# 2005 Sydney Roosters season

This 2005 Sydney Roosters season was the 98th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2005 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 9th (out of 15).

## Results

| Round | Opponent | Result | Syd | Opp. | Date | Venue | Crowd |
| 1 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Win | 24 | 12 | 12 Mar | Sydney Football Stadium | 22,186 |
| 2 | Penrith Panthers | Win | 28 | 20 | 20 Mar | Penrith Stadium | 18,228 |
| 3 | Brisbane Broncos | Loss | 22 | 40 | 25 Mar | Sydney Football Stadium | 23,157 |
| 4 | Wests Tigers | Loss | 26 | 32 | 3 Apr | Sydney Football Stadium | 13,946 |
| 5 | Canberra Raiders | Loss | 16 | 24 | 10 Apr | Canberra Stadium | 19,130 |
| 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Win | 29 | 16 | 15 Apr | Telstra Stadium | 27,111 |
| 7 | St George-Illawarra Dragons | Loss | 24 | 26 | 25 Apr | Sydney Football Stadium | 26,246 |
| 8 | North Queensland Cowboys | Loss | 18 | 38 | 30 Apr | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 22,476 |
| 9 | Newcastle Knights | Win | 32 | 2 | 8 May | Sydney Football Stadium | 8,921 |
| 10 | New Zealand Warriors | Win | 10 | 6 | 15 May | Ericsson Stadium | 10,082 |
| 11 | BYE | | | | | | |
| 12 | Canberra Raiders | Win | 30 | 16 | 28 May | Central Coast Stadium | 16,253 |
| 13 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Loss | 18 | 22 | 3 Jun | Sydney Football Stadium | 19,787 |
| 14 | BYE | | | | | | |
| 15 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Loss | 10 | 16 | 17 Jun | Toyota Park | 16,355 |
| 16 | Parramatta Eels | Win | 12 | 8 | 24 Jul | Sydney Football Stadium | 14,885 |
| 17 | Newcastle Knights | Win | 28 | 14 | 2 Jul | EnergyAustralia Stadium | 14,950 |
| 18 | Wests Tigers | Loss | 16 | 26 | 10 Jul | Telstra Stadium | 13,768 |
| 19 | New Zealand Warriors | Loss | 22 | 24 | 16 Jul | Sydney Football Stadium | 13,789 |
| 20 | Melbourne Storm | Loss | 10 | 24 | 24 Jul | Olympic Park | 8,212 |
| 21 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Loss | 6 | 44 | 29 Jul | WIN Stadium | 19,512 |
| 22 | Penrith Panthers | Loss | 28 | 30 | 7 Aug | Sydney Football Stadium | 13,742 |
| 23 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Win | 14 | 8 | 13 August | Sydney Football Stadium | 7,842 |
| 24 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Loss | 16 | 17 | 20 August | Sydney Football Stadium | 17,319 |
| 25 | Brisbane Broncos | Win | 17 | 10 | 26 Aug | Suncorp Stadium | 35,592 |
| 26 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Win | 32 | 12 | 4 September | Sydney Football Stadium | 8,903 |

## Player Summary

| Sydney Roosters 2005 | Appearance | Interchange | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points |
| Ned Catic | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jason Cayless | 18 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Michael Crocker | 7 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Ryan Cross | 18 | - | 10 | - | - | 40 |
| Richard Fa'aoso | 4 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Brett Finch | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 16 |
| Brett Firman | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Craig Fitzgibbon | 21 | 2 | 1 | 57 | - | 118 |
| Chris Flannery | 14 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
| Ben Hannant | - | 8 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Heath L'Estrange | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Michael Lett | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Anthony Minichiello | 22 | - | 14 | - | - | 56 |
| Joel Monaghan | 24 | - | 9 | - | - | 36 |
| Adrian Morley | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Lopini Paea | - | 5 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Mickey Paea | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Sam Perrett | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Nigel Plum | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Luke Ricketson | 21 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Amos Roberts | 24 | 17 | 13 | - | - | 94 |
| George Rose | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Adam Schubert | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Shane Shackleton | - | 2 | - | - | - | 0 |
| David Shillington | 5 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Iosia Soliola | 19 | - | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Jamie Soward | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Anthony Tupou | 7 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Chris Walker | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Stuart Webb | 11 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Craig Wing | 18 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Total | 312 | 96 | 86 | 71 | 2 | 488 |