Sydney Roosters Women

Sydney Roosters
Club information
Full nameEastern Suburbs District
Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Roosters, Easts, Tricolours, Chooks, Sydney City
Short nameSydney Roosters
Colours  Red
  White
  Blue (Navy)
FoundedTeam: 8 September 2018; 6 years ago (8 September 2018)
Club: 24 January 1908; 116 years ago (24 January 1908) as Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club
Websiteroosters.com.au
Current details
Ground(s)
CEOJoe Kelly
ChairmanNick Politis
CoachJohn Strange
CaptainIsabelle Kelly
CompetitionNRL Women's Premiership
2024 seasonPremiers (2nd on ladder)
Current season
Uniforms
Home colours
Away colours
Records
Premierships2 (2021, 2024)
Runners-up2 (2018, 2020)
Minor premierships1 (2022)
Wooden spoons1 (2019)
Most cappedIsabelle Kelly – 41
Highest try scorer17 – Isabelle Kelly
Jayme Fressard
Highest points scorerJocelyn Kelleher – 162

Sydney Roosters Women are a rugby league team, representing the Eastern Suburbs region of Sydney. The team is part of the Sydney Roosters club and plays in the National Rugby League Women's Premiership.

Seasons

Season Regular Season Finals Nines Ref
P W D L F A Pts Pos
2018 3 1 0 2 34 24 2 2nd Grand Finalist — [1][2]
2019 3 0 0 3 28 60 0 4th — —
2020 3 2 0 1 56 40 4 2nd Grand Finalist 3rd [3]
2021 5 2 0 3 77 92 4 4th Premiers — [4][5]
2022 5 5 0 0 156 58 10 1st Semi-finalist — [6][7]
2023 9 7 0 2 284 120 14 2nd Semi-finalist — [8][9]
2023 9 7 0 2 222 112 14 2nd Premiers — [10][11]

Head-to-head records

Opponent First meeting P W D L PF PA Win % Share %
Warriors 8 Sep 2018 3 1 0 2 38 38 33.33% 50.00%
Broncos 14 Sep 2018 10 4 0 6 160 186 40.00% 46.24%
Dragons 22 Sep 2018 8 6 0 2 178 62 75.00% 74.17%
Titans 6 Mar 2022 5 2 0 3 90 84 40.00% 51.72%
Knights 12 Mar 2022 5 3 0 2 85 76 60.00% 52.80%
Eels 20 Mar 2022 5 4 0 1 145 88 80.00% 62.23%
Raiders 29 Jul 2023 2 1 0 1 48 44 50.00% 52.17%
Sharks 13 Aug 2023 3 3 0 0 108 40 100.00% 72.97%
Tigers 26 Aug 2023 2 2 0 0 68 14 100.00% 82.93%
Cowboys 16 Sep 2023 2 2 0 0 64 28 100.00% 69.57%
Totals 8 Sep 2018 45 28 0 17 984 660 62.22% 59.85%

Notes

  • Share % is the percentage of points For over the sum of points For and Against.
  • Clubs listed in the order than the Roosters Women first played them.
  • Last updated: 7 October 2024

Current squad

The Sydney Roosters have announced that the following players have signed to play with the club in the 2023 NRL Women's season.[12]

The team is coached by John Strange.[13]


Jersey numbers in the table reflect the Roosters' Grand Final Team List.
Table last updated on 23 December 2024.

J# Player Age Position(s) NRLW Seasons NRLW Stats Origin Tests All
Stars
Debut 2018-23 2024 2025 M T G Pts
– Aliyah Nasio 18 Lock, Prop 2024 — 4 0 4 0 0 0 — — —
5 Brydie Parker 25 Wing, Five-eighth 2018 23 5 0 28 12 0 48 — — —
IS Corban Baxter 30 Fullback, Five-eighth 2019 22 H 0 22 9 0 36 10 — 1 4
– Imogen Hei 19 Hooker — — R 0 0 0 0 0 — — —
4 Isabelle Kelly 28 Centre 2018 30 2 11 0 43 17 0 68 13 16 1
15 Jasmin Strange 22 Centre, Second-row 2022 1 11 11 0 23 6 0 24 — — 2
2 Jayme Fressard 27 Wing, Centre 2020 3 4 13 9 0 29 18 0 72 — — —
3 Jessica Sergis 27 Centre 2018 10 18 5 0 33 20 0 80 10 10 —
6 Jocelyn Kelleher 24 Five-eighth, Halfback 2020 26 11 0 37 6 69 162 — — —
18 Mia Wood 25 Wing, Centre 2023 5 9 0 14 9 0 36 — — —
8 Millie Elliott 26 Prop 2019 13 7 8 10 0 38 7 0 28 9 4 —
12 Olivia Kernick 23 Second-row 2021 23 11 0 34 13 0 52 6 6 2 2
10 Otesa Pule 21 Prop, Second-row 2022 16 11 0 27 8 0 32 — 10 —
– Rima Butler 27 Prop 2022 5 7 8 0 20 3 0 12 — — 1
IS Shawden Burton 25 Hooker 2021 13 H 0 13 0 0 0 — — —
20 Taina Naividi 23 Wing, Fullback 2021 5 6 0 11 1 0 4 — 2 —
7 Tarryn Aiken 25 Halfback, Five-eighth 2019 19 10 9 0 38 14 1 59 8 9 —
14 Tavarna Papalii 19 Lock 2024 — 8 0 8 0 0 0 — 3 —
DV Taneisha Gray 19 Second-row — — D 0 0 0 0 0 — — —
DV Tyra Le Ekepati 19 Centre — — D 0 0 0 0 0 — — —
9 Keeley Davis 24 Hooker 2018 23 9 11 — 43 4 0 16 7 7 —
11 Amber Hall 29 Second-row, Prop 2019 18 1 10 — 29 9 0 36 — 14 —
16 Samantha Economos 30 Second-row 2020 3 3 7 — 13 0 0 0 — — —
21 Eliza Lopamaua 19 Second-row, Prop 2024 — 4 — 4 1 0 4 — — —
22 Shannon Rose 27 Fullback, Wing 2022 1 R — 1 0 0 0 — — —
– Kayla Jackson 21 Wing — — D — 0 0 0 0 — — —

Notes:

  • The following players were signed on a Development contract for 2024.[14]
    • Tyra Ekepati (who moves to a full contract for the 2025 season)
    • Taneisha Gray
    • Kayla Jackson
    • Tess McWilliams

The Sydney Roosters announced player signings in several instalments from July 2024.[15][16][17]


Club records

Player records

Lists and tables last updated: 7 October 2024.

Most games for the Roosters

Most tries for the Roosters

Most points for the Roosters (20+)

Player 2024 Club M T G FG Points
Jocelyn Kelleher 37 6 69 0 162
Zahara Temara 24 2 43 1 95
Isabelle Kelly 41 17 0 0 68
Jayme Fressard 22 17 0 0 68
Jessica Sergis 23 15 0 0 60
Olivia Kernick 34 13 0 0 52
Brydie Parker 28 12 0 0 48
Corban Baxter 22 9 0 0 36
Mia Wood 14 9 0 0 36
Tarryn Aiken 19 8 0 1 33
Otesa Pule 27 8 0 0 32
Samantha Bremner 15 8 0 0 32
Taleena Simon — 5 5 0 0 20
Amber Hall 11 5 0 0 20

Most points in a season (16+)

Player Season M T G FG Points
Jocelyn Kelleher 2024 11 1 37 0 78
Jocelyn Kelleher 2023 10 2 32 0 72
Jessica Sergis 2023 6 7 0 0 28
Corban Baxter 2023 10 7 0 0 28
Zahara Temara 2022 6 1 21 0 26
Jayme Fressard 2023 8 6 0 0 24
Sam Bremner 2024 10 6 0 0 24
Jayme Fressard 2024 9 6 0 0 24
Olivia Kernick 2024 11 6 0 0 24
Zahara Temara 2020 4 1 9 0 22
Zahara Temara 2021 7 0 10 1 21
Jayme Fressard 2022 5 5 0 0 20
Isabelle Kelly 2023 10 5 0 0 20
Otesa Pule 2023 10 5 0 0 20
Tarryn Aiken 2023 10 5 0 0 20
Mia Wood 2024 9 5 0 0 20
Amber Hall 2024 9 5 0 0 20
Jessica Sergis 2024 5 5 0 0 20
Taleena Simon 2018 4 4 0 0 16
Isabelle Kelly 2021 7 4 0 0 16
Brydie Parker 2023 10 4 0 0 16
Mia Wood 2023 5 4 0 0 16
Brydie Parker 2024 5 4 0 0 16

Margins and streaks

Biggest winning margins

Margin Score Opponent Venue Date
40 40—0 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks PointsBet Stadium 8 Sep 2024
38 48—10 Wests Tigers Allianz Stadium 26 Aug 2023
34 46—12 Parramatta Eels Industree Group Stadium 3 Sep 2023
30 30—0 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground 3 Aug 2023
28 34—6 St. George Illawarra Dragons Allianz Stadium 2 Sep 2022
26 26—0 St. George Illawarra Dragons Allianz Stadium 22 Sep 2018
26 38—12 Gold Coast Titans Central Coast Stadium 18 Sep 2022

Biggest losing margins

Margin Score Opponent Venue Date
22 12—34 Brisbane Broncos ANZ Stadium 30 Sep 2018
20 0—20 Brisbane Broncos AMII Park 21 Sep 2019
20 6—26 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 25 Aug 2024

Most consecutive wins

  • 7 — (3 April 2022 — 10 April 2022, 20 August 2022 — 18 September 2022)

Most consecutive losses

  • 4 — (30 September 2018 — 29 September 2019)
  • 4 — (17 October 2020 — 6 March 2022)

History

On 27 March 2018, the Sydney Roosters applied for, and won, a license to participate in the inaugural 2018 NRL Women's season.[2] Adam Hartigan was named as the coach of the women's side.

In June 2018, the club used up the maximum of fifteen marquee signings ahead of the inaugural season which subsequently commenced in September. Players signed included Karina Brown, Isabelle Kelly and Ruan Sims.[18]

The club finished runners-up in the inaugural NRL Women's Premiership, losing to the Brisbane Broncos by 34–12 in the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final.[19] Zahara Temara claimed the 2018 Player of the Season award.

In 2019, Rick Stone took over as coach. The club, however, failed to win a match, claiming the wooden spoon. Tallisha Harden was awarded the club's Best & Fairest Player for the 2019 season.

Jamie Feeney was appointed the head coach for the 2020 season, being determined to turn the club's fortunes around. He was assisted by Kylie Hilder and John Strange. Feeney immediately appointed Corban McGregor as the clubs new captain. The club also announced the big signing of Sevens Rugby star and 2016 Gold Medalist, Charlotte Caslick. In his first season, Feeney took the side to the Grand Final however they fell short, going down 20–10 as the Brisbane Broncos claimed a three-peat of premierships.

In 2021, John Strange was appointed the head coach with Kylie Hilder staying on as assistant coach. After a tough start to the season, the Roosters snuck into the finals in fourth place before upsetting defending champs Brisbane Broncos in the semi-final and then defeating the highly fancied St George-Illawarra Dragons in the Grand Final (played at Moreton Daily Stadium, Redcliffe) to claim the club's inaugural NRLW title.

John Strange added to his success in 2022 by claiming the club's first NRLW Minor Premiership (5 wins, 0 losses) before being eliminated by the Parramatta Eels in an upset semi-final loss. Season 2023 followed a similar path with the club finishing second (8 wins, 2 losses) in the Premiership rounds before once again falling short in the semi-final, this time at the hands of the Gold Coast Titans.

Players

Main article: List of Sydney Roosters players § Women's

References

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Sydney Roosters NRLW squad
2021 NRLW Coaching staff

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 27 February 2022
Source(s): Sydney Roosters