 – 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney
4:00 PMAubusson  15'
Jennings  18, 61'
Minichiello  21'
Kennedy  34'
Tupou  51'
Maloney Goals 5/6
StatisticsNightingale  4'
Cooper  72'
Soward Goals 1/2
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 40,752
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Gerard Sutton
5 May 2013 Round 8 Sydney Roosters 30 – 6 Penrith Panthers Sydney
3:00 PMFriend  5'
Williams  34'
Jennings  51, 63'
Pearce  70'
Maloney Goals 5/6
StatisticsMoylan  11'
Walsh Goals 1/1
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,176
Referee: Jared Maxwell, Luke Phillips
13 May 2013 Round 9 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4 – 16 Sydney Roosters Sydney
7:00 PMMatai  46'
Lyon Goals 0/1
StatisticsJennings  11'
Friend  79'
Maloney Goals 4/4
Stadium: Brookvale Oval
Attendance: 12,950
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Henry Perenara
18 May 2013 Round 10 North Queensland Cowboys 8 – 12 Sydney Roosters Townsville
7:30 PMLui  33'
Thurston Goals 2/3
StatisticsMinichiello  23'
Aubusson  65'
Maloney Goals 2/2
Stadium: 1300SMILES Stadium
Attendance: 13,666
Referee: Ashley Klein, Gavin Reynolds
25 May 2013 Round 11 Sydney Roosters 18 – 26 Melbourne Storm Sydney
7:30 PMO'Donnell  25'
Jennings  36'
Tuivasa-Sheck  77'
Maloney Goals 3/3
StatisticsO'Neill  4'
Blair  14'
Smith  39'
Chambers  62'
Smith Goals 5/6
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 19,164
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Ashley Klein
Round 12 BYE
7 June 2013 Round 13 Parramatta Eels 24 – 38 Sydney Roosters Sydney
7:45 PMSio  14'
Mullaney  18'
Hayne  46'
Terepo  71'
Sandow Goals 4/4
StatisticsTupou  7, 33'
Kennedy  22'
Tuivasa-Sheck  30'
Minichiello  74'
Kenny-Dowall  76'
Maloney Goals 7/7
Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 12,135
Referee: Adam Devcich, Gavin Morris
16 June 2013 Round 14 Sydney Roosters 12 – 23 New Zealand Warriors Sydney
7:30 PMMinichiello  36'
Williams  40'
Maloney Goals 2/2
StatisticsTaylor  4'
Laumape  17'
Fisiiahi  58'
Vatuvei  70'
Mateo Goals 3/3
Johnson Field Goal 1/1
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,040
Referee: Ashley Klein, Chris James
21 June 2013 Round 15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18 – 20 Sydney Roosters Sydney
7:00 PMBarba  19'
Halatau  71'
Inu  79'
Hodkinson Goals 3/3
StatisticsKenny-Dowall  5, 48'
Cordner  26, 61'
Mortimer Goals 2/4
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 20,273
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Badger
1 July 2013 Round 16 Sydney Roosters 18 – 12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney
6:00 PMTuivasa-Sheck  6'
Friend  26'
Jennings  53, 69'
Pearce Goals 0/1
Cordner Goals 1/4
StatisticsLyon  48'
Rose  77'
Lyon Goals 2/2
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 16,246
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Morris
6 July 2013 Round 17 St. George Illawarra Dragons 0 – 36 Sydney Roosters Sydney
2:30 PMStatisticsMaloney  3'
Cordner  12'
Jennings  33'
Kenny-Dowall  48'
Guerra  54'
Tupou  59'
Maloney Goals 6/6
Stadium: WIN Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 11,857
Referee: Adam Devcich, Chris James
Round 18 BYE
20 July 2013 Round 19 Sydney Roosters 40 – 0 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sydney
7:00 PMCordner  2, 39'
Friend  8'
Tupou  16'
Kenny-Dowall  20'
Moa  50'
Aubusson  60'
Maloney Goals 6/7
StatisticsStadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,706
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Henry Perenara
28 July 2013 Round 20 Newcastle Knights 12 – 28 Sydney Roosters Newcastle
3:00 PMBoyd  21'
McManus  60'
Roberts Goals 2/3
StatisticsKenny-Dowall  18'
Jennings  31'
Moa  48'
Cordner  72'
Williams  76'
Maloney Goals 4/5
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 22,847
Referee: Jared Maxwell, Gavin Morris
2 August 2013 Round 21 Penrith Panthers 6 – 42 Sydney Roosters Sydney
7:35 PMSimmons  3'
Walsh Goals 1/1
StatisticsTupou  12'
Friend  32'
Cordner  42, 79'
Guerra  49'
Maloney  54'
Tuivasa-Sheck  59'
Maloney Goals 7/7
Stadium: Centrebet Stadium
Attendance: 11,879
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Jason Robinson
10 August 2013 Round 22 Sydney Roosters 28 – 22 Canberra Raiders Sydney
5:30 PMMaloney  12'
Jennings  23, 35'
Kenny-Dowall  42'
Tupou  48'
Maloney Goals 4/5
StatisticsEdwards  20'
Ferguson  39, 74'
Earl  54'
Croker Goals 3/4
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,223
Referee: Gavin Badger, Alan Shortall
19 August 2013 Round 23 Wests Tigers 14 – 56 Sydney Roosters Sydney
7:00 PMTuqiri  12'
Tedesco  71'
Sironen  78'
Marshall Goals 1/3
StatisticsFriend  4'
Williams  25'
Mortimer  45, 47'
Tupou  52'
Pearce  57, 64'
Jennings  60, 74'
Maloney Goals 10/10
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 8,393
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Phil Haines
26 August 2013 Round 24 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 32 – 22 Sydney Roosters Sydney
7:00 PMGallen  3'
Gordon  31'
Wright  36'
Heighington  39'
Carney Goals 8/8
StatisticsTupou  47, 69'
Mortimer  51'
Jennings  77'
Maloney Goals 3/4
Stadium: Remondis Stadium
Attendance: 11,418
Referee: Ashley Klein, Henry Perenara
1 September 2013 Round 25 Sydney Roosters 22 – 30 Gold Coast Titans Sydney
3:00 PMAubusson  11'
Pearce  37'
Tupou  59'
Moa  63'
Maloney Goals 3/4
StatisticsMichaels  2'
Falloon  8'
Don  50'
Takairangi  73'
Taylor  80'
Sezer Goals 5/5
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 17,542
Referee: Matt Cecchin, David Munro
6 September 2013 Round 26 South Sydney Rabbitohs 12 – 24 Sydney Roosters Sydney
7:45 PMInglis  12'
Clark  36'
Reynolds Goals 2/2
StatisticsMaloney  19, 57'
Guerra  22'
Pearce  60'
Maloney Goals 4/5
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 59,708
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Ashley Klein

Finals

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14 September 2013 Qualifying Sydney Roosters 4 – 0 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney
7:00 PMTuivasa-Sheck  10'
Maloney Goals 0/1
StatisticsStadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 32,747
Referee: Ben Cummins, Gerard Sutton
28 September 2013 Preliminary Sydney Roosters 40 – 14 Newcastle Knights Sydney
7:45 PMTupou  31'
Jennings  34,52'
Guerra  48,80'
Aubusson  57'
Friend  61'
Maloney Goals 6/8
StatisticsLeilua  66,68'
Roberts Goals 3/4
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 37,752
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Ashley Klein
6 October 2013 Grand Final Sydney Roosters 26 – 18 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney
7:15 PMTupou  25'
Guerra  55'
Kenny-Dowall  60'
Jennings  72'
Maloney Goals 5/5
StatisticsTaufua  9'
Lyon  43'
Matai  49'
Lyon Goals 3/4
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 81,491
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Ben Cummins

Ladder

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PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Sydney Roosters (P)2418062640325+31540
2 South Sydney Rabbitohs2418062588384+20440
3 Melbourne Storm2416172589373+21637
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles2415182588366+22235
5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks24140102468460+832
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs24130112529463+6630
7 Newcastle Knights24121112528422+10629
8 North Queensland Cowboys24120122507431+7628
9 Gold Coast Titans24110132500518−1826
10 Penrith Panthers24110132495532−3726
11 New Zealand Warriors24110132495554−5926
12 Brisbane Broncos24101132434477−4325
13 Canberra Raiders24100142434624−19024
14 St. George Illawarra Dragons2470172379530−15118
15 Wests Tigers2470172386687−30118
16 Parramatta Eels2450192326740−41414

Player statistics

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PlayerAppearancesTriesGoalsField GoalsTotal Points
Tinirau Arona3
Mitchell Aubusson26728
Boyd Cordner209138
Jake Friend27728
Aidan Guerra22624
Michael Jennings262080
Martin Kennedy1628
Shaun Kenny-Dowall27936
Samisoni Langi2
Isaac Liu15
James Maloney259108252
Anthony Minichiello24624
Sam Moa23312
Daniel Mortimer275224
Dylan Napa7
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala23
Luke O'Donnell2014
Michael Oldfield114
Mitchell Pearce26520
Nafe Seluini1
Lama Tasi2
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck25936
Daniel Tupou261456
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves2114
Sonny Bill Williams24832
25271221110710

Representative honours

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PlayerAll StarsANZAC TestPacific TestCity / CountryState of Origin 1State of Origin 2State of Origin 3World Cup
Tinirau AronaCook Islands
Boyd CordnerCountryNew South WalesAustralia
Kane EvansFiji
Aidan GuerraItaly
Michael JenningsCityNew South WalesNew South WalesNew South WalesAustralia
Shaun Kenny-DowallNRL All StarsNew Zealand
Samisoni LangiTongaTonga
James MaloneyCountryNew South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales
Anthony MinichielloItaly
Sam MoaTongaNew Zealand
Dylan NapaCook Islands
Frank-Paul Nu'uausalaNew Zealand
Michael OldfieldTonga
Mitchell PearceNew South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales
Nafe SeluiniTongaTonga
Lama TasiSamoa
Roger Tuivasa-SheckNew Zealand
Daniel TupouTonga
Jared Waerea-HargreavesNew ZealandNew Zealand
Sonny Bill WilliamsNew Zealand

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