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.
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. Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Game Report12 FebruaryTrial 1 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBelmore Sports Ground16–2812,000Game Report18 FebruaryTrial 2 Wests TigersCampbelltown Stadium24–287,426Game Report Legend:
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. Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Game Report5 MarchRound 1 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium20–2411 MarchRound 2 Penrith PanthersSydney Football Stadium18-018 MarchRound 3 Canberra RaidersSydney Football Stadium14-825 MarchRound 4 Melbourne StormAAMI Park44-431 MarchRound 5 New Zealand WarriorsSydney Football Stadium26-87 AprilRound 6 Gold Coast TitansSkilled Park12–1814 AprilRound 7 North Queensland CowboysTIO Stadium12–50Rep WeekendBYE25 AprilRound 8 St. George Illawarra DragonsSydney Football Stadium28-246 MayRound 9 Newcastle KnightsSydney Football Stadium24-612 MayRound 10 New Zealand WarriorsMount Smart Stadium30-2620 MayRound 11 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval18-1028 MayRound 12 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSydney Football Stadium30-12Round 13BYE10 JuneRound 14 Brisbane BroncosSydney Football Stadium40-2217 JuneRound 15 Wests TigersLeichhardt Oval42-2824 JuneRound 16 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesSydney Football Stadium52-14Round 17BYE9 JulyRound 18 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksToyota Stadium14-1416 JulyRound 19 South Sydney RabbitohsSydney Cricket Ground-22 JulyRound 20 Penrith PanthersCentrebet Stadium28-16 27 JulyRound 21 Gold Coast TitansAllianz Stadium36-163 AugustRound 22 St. George Illawarra DragonsAllianz Stadium26-1011 AugustRound 23 Parramatta EelsParramatta Stadium36-2218 AugustRound 24 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium20–2426 AugustRound 25 Wests TigersAllianz Stadium44-201 SeptemberRound 26 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ Stadium10–42 Legend:
Ladder
Squad
2012 NRL Sydney Roosters Team
Player Summary Sydney Roosters 2012 Appearance Interchange Tries Goals F/G Points Braith Anasta 22 – 4 62 – 140 Tinirau Arona 4 16 3 – – 12 Mitchell Aubusson 22 2 3 – – 12 Jack Bosden 1 3 1 – – 4 Justin Carney 5 – – – – 0 Boyd Cordner 15 7 4 – – 16 Jake Friend 20 4 2 – – 8 Aidan Guerra 18 1 5 – – 20 Adam Henry 4 – 1 – – 4 Martin Kennedy 17 7 1 – – 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall 17 – 8 – – 32 Joseph Leilua 19 – 6 – – 24 Mose Masoe 1 13 – – – 0 Anthony Minichiello 24 – 9 – – 36 Anthony Mitchell 4 2 1 – – 4 Tautau Moga 14 – 7 – – 28 Daniel Mortimer 4 4 2 5 – 18 Frank-Paul Nuuausala 18 1 2 – – 8 Mitchell Pearce 22 – 10 – – 40 Sam Perrett 15 – 3 – – 12 Nafe Seluini – 7 – – – 0 Tom Symonds 1 1 1 – – 4 Peni Tagive 5 – – – – 0 Brad Takairangi 5 11 1 – – 4 Lama Tasi 3 16 2 – – 8 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6 – – – – 0 Daniel Tupou 3 – 3 – – 12 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 23 – 3 – – 4012 Total 312 96 82 67 0 462
References
External links www.nrl.com Sydney Roosters website