2023 Sydney Roosters season

The 2023 Sydney Roosters season is the 116th in the club's history. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. The Captain James Tedesco retains his club role for the 3rd consecutive year while Head Coach Trent Robinson maintains his position for the 11th consecutive season.

2023 Sydney Roosters season
NRL Rank	See ladder on this page
Team information
CEO	Joe Kelly
Head Coach	Trent Robinson
Captain	James Tedesco
Stadium	Allianz Stadium - 42,500
Avg. attendance	0
High attendance	0
Low attendance	0
Top scorers
Tries	Jaxson Paulo (6)
Goals	Sam Walker (17)
Points	Sam Walker (38)
← 2022 List of seasons 2024 →

Player Movement

These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.^[1]

Gains

Player/Coach	Previous Club	Length
Brandon Smith	Melbourne Storm	2024
Jake Turpin	Brisbane Broncos	2023
Jaxson Paulo	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2023
Corey Allen	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2023
Nathan Brown	Parramatta Eels	2023

Losses

Player/Coach	New Club
Siosiua Taukeiaho	Catalans Dragons
Lachlan Lam	Leigh Leopards
Daniel Suluka-Fifita	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Adam Keighran	Catalans Dragons
Kevin Naiqama	Huddersfield Giants
Oliver Gildart	Dolphins
Sam Verrills	Gold Coast Titans
Renouf Atoni	Wakefield Trinity
Tuku Hau Tapuha	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Pre-Season Challenge

Date^[2]	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Sunday, 12 February	Trial 1	Melbourne Storm	GMHBA Stadium	24 – 32	Elie El-Zakhem 20' Tyler Moriarty 25' William Fakatoumafi 34' Jaxson Paulo 46' Victor Radley 50' Junior Pauga 78'	Sandon Smith (3/3) Sam Walker (1/3)	7,857
Friday, 17 February	Trial 2	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Industree Group Stadium	16 – 28	Nat Butcher 64' Lindsay Collins 67' Tuipulotu Katoa 69'	Sandon Smith (2/3)	10,744

Regular Season

Source:^[3]

League table

2023 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers (P)	24	18	0	6	3	645	312	+333	42
2	Brisbane Broncos	24	18	0	6	3	639	425	+214	42
3	Melbourne Storm	24	16	0	8	3	627	459	+168	38
4	New Zealand Warriors	24	16	0	8	3	572	448	+124	38
5	Newcastle Knights	24	14	1	9	3	626	451	+175	35
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	3	619	497	+122	34
7	Sydney Roosters	24	13	0	11	3	472	496	−24	32
8	Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	3	486	623	−137	32
9	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	12	0	12	3	564	505	+59	30
10	Parramatta Eels	24	12	0	12	3	587	574	+13	30
11	North Queensland Cowboys	24	12	0	12	3	546	542	+4	30
12	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	1	12	3	545	539	+6	29
13	Dolphins	24	9	0	15	3	520	631	−111	24
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	3	527	653	−126	24
15	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	7	0	17	3	438	769	−331	20
16	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	5	0	19	3	474	673	−199	16
17	Wests Tigers	24	4	0	20	3	385	675	−290	14

Matches

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Sunday, 5 March	1	Dolphins	Lang Park	28 – 18	Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii 10' Drew Hutchison 18' Daniel Tupou 66'	Sam Walker (3/3)	32,177
Saturday, 11 March	2	New Zealand Warriors	Allianz Stadium	20 – 12	Jaxson Paulo 4', 47' Sam Walker 57'	Sam Walker (2/3) PG:Sam Walker (2/3)	16,267
Friday, 17 March	3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Allianz Stadium	20 – 18	Brandon Smith 33' Daniel Tupou 37' Jaxson Paulo 45', 65'	Sam Walker (2/4)	36,639
	4	BYE
Thursday, 30 March	5	Parramatta Eels	Allianz Stadium
Thursday, 6 April	6	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park
Friday, 14 April	7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	PointsBet Stadium
Tuesday, 25 April	8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Allianz Stadium
Friday, 30 April	9	New Zealand Warriors	Mount Smart Stadium
Sunday, 7 May	10	North Queensland Cowboys	Lang Park
Friday, 12 May	11	Penrith Panthers	BlueBet Stadium
Friday, 19 May	12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
	13	BYE
Sunday, 4 June	14	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Industree Group Stadium
Saturday, 10 June	15	Penrith Panthers	Allianz Stadium
Saturday, 17 June	16	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium
Sunday, 25 June	17	Canberra Raiders	Allianz Stadium
Sunday, 2 July	18	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	4 Pines Park
	19	BYE
Saturday, 15 July	20	Melbourne Storm	Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, 22 July	21	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium
Thursday, 27 July	22	Brisbane Broncos	The Gabba
Thursday, 3 August	23	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, 12 August	24	Dolphins	Allianz Stadium
Friday, 18 August	25	Parramatta Eels	CommBank Stadium
Saturday, 26 August	26	Wests Tigers	Allianz Stadium
Friday, 1 September	27	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Accor Stadium

2023 Squad

Sydney Roosters 2024 squad

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Top 30 squad - 2024 NRL season						Supplementary list		Coaching staff
Egan Butcher – SR, PR Nat Butcher – SR, PR Lindsay Collins – PR Angus Crichton – SR Zach Dockar-Clay – HK, LK, FE Luke Keary – FE, HB Spencer Leniu – PR Joseph Manu – CE, FE, FB Terrell May – PR Tyler Moriarty – HK		Junior Pauga – WG, CE Victor Radley – LK, SR Billy Smith – CE Brandon Smith – HK Sandon Smith – HB Blake Steep – LK Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i – CE, WG James Tedesco (c) – FB Robert Toia – CE Daniel Tupou – WG		Sitili Tupouniua – SR, LK Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (vc) – PR Sam Walker – HB Connor Watson – HK, LK, FE Siua Wong – SR Naufahu Whyte – LK Dom Young – WG		Lewis Murphy – WG Ethan Roberts – SR Xavier Va'a – PR Alex Young – WG		Head coach Trent Robinson Assistant coaches Matt King Brett Morris Boyd Cordner Jake Friend Cooper Cronk (Specialist Halves Coach) Jason Taylor (NSW Cup) Anthony Barnes (NSW Cup) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 5 March 2024 Source(s): Roosters team profiles

References

1. "2023 Roosters Signings". NRL.com. 2 March 2023.
2. "2023 NRL Pre-Season Challenge". NRL.com. 2 March 2023.
3. "2023 NRL Regular Season/Telstra Premiership". NRL.com. 2 March 2023.