50 reasons Sydney should get behind the Roosters this weekend
YOU said you didn’t want to support the Roosters despite them being Sydney’s only remaining team this season. So we’ve come up with 50 reasons to give them a go.
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SYDNEY isn’t getting behind the Roosters.
I know, hold your shock.
It’s true that the Bondi boys aren’t the most loveable bunch, but we’ve come up with 50 reasons why you should get behind them against the Cowboys this weekend.
50. They aren’t Melbourne
49. Brian the Rooster
48. At home games, you can grab a seat for yourself and 30,000 mates.
47. Roosters centre Mitch Aubusson may be the nicest footballer who ever lived.
46. Coach Trent Robinson genuinely cares about the game.
45. Gave Paul Dunn and Jim Dymock to Canterbury, which for Bulldogs fans is something.
44. Gave Jack Gibson to Parramatta, which for Eels fans is everything.
43. The Chinese zodiac suggests 2017 is the year of the Rooster.
42. Took all your club’s ageing and unloved players during the Transit Lounge Era.
41. That time NSW needed an Origin hero and Finchy said ‘hold my beer’.
40. Far from being part of the latte set, Roosters No. 13 Isaac Liu used to work as a furniture removalist.
39. Without Todd ‘Skinny’ Byrne, there is no Scott Sattler grand final tackle.
38. Roosters gifted Sydney Martin Offiah, Adrian Morley and Kurt Sherlock’s moustache.
37. Captain Boyd Cordner is tougher than Chinese arithmetic.
36. Premiership celebrations are at Bondi Icebergs, rather than your mate’s back shed on Mulgoa Road.
35. Just on the quiet, who doesn’t want to see Pearcey finally win out over Cam Smith, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater?
34. Trying to become the first team ever to win a premiership after finishing 15th the year before.
33. Brad Fittler’s left-foot step.
32. Own the same colours as the Australian flag.
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31. Own the same national colours as North Korea, which is fitting when you consider their power structure.
30. Boast rugby league’s most meaningful Women In League jerseys.
29. Sio Siua Taukeiaho. Great name, better running game.
28. Rooster Cogburn is the greatest John Wayne character ever.
27. Opened TAB premiership betting at $15, putting them behind seven other teams including Canberra, Penrith, and the Warriors.
26. Get to sing ‘Rooster Man’ after a win.
25. Took rugby league to Russia via Ian Rubin
24. Took rugby league to Fashion Week, via Craig Wing and those pink slacks.
23. Introduced footy, and all of Australian sport, to jersey sponsorship.
22.When not carving up defences, playmaker Luke Keary organises impromptu visits to Randwick Children’s Hospital.
21. The Latrell Mitchell fend.
20. Inspired Russell Crowe’s infamous ‘thumbs down’ declaration when getting pumped by his Bunnies.
19. Boast the baddest man to ever play rugby league, Barney Dalton. A 1920s razor gang member who was eventually gunned down outside The Strand Hotel.
18. Effectively created Origin’s ‘Mate Against Mate’ by dumping Arthur Beetson, who joined Parramatta, created a friendship with Mick Cronin, then whacked him.
17. Easts No. 6 Johnny Peard gave rugby league ‘the bomb’.
16. UFC heavyweight Tai Tuivasa is a Roosters junior.
15. On his rare breaks from trying to decapitate rival players, Roosters enforcer Dylan Napa purchases club memberships, and merchandise, for disadvantaged families.
14. Gave rugby league its first genuine superstar, Dally Messenger.
13. You never queue for beer at a Roosters game.
12. Privately, they would actually prefer you hate them.
11. Roosters good guy Mick Gordon has played 224 games without a grand final appearance.
10. Hulk Hogan is a fan, brother.
09. Prop Kane Evans visits with Sydney’s homeless each week, providing them food and clothing.
08. Effectively won Cronulla its first ever premiership by gifting them James Maloney.
07. Men of League, rugby league’s finest organisation, was formed by Roosters great Ron Coote.
06. Responsible for one half of Fletch & Hindy.
05. The Chook Pen.
04. Horrie Hastings: Dead. Set. Legend.
03. Finesse the salary cap far better than your own club.
02. Anzac Day game
01. They aren’t from Queensland.
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