ROOSTERS NEWS

Young Roosters get their chance

OPPORTUNITY doesn't come a lot at the Roosters. For some, it might not come again........

Justin comes of age

IT is the most eagerly anticipated comeback since Elvis did Hawaii, or at least until Alf did ANZ two years back......

Spare part Roosters

SYDNEY Roosters coach Ricky Stuart has named a spare parts team including three NRL rookies.......

Sheppard plays the Entertainer

Heard the story about the experienced former Sydney Roosters coach who recently tried to snap his leading playmaker out of a form slump with some harsh words while at a representative team camp?......

Walker's return short-lived

IT is only a fortnight since Chris Walker tore up a $600,000 contract with South Sydney - yet the......

Walker joins Roosters where rabbits fear to tread

Former Rabbitoh Chris Walker attended his first Sydney Roosters training session yesterday in a place where most rabbits -.......

Walker signs paltry deal

THE Sydney Roosters last night revealed how they controversially squeezed Chris Walker under the salary cap -......

Roosters remember the basics of kick, chase, tackle

Rugby league is a simple game. When I played for Canterbury in the 1980s, we went.......

Walker could be wearing tricolour

SOUTH Sydney's runaway star Chris Walker could be wearing a Roosters' jersey by the end of this week.......

Dogs down premiers

THE pain of a devastating 2002 was eased somewhat for the Bulldogs after they downed defending premiers the Sydney Roosters in a match that lived up to the hype of "the NRL grand final that never was".......

Roosters get vote

SYDNEY Roosters will triumph in the grand final we never saw, according to a snap poll of leading players and coaches conducted by The Daily Telegraph.......

Fittler: Don't target Sherwin

ROOSTERS captain Brad Fittler skipper says it will be a waste of time trying to shut down Bulldogs kicking maestro Brent Sherwin at Telstra Stadium tonight.......

Desperate City hunt Kiwis, bushie

Short-staffed Sydney Origin have investigated the possibility of calling up Sydney Roosters' Kiwi international Jason Cayless, it has been revealed.......

Dogs bark over Stuart's jibe

SYDNEY ROOSTERS coach Ricky Stuart added fuel to the fire for tonight's "rematch of the grand final that wasn't" by declaring his side would have beaten the Bulldogs in the decider anyway.......

Roosters face daunting rep season

THE Sydney Roosters are headed for a "new era" in representative football - with the club expected to be decimated through the State of Origin series by losing up to seven players......

While Stuart and Folkes try to play it low-key, the tension builds

Tellingly, Sydney Roosters' feared man Craig Wing said the lead-up to tomorrow night's "grand final that never was" was completely normal. Then the club slapped on a media ban.......

Hype puts coaches on defensive

RICKY STUART has the cold eyes of Clint Eastwood. He borrows them, apparently, when he takes the Roosters for a training session......

Morley and Flannery Fine

Both Adrian Morley and Chris Flannery will be fine to play in this Friday night's clash with the Bulldogs revealed coach Ricky Stuart in todays Coach's Comments interview.......