Gallery | NRLW Cultural Night
This week, the Roosters' NRLW squad celebrated their various backgrounds at a cultural dinner, with players and staff baking traditional dishes to share, before hearing about different cultural experiences and upbringings from players born across the world.
Players mapped out their cultural backgrounds with string on the World Map.
Pani Hopoate trained in her Mate Ma'a Tonga uniform.
Tyler Bentley locates her home town in New Zealand on the World Map.
Millie Boyle poses with her 10-pack of beef sausages.
Lailani Montgomery made everyone (including John Strange) hair ties with red, yellow and black ribbon to represent her proud Indigenous background.
Joeli Morris traces her heritage back to Europe.
Post training: Pani Hopoate and Jay Jay Taylor change into their traditional cultural dress.
Wellbeing and Education staff Sheridan and Sua dish up the mashed potato.
Olivia Kernick tries 'Otai - a traditional Polynesian beverage.
Mya Hill-Moana cooks her cultural dish from scratch after training.
Cultures combine: Mya Hill-Moana, Aliyah Nasio, Amelia Pasikala and Pani Hopoate perform a Pūkana.
Jess Sergis and Mia Wood try homemade pork buns and deep fried dough balls.
Tarryn Aiken sticks to her roots with a sausage on bread.
John Strange with a trifle he 'prepared earlier'.
Strange steals Isabelle Kelly's pavlova ingredients to add to his trifle.
A picture tells a thousand words... Strange can't believe no one is impressed with his cooking skills.
Isabelle Kelly decorates her pavlova with fresh fruit and a sprinkle of chocolate.
'What's a trifle without fresh fruit?'
Corban Baxter provides an expectation versus reality image.
Kelly's pavlova was a hit!
Strange's trifle, now topped with left-over whipped cream.
After dessert was finished, Millie Boyle conducted a question and answer session with the playing group and staff to hear more about their cultural traditions and upbringings.
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.
