2012 Sydney Roosters season

The 2012 Sydney Roosters season was the 105th in the club's history. Coached by Brian Smith and captained by Braith Anasta, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2012 Telstra Premiership. The Roosters finished the regular season 13th (out of 16), failing to reach the finals for the second consecutive year.

2012 Sydney Roosters season
NRL Rank13th
2012 recordWins: 8; draws: 1; losses: 15
Team information
CEOSteve Noyce
Head CoachBrian Smith
Captain
StadiumAllianz Stadium, Sydney
Avg. attendance12,707
Top scorers
Tries10-Mitchell Pearce
Goals62-Braith Anasta
Points140-Braith Anasta
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Pre-season

Results

The Sydney Roosters will play 2 Trial games in 2012. The first game will be against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the second against the Wests Tigers. In the Roosters' first trial game of the year they went up against the Bulldogs at Belmore Sports Ground which was attended by around 12,000 fans, the game ended with the Roosters winning 28–16. In the second trial match they went up against the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium which was attended by 7,426 fans, The game ended with the roosters rallying from behind to win 28–24.

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGame Report
12 FebruaryTrial 1 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBelmore Sports Ground16–2812,000Game Report
18 FebruaryTrial 2 Wests TigersCampbelltown Stadium24–287,426Game Report
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

Results

These are the results and fixtures of the Sydney Roosters 2012 Season. They started their 2012 season well against their longtime rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs, with a comeback with the clock showing two and a half minutes.

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGame Report
5 MarchRound 1 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium20–24[1][2]
11 MarchRound 2 Penrith PanthersSydney Football Stadium18-0
18 MarchRound 3 Canberra RaidersSydney Football Stadium14-8
25 MarchRound 4 Melbourne StormAAMI Park44-4
31 MarchRound 5 New Zealand WarriorsSydney Football Stadium26-8
7 AprilRound 6 Gold Coast TitansSkilled Park12–18
14 AprilRound 7 North Queensland CowboysTIO Stadium12–50
Rep WeekendBYE
25 AprilRound 8 St. George Illawarra DragonsSydney Football Stadium28-24
6 MayRound 9 Newcastle KnightsSydney Football Stadium24-6
12 MayRound 10 New Zealand WarriorsMount Smart Stadium30-26
20 MayRound 11 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval18-10
28 MayRound 12 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSydney Football Stadium30-12
Round 13BYE
10 JuneRound 14 Brisbane BroncosSydney Football Stadium40-22
17 JuneRound 15 Wests TigersLeichhardt Oval42-28
24 JuneRound 16 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesSydney Football Stadium52-14
Round 17BYE
9 JulyRound 18 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksToyota Stadium14-14
16 JulyRound 19 South Sydney RabbitohsSydney Cricket Ground-
22 JulyRound 20 Penrith PanthersCentrebet Stadium28-16
27 JulyRound 21 Gold Coast TitansAllianz Stadium36-16
3 AugustRound 22 St. George Illawarra DragonsAllianz Stadium26-10
11 AugustRound 23 Parramatta EelsParramatta Stadium36-22
18 AugustRound 24 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium20–24
26 AugustRound 25 Wests TigersAllianz Stadium44-20
1 SeptemberRound 26 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ Stadium10–42
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder
2012 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2418062568369+19940
2 Melbourne Storm (P) 2417072579361+21838
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416082559438+12136
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082497403+9436
5 North Queensland Cowboys 2415092597445+15234
6 Canberra Raiders 24130112545536+930
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24121112445441+429
8 Brisbane Broncos 24120122481447+3428
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132405438-3326
10 Wests Tigers 24110132506551-4526
11 Gold Coast Titans 24100142449477-2824
12 Newcastle Knights 24100142448488-4024
13 Sydney Roosters 2481152462626-16421
14 New Zealand Warriors 2480162497609-11220
15 Penrith Panthers 2480162409575-16620
16 Parramatta Eels 2460182431674-24316

Squad
See also: List of Sydney Roosters players

2012 NRL Sydney Roosters Team
Sydney Roosters
2011 National Rugby League squad – 26 Players Coaching staff

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)
  • (gk) Goal kicker

Updated: 22 October 2011
Source(s): Sydney Roosters Squad

Player Summary
Sydney Roosters 2012AppearanceInterchangeTriesGoalsF/GPoints
Braith Anasta22–462–140
Tinirau Arona4163––12
Mitchell Aubusson2223––12
Jack Bosden131––4
Justin Carney5––––0
Boyd Cordner1574––16
Jake Friend2042––8
Aidan Guerra1815––20
Adam Henry4–1––4
Martin Kennedy1771––4
Shaun Kenny-Dowall17–8––32
Joseph Leilua19–6––24
Mose Masoe113–––0
Anthony Minichiello24–9––36
Anthony Mitchell421––4
Tautau Moga14–7––28
Daniel Mortimer4425–18
Frank-Paul Nuuausala1812––8
Mitchell Pearce22–10––40
Sam Perrett15–3––12
Nafe Seluini–7–––0
Tom Symonds111––4
Peni Tagive5––––0
Brad Takairangi5111––4
Lama Tasi3162––8
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck6––––0
Daniel Tupou3–3––12
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves23–3––4012
Total3129682670462

References
  1. "Game Report | Roosters beat Rabbitohs". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  2. "Draw Results – 2012 Roosters Draw". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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