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First Ever Team Line-ups

Those men and women who played in the Roosters' first ever matches
should never be forgotten. Below are the line-ups for the first matches
played by our Men's and Women's first grade teams. 

Eastern Suburbs (Roosters) First Ever Men's Line-Up

v Newtown   -   Monday 20th April, 1908   -   Wentworth Park, Glebe

Position Player Tries Goals Field
Goals
Points
Full Back Fred Fry        
Winger Johnno Stuntz 4     12
Centre William Smith * 1     3
Centre David Brown 1     3
Winger Dan Frawley        
Five Eighth Albert Rosenfeld   2   4
Half Back Lou D'Alpuget 1     2
Prop Forward Harry 'Jersey' Flegg (c)        
Hooker Sandy Pearce        
Prop Forward Herb Brackenberg        
Second Rower Larry 'Jersey' O'Malley        
Second Rower Lou Jones   2   4
Lock Forward Bob Mable        
Bench Horrie Miller 1   1 4

NSWRFL   -   Match won by Eastern Suburbs 32 - 16

Half Time: Eastern Suburbs 11 - 10   -   Crowd: Approx. 3000

* Scored the first try and first points for the Club

Sydney Roosters First Ever Women's Line-Up

v New Zealand Warriors   -   Saturday, 8th September, 2018   -   Stadium Australia, Homebush

Position No. Player Tries Goals Points
Full Back 1 Botille Vette-Welsh      
Right Winger 2 Taleena Simon      
Right Centre 3 Shontelle Towers      
Left Centre 4 Isabelle Kelly * 1   4
Left Winger 5 Karina Brown      
Five Eighth 6 Lavina O'Mealey      
Half Back 7 Maddie Studdon      
Prop Forward 8 Simaima Taufu (c)      
Hooker 9 Kylie Hilder      
Prop Forward 10 Elianna Walton      
Second Rower 11 Tazmin Gray      
Second Rower 12 Vanessa Foliaki      
Lock Forward 13 Zahara Temara      
Bench 14 Nita Maynard      
Bench 15 Sarah Togatuki      
Bench 16 Chloe Caldwell      
Bench 17 Victoria Latu      
Coach: Adam Hartigan
Assistant Coach: Dean Widders

NRLW   -   Match won by New Zealand Warriors 10 - 4

Half Time: New Zealand Warriors 10 - 4   -   Crowd: 17,168

* Scored the first try and first points for the Club

 

Acknowledgement of Country

Sydney Roosters respect and honour the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on.