Easts To Win.

Peter Moscat was a club stalwart and a wonderful ambassador of the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. As a hooker he was ever reliable and an astute dummy half when the game was played under the five metre rule. But it was off the field that Peter made social and local government issues his focus because he genuinely cared about his fellow citizens and his local area. Vale Peter Charles Moscatt.

Meeting Roosters legend Anthony Minichiello in Port Macquarie, Sunday 24th January 2016. An excellent example of a player who has maintained his integrity right through his playing career and beyond. The ‘Sheikh’ meets the ‘Count’.

Hayley Farrugia, student attending Charles Sturt University - Bathurst, meets guest speaker for the 45th Annual Blues Ball, Anthony Minichiello. A 302 game veteran of the Sydney Roosters, Anthony has been a favourite of Easts fans for over a decade. As a winger or fullback, Minichiello was a superb finisher who scored some excellent tries throughout his career with the Roosters. Hayley shows her delight at meeting 'the Count', one of her father's favourite players of recent times.

Modern day fans with Sydney Roosters 

Johnny Hunter played 332 matches, scoring 74 tries and kicked 3 goals for 332 points in a ten year career in the ‘claret and gold’ after playing fullback for Eastern Suburbs in Sydney.

True blue Easts supporters never had much time for Manly Warringah ever since they entered the Sydney premiership in 1947. When they won the title in 1972 on the back of a couple of dubious decisions Easts were runners up that year and the rivalry continued to deepen the divide between the clubs. This piece of cheap publicity for a hapless Tony Abbott only further increases the hatred Easts supporters have for the Sea Eagles.

Michael Jennings, Daniel Tupou, Mitchell Pearce & Boyd Cordner get the call up for New South Wales to take on Queensland for game 1 on 27th May 2015.

Tragic loss of an excellent player for Halifax, Keighley and Wales. Rugby league community ‘down under’ send our sympathies to Danny’s family & friends.

Albert Rosenfeld was born in Sydney on 28th July, 1885. He rose to prominence as a rugby winger in 1901 playing alongside Sid 'Sandy' Pearce and Herbert 'Dally' Messenger with the Double Bay Warrigals in the City and Suburban Association, a rival rugby competition to the Metropolitan Rugby Union (Sydney). Albert signed for Huddersfield following the first Australian tour to Britain. He wore the 'claret and gold' for the first time on 11th September 1909. The Northern Union club regard Rosenfeld highly indeed describing him as 'a devastating, pacy winger who was the leading try scorer for five successive seasons in the Northern Union from 1910 - 15. His 80 tries in 1913-14 remains a rugby league record that is unlikely to be broken. Thanks go to the Huddersfield Giants and Sean Fagan's 'The Rugby Rebellion'.

Home of the Eastern Suburbs Roosters until 1986 in the NSWRFL, then the premier rugby league competition in Australia. The Roosters were then based at Henson Park (former home ground of the Newtown Jets) during season 1987, which saw them finish third behind Manly and runners up Canberra.

A team photo at the beginning of the 1976 NSWRL season taken at the old Sydney Sports Ground, the present day sight of the Sydney Football Stadium. The premiers of the two previous seasons, 1974-5, the Roosters became the first club to carry sponsorship on their jersey. English champions St. Helens played Easts at the SCG and were soundly defeated by the Roosters 25-2, to win the first World Club Challenge Trophy in front of 26,856. This Jack Gibson coached team were eliminated in the semi-finals of the domestic competition by Canterbury in 1976.

EASTS TO WIN!!!!!

The Easts Catholic Club jersey on the left was worn by Peter Farrugia during season 1974 and the Bondi United jersey belonged to Mark Snuggs who went on to play first grade for the Roosters. Thanks to Mick Walsh of Port Macquarie for the loan of 'Snuggsy's' Bondi United jersey.