Degrees Of Separation

Using the fewest number of Roosters first grade players possible we link a player from the Roosters initial game on the 20th April, 1908 through to a current player, only using players who were teammates together in a first grade match for the Roosters. Presently, it takes just twelve (12) players to directly link a player from the Roosters first game to a player currently with the Roosters.

Fewest Degrees Of Separation - Sydney Roosters First Grade Players
First Player	Player No.	Roosters Career Span *	Club Games #	Second Player	First Played Together	Last Played Together	Total Matches Together
Sandy Pearce	10	1908 - 1921	157	Harry Caples	Round 2, 1916	Round 9, 1921	64
Harry Caples	86	1916 - 1923, 1929	106	Ray Stehr	Round 1, 1929	Round 3, 1929	3
Ray Stehr	190	1929 - 1942, 1945 - 1946	174	Tommy Kaine	Round 2, 1942	Round 4, 1946	13
Tommy Kaine	281	1942 - 1944, 1946 - 1947, 1952 - 1953	45	Jack Gibson	Round 18, 1953	Round 18, 1953	1
Jack Gibson	418	1953 - 1961	123	Ken Ashcroft	Round 8, 1957	Round 18, 1961	72
Ken Ashcroft	476	1957 - 1967	146	Barry 'Bunny' Reilly	Round 17, 1966	Round 2, 1967	2
Barry 'Bunny' Reilly	570	1966 - 1971, 1973 - 1979	198	Kevin Hastings	Round 18, 1976	Round 22, 1979	31
Kevin Hastings	674	1976 - 1987	234	Craig Salvatori	Round 4, 1986	Round 22, 1987	4
Craig Salvatori	804	1986 - 1995	117	Luke Ricketson	Round 11, 1992	Round 22, 1995	31
Luke Ricketson	884	1991 - 2005	301	Anthony Minichiello	Round 4, 2000	Round 26, 2005	133
Anthony Minichiello	994	2000 - 2014	302	Daniel Tupou	Round 24, 2012	Prelim Final, 2014	45
Daniel Tupou	1035	2012 -	265
* Denotes Roosters first grade career span # Denotes first grade games for the Roosters

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