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Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and National Rugby League titles, and several other competitions. First founded as the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (ESDRLFC), it is the only club to have played in each and every season at the elite level, and since the 1970s has often been dubbed the glamour club of the league. The Sydney Roosters have won 15 premierships, equal to the record of the St George Dragons. Only the South Sydney Rabbitohs have won more premierships. The club holds the record for having won more matches than any other in the league, the most minor premierships and the most World Club Challenge trophies. The Sydney Roosters are one of only two clubs (the other being the St. George Illawarra Dragons in 1999) to finish runners-up in their inaugural season. Currently coached by Trent Robinson and captained by James Tedesco, the Roosters play home games at the Sydney Football Stadium.
Eastern Suburbs District
Rugby League Football Club
Roosters, Easts, Tricolours, Chooks, Sydney City
Blue (Navy)
24 January 1908; 115 years ago (24 January 1908) as Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club
roosters.com.au
Ground(s)
Sydney Football Stadium (45,000)
Nick Politis
Trent Robinson (NRL)
John Strange (NRLW)
James Tedesco (NRL)
Isabelle Kelly (NRLW)
National Rugby League and NRL Women's Premiership
6th (NRL)
Home colours
Away colours
15 (1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1974, 1975, 2002, 2013, 2018, 2019)
Minor premiership
20 (1912, 1913, 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018)
World Club Challenge
5 (1976, 2003, 2014, 2019, 2020)
NRL Nines
World Sevens
NRLW
Most capped
306 – Mitchell Aubusson
Highest try scorer
139 – Anthony Minichiello
Highest points scorer
1,469 – Craig Fitzgibbon
The club was founded in 1908 in Paddington, Sydney, as Eastern Suburbs; in 1995 the club's name was changed to the Sydney City Roosters, and in 2000 to the Sydney Roosters. The team's Leagues Club is based in Bondi Junction and its home ground, administration and training facilities are located at nearby Moore Park. The Roosters have long-standing and fierce rivalries with other Sydney-based clubs, especially the South Sydney Rabbitohs, a fellow foundation club based in neighbouring Redfern.[1]
2 Emblem
3.1 Primary jerseys
4 Rivals
5 Win–loss record
6 Stadium
7.1 Notable supporters
8 Statistics and records
9 Squads
9.1 Current squad
9.1.1 2023 Squad Movement
9.2 Team of the Century
9.3 The Centurions
10 Honours
10.1 Titles
10.2 Youth/Pre-season Titles
11 Women's team
11.1 Current squad
12 Footnotes
Main article: History of the Sydney Roosters
The Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (ESDRLFC) was formed on 24 January 1908[2] at a meeting at the Paddington Town Hall in Sydney[3] after it was decided that the district should enter a team in the newly formed New South Wales Rugby Football League.[4] The ESDRLFC was formed, under its articles of association with the NSWRFL, to represent the geographic areas in Sydney covering the Waverley, Randwick, Woollahra, Paddington, Darlinghurst and Vaucluse local government municipalities, as well as the eastern parts of the Sydney CBD. Indeed, the locality of Sydney, with postcode 2000, falls entirely within the official boundaries of the ESDRLFC.
Unofficially nicknamed the "Tricolours" due to the red, white and blue playing strip,[5] Eastern Suburbs won its first match, defeating Newtown 32–16 at Wentworth Oval on 20 April 1908.[3] In 1913 it became the first club to win three consecutive premierships;[2][6][7] the line-ups during this period included the likes of Dally Messenger, Harry "Jersey" Flegg and Sandy Pearce, all regarded as all-time rugby league greats.[2][8] However, the club rapidly declined and failed to win the premiership for the next nine seasons.[7]
Eastern Suburbs missed the finals once from 1926 to 1942, and in that time won four titles and the minor premiership on seven occasions.[5][9] During this period, Dave Brown set several point-scoring records that still stand.[10] In 1935, the team lost just one game,[11] and recorded the highest winning margin in their history, an 87–7 (equivalent to 106–8 using the modern scoring system) victory over Canterbury.[12] In 1936, Eastern Suburbs became one of five teams in premiership history to remain undefeated for an entire season,[13] a feat they repeated the following year.[11] It is the only club to remain unbeaten for two consecutive seasons.[14]
Easts pioneers Dan Frawley (right) and Dally Messenger (left) in action for New South Wales in 1912
Despite claiming the premiership in 1945, Eastern Suburbs failed to make the finals for the following seven seasons.[15] A runners-up finish in 1960 was the closest the club came to claiming the premiership during this era.[5] Eastern Suburbs were soundly defeated 31–6 in the grand final that year, by the famous record-beating St George outfit.[16] In 1966, the club fell to new depths and was winless for the first time in its history.[17][18] It was also the last occasion in which the Roosters won the wooden spoon until claiming it again in the 2009 season.[14] It ended a poor run for Eastern Suburbs; from 1963 to 1966, they won 8 of 72 matches, finishing second to last in 1964 and last in the other three years.[19] The club underwent a renaissance in 1967 after appointing Jack Gibson as coach (1967–68), and introducing a new emblem on the playing jerseys, the rooster.[19]
From 1972 to 1982, the Roosters won four minor premierships and played in four grand finals,[5] winning two consecutively.[5] Gibson, now dubbed as "Super Coach",[20] returned to lead the team from 1974 to 1976.[21][22] In 1974 and 1975, the team won 39 of 44 matches,[22] both minor premierships and both grand finals and set a premiership record of 19 consecutive wins.[5][22] The 38–0 grand final victory in 1975 against St George was the largest margin in a first grade grand final,[23] and the record stood for 33 years until superseded by Manly's 40–0 win over the Melbourne Storm in 2008. Although the 1975 grand final was played during an era of a now-obsolete scoring system - with 3 points awarded for a try - the scoreline using 4 points for tries would mean that the record winning margin for a grand final would still hold with an adjusted score of 46–0.[24] With line-ups including Mark Harris, Elwyn Walters, John Brass, Bill Mullins, Russell Fairfax, Johnny Mayes, John Peard, Ron Coote, Ian Schubert and captain Arthur Beetson,[2][25] the Centenary of Rugby League panel considered the Roosters of 1974 and 1975 to be among the greatest club teams of all time.[26]
Three representative Roosters in 1931: Brown, Norman and Stehr.
Between 1984 and 1995, the Roosters reached the semi-finals once,[14] and became known to critics as the "transit lounge", due to the high frequency of player purchases and releases.[6][27] The club came close to reaching the premiership in 1987 under coach and favourite son Arthur Beetson, being defeated by eventual premiers Manly in a "bruising" major semi-final, 10–6.[28]
As the Super League war built up in the mid-1990s, the Roosters recruited high-profile coach Phil Gould and star five-eighth Brad Fittler, both from the Penrith Panthers.[2][27] This helped to quickly send the Roosters back to the upper end of the ladder. Fittler's presence proved invaluable;[27] during his reign, the Roosters competed in four grand finals in five years.[5] In 2002, the club captured its 12th premiership – the first in 27 years – defeating Minor Premiers the New Zealand Warriors 30–8 in the 2002 NRL grand final.[29]
In the 2003 NRL grand final against the Penrith Panthers, the Roosters lost 18–6 in what was their heaviest defeat for the year. A decisive moment occurred midway through the second half: with the scores tied at 6-all, Roosters winger Todd Byrne made a clear break down the sideline and looked set to score a try before being chased down and tackled into touch by Penrith lock forward, Scott Sattler. From then on, the momentum of the game was with Penrith.[29][30] The Roosters' made the Grand Final in 2004, when they ceded a 13–6 half-time lead to be defeated by the Bulldogs 16–13. The match was captain Fittler's last for the team.[31]
In 2007, the Roosters became the first club to play 100 seasons of first grade rugby league; having been the only outfit to play in each season since the competition's inception in 1908. They appointed Chris Anderson as coach in 2007 and 2008 following two relatively unsuccessful years under Ricky Stuart.[32] On 9 July 2007, Anderson resigned after a 56–0 loss to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.[33] Assistant Coach Fittler acted as the caretaker for the remainder of the 2007 season, before being appointed in August to the top job for two years.[34] With eight rounds remaining in a disappointing 2009 season in which the Roosters finished with the wooden spoon for the first time in 43 years, Fittler was informed he would not be the coach in 2010, his position to be taken by veteran coach Brian Smith. The Roosters wound up winning only five games for the entire season; twice against Cronulla and once against each of Canberra in Canberra, eventual grand finalists Parramatta and Newcastle in Newcastle.
A year after finishing last, under the coaching of Brian Smith they reached the 2010 NRL Grand Final where the St. George Illawarra Dragons defeated them 32–8. The Roosters led 8–6 at half time but were overrun in the second half.
What followed was another relatively disappointing season at Bondi Junction, with the Roosters finishing 11th in a 2011 season plagued by off-field issues involving 2010 Dally M Medallist Todd Carney (who was later sacked by the Roosters at season's end). However, a four-game winning streak to end the season brought hope for the 2012 season. Other high-profile players including Nate Myles, Mark Riddell, Jason Ryles, Kane Linnett, and Phil Graham all left the club at season's end.
The Roosters endured a disappointing 2012 season, finishing 13th. Brian Smith resigned from the coaching role shortly after the Roosters' season concluded with a loss to the Minor Premiers Canterbury, and also at season's end captain Braith Anasta left to join the Wests Tigers in 2013.
The 2013 season saw new staff, a new coach, Trent Robinson, and several new players, including big signings Michael Jennings, James Maloney, Luke O'Donnell and Sonny Bill Williams, arrive at the club. This culminated in the Roosters finishing the 2013 season with a 24–12 win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs, securing the Minor Premiership for the 2013 season and were the NRL's best attacking and defensive team.[35] The Roosters defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4–0, in week one of the finals, earning a week's rest. The Roosters defeated the Newcastle Knights 40–14 in week three of the NRL finals, progressing to the 2013 NRL grand final, facing the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, winning 26–18. It was a great comeback by the Roosters, down by 10 points in the second half they went on to score three consecutive tries to seal the win and their 13th premiership. They then went on to win the 2014 World Club Challenge against Wigan 36–14 to claim the treble of club titles. No team in premiership history had come from a lower ladder position to win the following season's title.[36]
In the 2014 season, the club finished first on the table winning the Minor Premiership. In the Preliminary Final against arch rivals Souths, Sydney lost the match 32–22 in what was retiring legend Anthony Minichiello's final game.[37] In the 2015 season, Sydney finished first on the table and claimed their third consecutive Minor Premiership. The Roosters again made the Preliminary Final with Brisbane this time being the opponents. The Roosters ended up losing the match 31–12 in front of a sold-out crowd at Suncorp Stadium.[38]
In the 2016 season, the Roosters finished 15th on the table after enduring a horror season where star player Mitchell Pearce was suspended for 8 matches, fined $A125,000 and stripped of the captaincy following a pre season incident where Pearce was intoxicated, simulated a sex act with a dog which was filmed on another party goer's mobile phone. The club also struggled due to injuries to star players such as Boyd Cordner and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.[39][40]
The Roosters finished 2nd at the end of the 2017 season and defeated Brisbane in week one of the finals earning the week off. Sydney's opponents in the Preliminary Final were North Queensland who had finished in 8th position on the table and produced upset victories over Cronulla and Parramatta. In a game that the Roosters were expected to win, the Cowboys surprised everyone winning the match 29–16.[41][42]
In 2018, the Sydney Roosters finished in first place during the regular season, claiming their 20th Minor Premiership. They beat Cronulla-Sutherland 21–12 in week one of the finals, earning the week off.
The club then broke its preliminary final hoodoo by beating rivals South Sydney 12–4 in what was the last sports match ever played at the Sydney Football Stadium. They managed to keep Souths tryless, and the crowd was the largest ever recorded in a sporting match at the Sydney Football Stadium with 44,380 people in attendance. The Roosters played Melbourne in the 2018 NRL Grand Final, and won 21–6 to claim their 14th premiership.
The Roosters started the 2019 NRL season with a round 1 loss against rivals Souths at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The club then went on an eight game winning run and defeated Melbourne 21–20 in the grand final rematch which was played at AAMI Park. The Roosters also scored impressive victories over Brisbane 36–4 and Wests 42–12 which were both played at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[43][44]
Midway through the 2019 NRL season, Sydney suffered a drop in form during the 2019 State of Origin series period before recovering by winning 7 of their last 8 matches of the season to finish 2nd behind minor premiers Melbourne.[45][46][47] The Roosters would then go on to defeat rivals South Sydney and Melbourne to reach the 2019 NRL Grand Final. In the grand final, Sydney would go on to win their second consecutive premiership after a hard fought victory against Canberra at ANZ Stadium. It was the first time that a team had won consecutive premierships in a unified competition since Brisbane achieved the feat in the 1992 and 1993 seasons.[48][49]
The club began the 2020 NRL season once again as one of the teams to beat for the premiership but suffered back to back losses to start the year before the season was interrupted due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. After the return to play, the club won five matches in a row and only lost three matches between round 8 and round 20.
The Roosters finished the season in 4th place and qualified for the finals. In week one of the finals, they were defeated by minor premiers Penrith which forced them into an elimination final match against Canberra. The Roosters quest for a third straight premiership was ended as they lost against Canberra 22-18 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[50]
The club began the 2021 NRL season as one of the teams tipped to challenge for the premiership. In the opening two rounds of the year, the club defeated both Manly and the Wests Tigers by 40 points. Throughout the season however, the club suffered one of the biggest injury tolls in recent history losing Jake Friend, Boyd Cordner and Brett Morris to retirement and season ending injuries to Luke Keary, Lindsay Collins, Joseph Manu and Billy Smith. The Roosters were forced to blood nine debutants, including the likes of Sam Walker, Ben Marschke, Egan Butcher and Fletcher Baker and call upon players from the club's feeder side the North Sydney Bears. The club also suffered injuries and suspensions to other key players such as Victor Radley.
The Roosters would end the 2021 NRL season in fifth place and qualified for the finals. In week one of the finals, the club defeated the Gold Coast 25-24. The following week, the Roosters season ended after losing 42-6 against Manly.[51][52] In the 2022 NRL season, the club would finish sixth on the table and qualify for the finals. Towards the back end of the year, the Sydney Roosters won eight straight matches, however were knocked out in the first week of the finals.
EmblemEdit
Eastern Suburbs did not traditionally sport a crest on their jerseys in the first half of the 20th century.[53] Other clubs occasionally sported simple designs on their strip; however, this was not seen consistently on all jerseys until the 1950s and 1960s.[17] In 1967, the club introduced its first logo, displaying the mantra "Easts to Win", following a winless season.[17] The crest also incorporated a rooster or cockerel in the design; one source suggested that this choice of mascot followed after the Roosters' jersey design was inspired by the French national team's jersey.[19][54] Given that the French team's mascot was affectionately known to supporters as le coq, "the rooster", connections have been made as to the choosing of a rooster for Eastern Suburbs' mascot.[19]
In 1978, the mantra was replaced with the team's name, "Eastern Suburbs".[27] This name was kept until 1994,[27] when the club changed its team name to the "Sydney City Roosters" for the start of the 1995 season to appeal to the club's widening fan base.[27] In 2000, the club shortened its name to the "Sydney Roosters".[27]
Although marketing names have changed, the Roosters are still registered with the National Rugby League competition as the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, the entity holding the NRL licence.[55]
ColoursEdit
Red, white and blue have been the colours of every jersey design in the club's history;[56] however, the jersey design has undergone several alterations. During World War II, the design of the jersey was modified because the dye used to colour jerseys was needed for the war effort.[57] This saw Eastern Suburbs playing in different colours and an altered design. Instead of using the traditional hoops, the side used a sky-blue based jersey and a red and white V-strip around the collar. This is the only noted time in the club's history where the traditional deep blue, red and white combination was absent from the jersey. After the war, the V-strip design reverted to the original blue that had been present in the original jerseys, and the single red and white stripes around the shirt's chest were incorporated with a single white stripe surrounded by a red stripe on either side. This jersey appeared in the 1950s and remains the team's base design.[17]
Primary jerseysEdit
RivalsEdit
Main: South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Major: St. George Illawarra Dragons, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Melbourne Storm.
Minor: Penrith Panthers, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, Brisbane Broncos, Parramatta Eels, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Redcliffe Dolphins.
Win–loss recordEdit
Wests Tigers 37 28 0 9 75.7
North Queensland Cowboys 43 31 0 12 72.1
Gold Coast Titans 23 15 0 8 65.2
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 99 63 2 34 63.9
Newcastle Knights 59 36 2 21 61.0
Penrith Panthers 97 56 1 40 57.7
Canberra Raiders 69 38 0 31 55.1
St George-Illawarra Dragons 47 25 1 21 53.2
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 178 92 5 81 51.7
Parramatta Eels 137 68 5 64 49.6
New Zealand Warriors 44 21 1 22 47.7
South Sydney Rabbitohs 229 104 5 120 45.4
Brisbane Broncos 56 25 0 31 44.6
Melbourne Storm 45 19 0 26 41.5
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 138 50 2 86 36.2
StadiumEdit
Most sources suggest that the Royal Agricultural Ground was often used as a home venue between 1908 and 1910, before the club hosted matches at the Sydney Sports Ground from 1911 onwards.[3][58][59] It was here that the team played almost all of their home games up until 1986, when the ground was demolished with the Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2 to make way for Sydney's main rectangular field, the Sydney Football Stadium.[60] In 1987, games were moved away to the Newtown Jets' home ground, Henson Park, temporarily to await the completion of the Sydney Football Stadium. The team capitalised on this move, and under coach Arthur Beetson finished second in the regular season, and narrowly missed playing in the grand final. It was the only time between 1983 and 1995 that the club reached the finals.[9]
General view of the former Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park, as it appeared in 1937.
In 1988, the club moved its home ground to the newly-built Sydney Football Stadium on the site of the old Sydney Sports Ground,[23] opening the season with a 24–14 defeat at the hands of the St George Dragons in front of 19,295 spectators on a wet night on 4 March 1988.[61] At the Sydney Football Stadium, the Roosters have a 59% win record from 256 games with a 58% and 55% win record at former home grounds the Sydney Sports Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground respectively.[62]
The Sydney Football Stadium as it appears while hosting a National Rugby League finals match.
The Roosters played their last game, a Preliminary Final against South Sydney, at the Sydney Football Stadium on 22 September 2018 in front of a ground record crowd of 44,380. In 2019 the Sydney Roosters home became the Sydney Cricket Ground whilst the replacement Sydney Football Stadium (2022) is built.[63]
SupportersEdit
While the Roosters have supporters all around the world, its traditional fan base is in Sydney, which is most concentrated in its homeland in the affluent eastern suburbs.[64]
In 2013 the club tallied the fourth-highest home attendance of all National Rugby League clubs (behind the Brisbane Broncos) with an average of 19,368 spectators at the Sydney Football Stadium.[65]
At the club's home ground, the Sydney Football Stadium, the supporters congregate in distinct sections. The "Chook Pen", a designated area in Bay 35,[66] is the preferred location for the most animated fans.[67] Members of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust are seated in the Members Pavilion,[68] and season ticket holders are located in Bays 12–14.[69]
In 2021, the Roosters had over 16,853 paying members, in addition to the 46,486 members of the Easts Leagues Club, which is the major benefactor of the football club.[70] The Easts Leagues Club and the Sydney Roosters "operate as one entity" known as the Easts Group.[71] Under this arrangement, the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club is the 'parent company' of the Easts Group. The Football Club delegates, however, overarching responsibility for both football and leagues club operations to a single general manager who oversees the group's performance. The leagues club provides financial support to the football club only when necessary as the football club's sponsorships and TV revenues are generally adequate to cover most Rugby League expenditures.
Notable supportersEdit
George Kambosos Jr.
Doug Bollinger
cricketer[72]
Mark Bouris
businessman[73]
Guillaume Brahimi
chef[74]
Simon Burke
actor[75]
Scott Cam
television host[76]
Bob Carr
39th Premier of New South Wales[77]
General Sir Peter Cosgrove
26th Governor-General of Australia[78]
George Donikian
news presenter[79]
Luke Foley
37th New South Wales Opposition Leader[80]
Sir James Darcy Freeman
Catholic Cardinal[81]
Amanda Keller
media personality[82]
Australian rules football player[83]
Joel Labi
Harold Larwood
Erin McNaught
Brett Ogle
professional golfer[85]
Peter O'Malley
Paul Sheehan
columnist[86]
former captain of the Australia cricket team[87]
Malcolm Turnbull
29th Prime Minister of Australia[88]
former vice captain of the Australia cricket team[87]
Tim Webster
radio and television personality[89]
Gus Worland
Media personality
Statistics and recordsEdit
Main article: List of Sydney Roosters records
Mitchell Aubusson holds the record for the most first grade games (306),[90] having surpassed Anthony Minichiello's tally of 302 matches in round 24 of the 2020 season.[27] Former team captain Craig Fitzgibbon holds the club record for scoring the most points, tallying 1,376 over his 210 matches.[91][92] Fitzgibbon also broke the all-time point scoring record for a forward in the later rounds of 2006.[93] Dave Brown's tally of 45 points (five tries and 15 goals) in a single match against Canterbury in 1935 remains a competition record after more than seven decades.[5] Ivan Cleary scored 284 points in 1998,[5] which at the time was an all-time points scoring record in a season.[94]
Bill Mullins, father of 2002 premiership player Brett, scored 104 tries in his 11-year, 190-game career with Eastern Suburbs between 1968 and 1978,[5] meaning that on average, he scored at least one try every two games. Anthony Minichiello became the highest try scorer in the Roosters history when he scored his 105th try against the Newcastle at Ausgrid Stadium in June 2011. 'Mini' finally retired after the 2014 season, and ended his career with 139 tries. He is also the first fullback in 70 years to win the Grand Final (2013), while captaining the club. Rod O'Loan scored seven tries in a single match against Sydney University in 1935,[5] and Dave Brown's 38 tries in 15 games in the same year remains a competition record.[5]
In 1975, the Eastern Suburbs Roosters set a record 19-match winning streak on their way to their 11th premiership.[22] In a 1935 match against Canterbury, Dave Brown scored 45 points, the highest score and victory margin for the club (the 87–7 scoreline is equivalent to 106–8 under the contemporary scoring system).[5] The winning margin is the second largest overall, behind St. George's 91–6 win over Canterbury a week earlier.[95]
The club's record attendance for a regular season game at its home ground—the Sydney Football Stadium—stands at 40,864, achieved in a match on ANZAC Day against the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2017.[61] The club's record attendance for a regular season game at the SCG stands at 50,130 on 4 May 1974 against the Manly Sea Eagles[61]
The 2000 grand final between the Sydney Roosters and the Brisbane Broncos attracted 94,277 spectators to the Olympic Stadium.[61]
SquadsEdit
See also: List of Sydney Roosters players
Current squadEdit
Sydney Roosters 2023 Squad
Top 30 Squad - 2023 Season
Development Players
Corey Allan – FB, WG, CE
Fletcher Baker – PR
Egan Butcher – LK, PR, SR
Nat Butcher – SR, LK, PR
Lindsay Collins – PR
Angus Crichton – SR
Tuku Hau Tapuha – PR
Drew Hutchison – HK, FE, CE
Luke Keary – FE, HB
Joseph Manu – CE, FB, FE
Terrell May – PR, LK
Paul Momirovski – CE, WG
Jaxson Paulo – WG, CE
Victor Radley – LK
Billy Smith – CE, WG
Brandon Smith – HK, LK
Joseph Suaalii – WG, FB, CE
James Tedesco (c) – FB
Robert Toia – CE
Daniel Tupou – WG
Sitili Tupouniua – SR, CE
Jake Turpin – HK
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (vc) – PR
Sam Walker – HB, FE
Connor Watson – LK, HK
Siua Wong – SR, LK
Naufahu Whyte – SR, LK
Tom Deakin – HK
Vuate Karawalevu – WG
Sandon Smith – HB, FE
Extended squad
Dane Aukafolau – SR
Josh Bevan – SR
James Coyne – CE
Kurt De Luis – PR, LK
Elie El-Zakhem – SR
William Fakatoumafi – CE, FB, WG
Kyron Fekitoa – CE
Guy Hamilton – HB
Tavita Henare-Schuster – FB, WG
Tui Katoa – WG
Ethan King – FB, WG
Matthew Lodge – PR
Tyler Moriarty – HK
Junior Pauga – CE, WG
Ethan Roberts – SR
Jordan Swann – CE
De La Salle Va'a – PR
Assistant coaches
Jason Ryles
Jason Taylor (NSW Cup)
Anthony Barnes (Jersey Flegg Cup)
(c) Captain(s)
(vc) Vice captain(s)
Updated: 5 January 2023
Source(s): Roosters Team Profiles
2023 Squad MovementEdit
Previous Club
Jaxson Paulo South Sydney Rabbitohs 2024
Brandon Smith Melbourne Storm 2024
Renouf Atoni Wakefield Trinity
Tom Carr Released
Oliver Gildart The Dolphins
Adam Keighran Catalans Dragons
Matt Lodge Released
Ben Marschke Released
Kevin Naiqama Huddersfield Giants
Siosiua Taukeiaho Catalans Dragons
Ben Thomas Released
Sam Verrills Gold Coast Titans
Team of the CenturyEdit
In 2000, the Sydney Roosters named their "Team of the Century", which included players from 1908 to 2000. The official team is listed below along with their Sydney Roosters cap number.[96]
Team of the Century
First team squad
639 Russell Fairfax – FB
587 Bill Mullins – WG
18 Dally Messenger – CE
202 David Brown – CE
315 Lionel Cooper – WG
948 Brad Fittler – FE
210 Viv Thicknesse – HB
190 Ray Stehr – PR
10 Sandy Pearce – HK
615 Arthur Beetson – PR
625 Ron Coote – SR
193 Joe Pearce – SR
234 Andy Norval – LK
674 Kevin Hastings
232 Jack Beaton
66 Jack Watkins
570 Barry Reilly
Jack Gibson
Source(s): Player List (archived)
The CenturionsEdit
In 2007, the Sydney Roosters announced "The Centurions", a team consisting of those regarded as the greatest players to have played 100 or more games for the club between 1908 and 2007. The team was selected by Ray Chesterton, Ian Heads, David Middleton and Alan Clarkson and was unveiled at the centenary season launch at the Michael Algeri Pavilion on 10 March 2007.[97][98]
The Centurions
994 Anthony Minichiello – FB
608 Mark Harris – CE
595 John Brass – CE
650 Ian Schubert – WG
674 Kevin Hastings – HB
615 Arthur Beetson (c) – PR
989 Craig Fitzgibbon – SR
206 Ernie Norman
884 Luke Ricketson – LK
Source(s): Centurions
HonoursEdit
Main article: List of Sydney Roosters honours
TitlesEdit
Premierships – 15
1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1974, 1975, 2002, 2013, 2018, 2019
Runners-up – 15
Minor Premierships – 20
World Club Challenge – 5
Amco Cup – 2
City Cup – 3
Auckland Nines – 1
World Sevens – 1
Youth/Pre-season TitlesEdit
Club Championship – 12
Second Grade – 9
Third Grade/Under 23 – 11
Pre-Season Cup – 4
Under-20s Competition – 1
Jersey Flegg Cup – 3
Presidents Cup – 16
1910, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1955, 1978, 1987, 1993
S. G. Ball Cup – 4
The Knock On Effect NSW Cup – 0
NRL State Championship – 0
Women's teamEdit
Main article: Sydney Roosters Women
On 27 March 2018, the Sydney Roosters applied for, and won, a license to participate in the inaugural 2018 NRL Women's season.[99] 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.[100]
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.[101] 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 club's new captain. The club also announced the big signing of Sevens Rugby star and 2016 Gold Medalist, Charlotte Caslick.
Sydney Roosters NRLW Squad
2021 NRLW
Corban Baxter (c) – FB, FE
Shawden Burton – HK
Samantha Economos – PR
Mya Hill-Moana – PR
Keilee Joseph – SR
Jocelyn Kelleher – SR, HB
Isabelle Kelly – CE
Olivia Kernick – SR
Lauretta Leao-Seve – PR
Taylor Mapusua – WG
Raecene McGregor – FE
Brydie Parker – WG, FB
Otesa Pule – SR
Jessica Sergis – CE
Chante Temara – HK
Zahara Temara – HB
Sarah Togatuki – SR
Leianne Tufuga – WG, CE
John Strange
Updated: 27 February 2022
Source(s): Sydney Roosters
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^ In Australia, a foundation club is one that played in the first season of a competition. Eastern Suburbs played in the first season of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1908, the predecessor to the National Rugby League competition. Notwithstanding its branding as the Sydney Roosters, the official name of the club, holder of the NRL licence, remains the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, the same licensee as in 1908. Much of the club's merchandise and paraphernalia, especially those marketed directly to long-serving and dedicated members, includes the insignia ESDRLFC.
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Q: Do setup/teardown hurt test maintainability? This seemed to spark a bit of conversation on another question and I
thought it worthy to spin into its own question.
The DRY principle seems to be our weapon-of-choice for fighting maintenance
problems, but what about the maintenance of test code?  Do the same rules of thumb
apply?
A few strong voices in the developer testing community are of the opinion that
setup and teardown are harmful and should be avoided... to name a few:

*

*James Newkirk

*Jay Fields, [2]

In fact, xUnit.net has removed them from the framework altogether for this very reason
(though there are ways to get around this self-imposed limitation).
What has been your experience?  Do setup/teardown hurt or help test maintainability?
UPDATE: do more fine-grained constructs like those available in JUnit4 or TestNG (@BeforeClass, @BeforeGroups, etc.) make a difference?

A: They've really helped with our test maintainability. Our "unit" tests are actually full end-to-end integration tests that write to the DB and check the results. Not my fault, they were like that when I got here, and I'm working to change things.
Anyway, if one test failed, it went on to the next one, trying to enter the same user from the first test in the DB, violating a uniqueness constraint, and the failures just cascaded from there. Moving the user creation/deletion into the [Fixture][SetUp|TearDown] methods allowed us to see the one test that failed without everything going haywire, and made my life a lot easier and less stabby.

A: I think the DRY principle applies just as much for tests as it does for code, however its application is different. In code you go to much greater lengths to literally not do the same thing in two different parts of the code. In tests the need to do that (do a lot of the same setup) is certainly a smell, but the solution is not necessarily to factor out the duplication into a setup method. It may be make the state easier to set up in the class itself or to isolate the code under test so it is less dependent on this amount of state to be meaningful.
Given the general goal of only testing one thing per test, it really isn't possible to avoid doing a lot of the same thing over and over again in certain cases (such as creating an object of a certain type). If you find you have a lot of that, it may be worth rethinking the test approach, such as introducing parametrized tests and the like.
I think setup and teardown should be primarily for establishing the environment (such as injections to make the environment a test one rather than a production one), and should not contain steps that are part and parcel of the test.

A: I agree with everything Joseph has to say, especially the part about tearDown being a sign of writing integration tests (and 99% of the time is what I've used it for), but in addition to that I'd say that the use of setup is a good indicator of when tests should be logically grouped together and when they should be split into multiple test classes.
I have no problem with large setup methods when applying tests to legacy code, but the setup should be common to every test in the suite.  When you find yourself having the setup method really doing multiple bits of setup, then it's time to split your tests into multiple cases.
Following the examples in "Test Driven", the setup method comes about from removing duplication in the test cases.

A: The majority (if not all) of valid uses for setup and teardown methods can be written as factory methods which allows for DRY without getting into issues that seem to be plagued with the setup/teardown paradigm.
If you're implementing the teardown, typically this means you're not doing a unit test, but rather an integration test.  A lot of people use this as a reason to not have a teardown, but IMO there should be both integration and unit test.  I would personally separate them into separate assemblies, but I think a good testing framework should be able to support both types of testing.  Not all good testing is going to be unit testing.
However, with the setup there seems to be a number of reasons why you need to do things before a test is actually run.  For example, construction of object state to prep for the test (for instance setting up a Dependency Injection framework).  This is a valid reason for a setup, but could just as easily be done with a factory.
Also, there is a distinction between class and method level setup/teardown.  That needs to be kept in mind when considering what you're trying to do.
My biggest problem that I have had with using the setup/teardown paradigm is that my tests don't always follow the same pattern.  This has brought me into using factory patterns instead, which allows me to have DRY while at the same time being readable and not at all confusing to other developers.  Going the factory route, I've been able to have my cake and eat it to.

A: I use setup quite frequently in Java and Python, frequently to set up collaborators (either real or test, depending). If the object under test has no constructors or just the collaborators as constructors I will create the object. For a simple value class I usually don't bother with them.
I use teardown very infrequently in Java. In Python it was used more often because I was more likely to change global state (in particular, monkey patching modules to get users of those modules under test).  In that case I want a teardown that will guaranteed to be called if a test failed.
Integration tests and functional tests (which often use the xunit framework) are more likely to need setup and teardown.
The point to remember is to think about fixtures, not only DRY.

A: I don't have an issue with test setup and teardown methods per se.
The issue to me is that if you have a test setup and teardown method, it implies that the same test object is being reused for each test.  This is a potential error vector, as if you forget to clean up some element of state between tests, your test results can become order-dependent.  What we really want is tests that do not share any state.
xUnit.Net gets rid of setup/teardown, because it creates a new object for each test that is run.  In essence, the constructor becomes the setup method, and the finalizer becomes the teardown method.  There's no (object-level) state held between tests, eliminating this potential error vector.
Most tests that I write have some amount of setup, even if it's just creating the mocks I need and wiring the object being tested up to the mocks.  What they don't do is share any state between tests.  Teardown is just making sure that I don't share that state.

A: I haven't had time to read both of what you posted, but I in particular liked this comment:

each test is forced to do the initialization for what it needs to run.

Setup and tear down are convenience methods - they shouldn't attempt to do much more than initialize a class using its default constructor, etc.  Common code that three tests need in a five test class shouldn't appear there - each of the three tests should call this code directly.  This also keeps tests from stepping on each other's toes and breaking a bunch of tests just because you changed a common initalization routine.  The main problem is that this will be called before all tests - not just specific tests.  Most tests should be simple, and the more complex ones will need initialization code, but it is easier to see the simplicity of the simple tests when you don't have to trace through a complex initialization in set up and complex destruction in tear down while thinking about what the test is actually supposed to accomplish.

A: Personally, I've found setup and teardown aren't always evil, and that this line of reasoning is a bit dogmatic.  But I have no problem calling them a
code smell for unit tests.  I feel their use should be justified, for a few reasons:

*

*Test code is procedural by its nature. In general, setup/teardown do tend to reduce test readability/focus.

*Setup methods tend to initialize more than what is needed for any single test.  When abused they can become unwieldy.  Object Mothers, Test Data Builders, perhaps frameworks like FactoryGirl seem better at initializing test data.

*They encourage "context bloat" - the larger the test context becomes, the less maintainable it will be.

To the extent that my setup/teardown doesn't do this, I think their use is warranted.  There will always be some duplication in tests.  Neal Ford states this as "Tests can be wet but not soaking..."  Also, I think their use is more justified when we're not talking about unit tests specifically, but integration tests more broadly.
Working on my own, this has never really been a problem.  But I've found it very difficult to maintain test suites in a team setting, and it tends to be because we don't understand each other's code immediately, or don't want to have to step through it to understand it.  From a test perspective, I've found allowing some duplication in tests eases this burden.
I'd love to hear how others feel about this, though.

A: If you need setup and teardown to make your unit tests work, maybe what you really need is mock objects?

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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2005/11/30/stepping-on-the-scale-may-help-fight-weight-gain/)
Stepping on the Scale May Help Fight Weight Gain
Recent Cornell research conducted by Prof. David Levitsky, nutritional sciences, and his research team scrutinizes the infamous phenomenon of gaining weight during the first year in college – "the freshman 15" – and suggests that tracking one's weight daily may be an effective measure for bucking the trend.
Levitsky's research on first-year college student weight gain started somewhat by chance.
"A couple years ago, one of my students wanted to do his honors thesis on the 'freshman 15,'" Levitsky said.
Levitsky tried to find something on the topic in scientific databases and recalls how little substantial research was available. The results of the students' study indicated that Cornell students gained an average of six to seven pounds in their first semester. Levitsky became interested in what sort of laboratory work could be done to discover effective weight-gain prevention methods.
At the start of their first semester at Cornell, female students participating in the recently-completed study stepped on the scale. At the end of the semester, everyone weighed in for a final time. Those who participated in the "treatment" of daily weighing and feedback had not gained any weight, while the control group that ceased contact with researchers throughout the semester had gained an average of seven pounds in the first phase of the study and more than four in the second phase.
Levitsky remembers how bold the results of the experiment were: "[The treatment] was so successful that the first time we did it, I didn't believe it. We had to do it again."
For the treatment group, Levitsky and his researches developed a feedback method called the Tissue Monitoring System, which estimates changes in body tissue from a series of daily weight measures. After e-mailing in their weights every morning, girls were sent a weekly response email, either in the form of tissue mass graphs or number of calories they needed to shave off daily in order to maintain their original weight.
"I was trained as a behaviorist," Levitsky explained. "If you get an indicator of your blood pressure, you control your blood pressure. It seemed there could be a corresponding situation with body weight."
He likened the design of the experiment to bio-feedback. He does not think research thus far has established the exact source of the effectiveness of the experiment. Whether it was simply stepping on a scale each morning, having to continuously report one's body weight to another or receiving feedback on how to adjust, the success of the experiment cannot yet be pinpointed to a certain cause.
Levitsky acknowledges that common advice from dietician and other health professionals instructs weight-conscious individuals to stay away from constantly weighing themselves. Reasons range from being simply a discouraging, uninspiring endeavor, to risking the development of a weight-obsessive self-image that can lead to serious eating disorders.
However, girls in this experiment were allowed to stop at anytime for any reason, and none chose to do so. When asked what it was like to weigh themselves daily, they responded neither negatively nor positively. Levitsky suggested that perhaps their came from considering the task merely part of the experiment. The average weight of the females in the group was basically that of the general average.
Naturally, not all Cornellians are in support of trying this tactic of weight control. Anything from personal discomfort to philosophical views could be grounds for steering clear of a morning weigh.
Lauren Allen '08, when asked whether she'd like to give it a try, said, "No, I wouldn't want to. I feel as thought I would end up reducing myself to a number. It would probably have a negative influence on my confidence."
Others see no special harm in this method of controlling one's weight.
Jesse Prager '08 said, "I don't think it would make my feel more weight conscious than I am now." And in regards to those participating in the experiment, he considered it "a really cool way for freshmen to be aware of how their daily habits affect their health."
Why only female subjects? Freshmen of both genders are prone to gain weight after arriving at college, and in earlier experiments, Levitsky used male and female subjects, but he admitted recent experiments are women-only because women "make better subjects."
They were more likely to follow instructions and keep up with the regiment.
A current study being conducted by Levitsky and his research team has taken this method and applied it to a goal of very slow, permanent weight loss for overweight people. Overweight post-graduate volunteer subjects use daily weighing and weekly feedback to move towards losing half a pound per week, until they have reached goals of losing up to one tenth of their original bodyweights and then maintaining their goal body weight.
Levitsky emphasizes that the point of daily weighing is not to become fixated on exact daily weights, which are always subject to fluctuation, but rather to make a record so that one can watch the direction of the trend of one's weight over a period of time.
The study's findings will be published in 2006 in The International Journal of Obesity.
Archived article by Suzy Gustafson
By December 1, 2005
When I was a baby, I used to take my feces out of my diaper and make paintings with it all over the walls in my room. When I was in the fourth grade, I wrote a note to the girl of my dreams, asking, "Will you go out with me?" I threw the note in her direction, but it accidentally landed on this guy Ryan's lap, who was appalled when he opened the note. In middle school, I tried to give Girl of My Dreams #2 a kiss on the last day of school and she frantically ran away, flailing her arms in disgust. Around this time, this asshole Brian, who heard from his mom who heard from my mom, went around telling the whole school that I used to put my shit all over the walls and make art out of it. I own the Carpenters' The Singles 1969-1973. I still don't have a driver's liscence. As much as I try to repress the memory, I still can't get the vivid image out of my head of the time I went into the bathroom at my friend Sam's house and saw his 85-year-old grandma taking a crap while naked on the toilet. Last semester, my friend Dan was conversing with this really hot girl with an amazing chest. After she left, I went up to him and said, "I would have come over to talk to you earlier, but I didn't want to ruin your momentum with that girl with the amazing chest." He then informed me that the girl was his sister. Earlier in this article, I see I spelled lisence wrong. Shit, there I go again. But I reconcile all these things in my head by reminding myself that Einstein never got a liscence and Van Gogh used to make art of out of his excrement, too – developmental psychologists say it's a sign of early creativity. And of all the things in my life I am ashamed or embarrassed of, at least I'm not the one who created the song "The Laughing Gnome." That was David Bowie, during his often-shameful pre-Ziggy Stardust days, when he was trying to get his failing career off the ground. Please, listen to this song. Embrace the lyrics "Haven't you got a gnome to go to? / (No, we're gnomads)." You'll definitely feel better about your own awkward life.Archived article by Jared WolfeSun Staff Writer
Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities
Covers are a tricky business. The most successful covers are usually those that are the furthest removed from their origins. A decent cover will add (sometimes through subtraction) something to the original that utterly transforms it into a new, relevant song. Well, Mark Kozelek loves covers: he's recorded everything from John Denver to AC/DC, surprising because Kozelek is such an accomplished songwriter in his own right, from his early acclaimed work with Red House Painters to his latest venture with Sun Kil Moon. Like fellow singer/songwriters Jason Molina and Damien Jurado, Kozelek unassumingly creates his own private world of melancholic, evocative narratives. So it's not unusual that fresh on the heels of Sun Kil Moon's bittersweet debut album, Ghosts of the Great Highway, Kozelek has released an album of solely Modest Mouse covers. Originally I blanched at the idea, as the two bands' different aesthetics seemed irreconcilable and risky. And it is. Tiny Cities, Sun Kil Moon's sophomore effort, is a strange, meandering affair. And not one bit of it sounds a damn thing like Modest Mouse. But Kozelek makes it perfectly clear that it was never supposed to. Tiny Cities is not so much an album of covers as it is an album of interpretations. Secrecy and intimacy is at the heart of Tiny Cities: Kozelek picks Modest Mouse songs from every full-length they've ever released, strips them naked and then rebuilds them according to his particular, dreamlike vision (as in the ominous, tense "Convenient Parking"). Those who expect Modest Mouse's characteristically eccentric dynamism or Isaac Brock's broken grimaces are advised to run and hide. Except for the luminous lyrics (without which this album would be an immediate failure), Tiny Cities is almost entirely absent of Modest Mouse's unorthodox genius. Kozelek tries to embrace the original songs, but instead suffocates them with an unvarying, homogenous alt-folk sound. Kozelek seeks out seeds of ideas in Brock's originals and plants them within his own realm of experience. Songs are simultaneously expanded and condensed, drawn out and cut short, and the final product is just barely recognizable as being covers. Kozelek's interpretations spring forth from the wide expanse of the Pacific Northwest, yet most songs run under two minutes, and as a consequence, ideas are scarcely explored before they are systematically abandoned (opening track "Exit Does Not Exist" intrigues with its delicate guitar picking, but then drifts to an ambiguous end at only 1:24). This is a marked departure from their sprawling rock epics like "Carry Me Ohio" in Ghosts of the Great Highway. Kozelek abandons the oscillating, wandering guitar lines of "Dramamine" in favor of gentle acoustic guitar and Neil Young-esque vocals. Anchored by Brock's tragic lyrics, Kozelek's "Dramamine" is a wholeheartedly minimalist take, but still maintains a similar sense of desperation and helplessness. "Neverending Math Equation" attains a fresh sheen of loveliness with Kozelek's addition of lilting, dreamy percussion. Brock's idiosyncratic lyrics like "Where do you move when what you're moving from is yourself?" take on a new dimension of wistfulness and nostalgia. The most obvious misstep on Tiny Cities is Kozelek's tepid, monotonous cover of "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes," from Modest Mouse's spellbinding 2000 album The Moon & Antarctica. Brock's violent lyrics lose their power and are entirely incompatible with Kozelek's honeyed, hypnotic singing style ("I'm going to hit you on the face / I'm going to punch you in your glasses" could not seem more out of place). The original is vintage Modest Mouse: punchy, infinitely catchy and fiercely bipolar. "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" was meant to be a claustrophobic, grooving masterpiece, a critique of impersonal urban sprawl, and Kozelek's sparse interpretation does not even begin to do it justice. By taking on a force far greater, not only does the album not come close to the shimmering, broken intensity of Modest Mouse, Tiny Cities also fails to showcase the limitless talent of Mark Kozelek. As Isaac Brock recedes into the distance, Kozelek's own identity struggles to stand upright.Archived article by Natasha PickowiczSun Staff Writer

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MATTER OF IRENE B. MARSH, DECEASED. BANK OF NEW YORK, ETC., APPELLANT-res; LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR, AS LIMITED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ADRIENNE MARSH LEFKOWITZ, RESPONDENT-ap; MCCARTHY FINGAR LLP, NONPARTY-APPELLANT-res — (FILE NO. 1606/90) In a probate proceeding in which the executor of the estate of Irene B. Marsh petitioned for the judicial settlement of its final and supplemental accounts, (1) the petitioner and the nonparty McCarthy Fingar LLP, appeal, as limited by their notice of appeal and brief, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate's Court, Westchester County (Scarpino, Jr., S.), dated June 5, 2009, as, upon a decision of the same court dated April 16, 2009, made after a nonjury trial, granted certain objections of the objectant, Adrienne Marsh Lefkowitz, to the extent of directing the petitioner to pay (a) the objectant a surcharge pertaining to the petitioner's handling of the decedent's tangible personal property in the sum of $274,855 plus 9 percent interest from July 22, 1996, less certain amounts, (b) the objectant a surcharge in the amount of 9 percent interest on certain distributions the petitioner made to a sub-account f/b/o Adrienne Marsh Lefkowitz less any interest actually earned and paid to the objectant, and (c) a surcharge in the amount of 9 percent interest on certain disallowed legal fees which the nonparty McCarthy Fingar LLP, was directed to repay to the estate or to the objectant; the Los Angeles County Public Administrator, as limited administrator of the estate of the objectant, Adrienne Marsh Lefkowitz, cross-appeals from stated portions of the same decree which, inter alia, denied her objections to the payment of commissions to the petitioner, and (2) the petitioner appeals from so much of an amended decree of the same court dated October 6, 2009, as amended the decree by deleting the fourth decretal paragraph thereof and substituting therefor a provision directing the petitioner to pay the objectant a surcharge pertaining to the petitioner's handling of the decedent's tangible personal property in the sum of $274,855 plus 9 percent interest from July 22, 1996, less certain amended amounts.
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After 25 years, Collective Soul are still having fun
Dean and Ed Roland are the brothers behind Collective Soul, a Georgia-based rock band that will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of its debut album, Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid, over the course of the next year. That record opened with "Shine," a track that announced to the world that Ed's voice was going to lead the way from grunge into post-grunge '90s rock. It somehow managed to be what both things were. Over the course of the next decade, the band managed to slowly evolve, relying on Ed's unique voice and crunching guitar riffs, and remain a modern rock radio fixture when mid- and late-'90s peers would come and go.
Birmingham was a big market for the band. Before their return, Dean talks about why it was, about "Why (Part 1)," and becoming one of a select few Southern '90s rock bands to achieve national success.
You, Ed, and Will [Turping, bassist] are sort of the band's core at this point, and the three of you have been there from the beginning. How did you arrive at this new version of the band?
Johnny Rabb, our drummer, is a name in his own right. In the drum world, he's highly regarded. Will is a drummer himself, or he comes from that world, and he had some connections, reached out, and he was available. It was like, "Whoa. He can come play for us?" It was an opportunity for us, so we jumped on it.
Jesse [Triplett, lead guitarist] was playing with Ed's other project, The Sweet Tea Project. Jesse just came in and played some stuff. He filled in on a Collective Soul show once before, and it was really a matter of him being available. We took advantage and grabbed him. It's a good fit for us right now. The band is as good or better than it's ever been. We're having fun with it all.
The three of you have been together for over 25 years at this point. To what do you attribute that kind of continuity with no real breaks?
[The breaks that we had] were really just a little time away from ourselves to go do some other projects, just to get the creative juices flowing — because otherwise, you get kind of boxed in your own corner. That's just the way it works.
At the end of the day, passion for the music is the focus of what we do. We're fortunate to be able to do it for a living — and we like each other. We have fun. We've all been through some ups and downs, you can't avoid that in any kind of lengthy relationship. But for the most part, we've had a pretty cool run.
When you and Ed were jamming together in your parents' basement, did you ever imagine this would become a huge thing?
No, you're a little naïve to it all at that point. But you're hopeful, and you have dreams of wanting to be a musician and a songwriter and all of those things that we did. It starts to unfold — for me, I was really young. I was 21 at the time. Ed's 10 years older than I am. But for me, it was like, "Oh that was easy! You start doing something and it happens!" [laughs] Obviously, it's not always like that.
Ed had been struggling for years, with different bands and different configurations. I didn't start playing with him until '92. So I came late, but then things started clicking for all of us.
There were so many bands in that time period that became huge, regional successes across the South, but for whatever reason, most of them didn't get over the hump. How were you able to get over that hump and become a national act?
That's a great question. We never really had a regional following. We played and we did our thing, but our success came out of radio success. We weren't one of those bands that got in a van and — we did tour, we played shows — but we didn't have that kind of following. We were a studio-, songwriting-driven kind of thing. Then we had success at radio and that kind of spawned a broader reach.
How impactful was Birmingham as a market —and more specifically 107.7 The X — early in your career?
It was a big deal for us. Absolutely. Birmingham was a little bit of a second home; we're from Atlanta. It was a huge component. That station played great music. Atlanta had 99X, and that was a similar formula. It was a good time for music.
I've heard we may see new music from you guys as early as February of next year. Is that still on track?
Yeah. It should be. The release will be dependent on when the music is finished and can coincide with the tour. Next year is our 25th anniversary, so we'll probably acknowledge that. If the new record isn't out by February, I'd say spring or early summer.
Was there never a "Why (Part 1)?"
Oh there was, yeah. It was a song that we recorded before we ever got signed to Atlantic. I want to say we put it as a B-side on something, but I may be wrong. It didn't go on an official release, but we recorded it.
But yeah, there's a "Why (Part 1)." The only thing about that's similar about the two songs is the name; the rest of it is a totally different song. [Laughs]
You're bringing 3 Doors Down and Soul Asylum out on this tour. How did you choose those guys?
We've known the 3 Doors guys and played shows with them for years; just good buddies. When you're going out on the road for three months to play music, that part is a huge component — making sure everybody gets along.
The Soul Asylum thing, I don't know how they came on, but I'm excited. I remember Ed and I saw those guys just before we began the Collective Soul thing in Athens, Georgia. They played and Goo Goo Dolls were opening for them in a small little club. Life comes full circle sometimes; it's a trip.
Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down and Soul Asylum come to Oak Mountain Amphitheater on the Rock and Roll Express tour on Friday, July 13. The show begins at 7 p.m. and tickets are available through Ticketmaster beginning at $35. For more information, visit theoakmountainamphitheater.com.
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Lakers officially announce three members of coaching staff
by Honi
One of the many storylines surrounding the Lakers this offseason has been the creation of the coaching staff. After Luke Walton was hired to be the next head coach of the team, the focus immediately shifted to who would be joining him on the sidelines.
The Lakers officially announced three of those assistants, per Mark Medina of the L.A. Daily News. The three coaches are Brian Shaw, Jesse Mermuys, and Mark Madsen.
Shaw and Mermuys' additions were reported long ago. The former is a former Lakers' assistant under Phil Jackson and a head coach in Denver. Mermuys has been an assistant in both Houston and Toronto, as well as the head coach of the Raptros' D-League team.
Madsen is a bit of a surprise here as he is being retained from Byron Scott's coaching staff. The former Lakers player was the head coach of the team's Summer League roster last season.
Mermuys will be getting his feet wet quicker than most as he will be coaching the Lakers in the Las Vegas Summer League starting July 8.
The Lakers may look to add more voices to the coaching staff and the developmental staff behind the scenes. But as it stands now, this looks to be the core of the coaching for the Lakers next year.
Posted in News/RumorsTagged Brian Shaw, Jesse Mermuys, Los Angeles Lakers, Luke Walton, Mark Madsen
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