# 2012 Sydney Roosters season

The 2012 Sydney Roosters season was the 105th in the club's history. Coached by Brian Smith and captained by Braith Anasta, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2012 Telstra Premiership. The Roosters finished the regular season 13th (out of 16), failing to reach the finals for the second consecutive year.

## Pre-season
### Results

The Sydney Roosters will play 2 Trial games in 2012. The first game will be against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the second against the Wests Tigers. In the Roosters' first trial game of the year they went up against the Bulldogs at Belmore Sports Ground which was attended by around 12,000 fans, the game ended with the Roosters winning 28–16. In the second trial match they went up against the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium which was attended by 7,426 fans, The game ended with the roosters rallying from behind to win 28–24.
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Game Report |
| 12 February | Trial 1 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Belmore Sports Ground | 16–28 | 12,000 | Game Report |
| 18 February | Trial 2 | Wests Tigers | Campbelltown Stadium | 24–28 | 7,426 | Game Report |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw |||||||

## Regular season
### Results

These are the results and fixtures of the Sydney Roosters 2012 Season. They started their 2012 season well against their longtime rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs, with a comeback with the clock showing two and a half minutes.
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 5 March | Round 1 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium | 20–24 |
| 11 March | Round 2 | Penrith Panthers | Sydney Football Stadium | 18-0 |
| 18 March | Round 3 | Canberra Raiders | Sydney Football Stadium | 14-8 |
| 25 March | Round 4 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | 44-4 |
| 31 March | Round 5 | New Zealand Warriors | Sydney Football Stadium | 26-8 |
| 7 April | Round 6 | Gold Coast Titans | Skilled Park | 12–18 |
| 14 April | Round 7 | North Queensland Cowboys | TIO Stadium | 12–50 |
| | Rep Weekend | BYE | | |
| 25 April | Round 8 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Sydney Football Stadium | 28-24 |
| 6 May | Round 9 | Newcastle Knights | Sydney Football Stadium | 24-6 |
| 12 May | Round 10 | New Zealand Warriors | Mount Smart Stadium | 30-26 |
| 20 May | Round 11 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval | 18-10 |
| 28 May | Round 12 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Sydney Football Stadium | 30-12 |
| | Round 13 | BYE | | |
| 10 June | Round 14 | Brisbane Broncos | Sydney Football Stadium | 40-22 |
| 17 June | Round 15 | Wests Tigers | Leichhardt Oval | 42-28 |
| 24 June | Round 16 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Sydney Football Stadium | 52-14 |
| | Round 17 | BYE | | |
| 9 July | Round 18 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Toyota Stadium | 14-14 |
| 16 July | Round 19 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Sydney Cricket Ground | - |
| 22 July | Round 20 | Penrith Panthers | Centrebet Stadium | 28-16 |
| 27 July | Round 21 | Gold Coast Titans | Allianz Stadium | 36-16 |
| 3 August | Round 22 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Allianz Stadium | 26-10 |
| 11 August | Round 23 | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Stadium | 36-22 |
| 18 August | Round 24 | Canberra Raiders | Canberra Stadium | 20–24 |
| 26 August | Round 25 | Wests Tigers | Allianz Stadium | 44-20 |
| 1 September | Round 26 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium | 10–42 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |||||||

## Ladder

2012 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 568 | 369 | +199 | 40 |
| 2 | Melbourne Storm (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 579 | 361 | +218 | 38 |
| 3 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 559 | 438 | +121 | 36 |
| 4 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 497 | 403 | +94 | 36 |
| 5 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 597 | 445 | +152 | 34 |
| 6 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 545 | 536 | +9 | 30 |
| 7 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 445 | 441 | +4 | 29 |
| 8 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 481 | 447 | +34 | 28 |
| 9 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 405 | 438 | -33 | 26 |
| 10 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 506 | 551 | -45 | 26 |
| 11 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 449 | 477 | -28 | 24 |
| 12 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 448 | 488 | -40 | 24 |
| 13 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 462 | 626 | -164 | 21 |
| 14 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 497 | 609 | -112 | 20 |
| 15 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 409 | 575 | -166 | 20 |
| 16 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 431 | 674 | -243 | 16 |

## Player Summary

| Sydney Roosters 2012 | Appearance | Interchange | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points |
| Braith Anasta | 22 | – | 4 | 62 | – | 140 |
| Tinirau Arona | 4 | 16 | 3 | – | – | 12 |
| Mitchell Aubusson | 22 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 12 |
| Jack Bosden | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Justin Carney | 5 | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Boyd Cordner | 15 | 7 | 4 | – | – | 16 |
| Jake Friend | 20 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 8 |
| Aidan Guerra | 18 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 20 |
| Adam Henry | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Martin Kennedy | 17 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Shaun Kenny-Dowall | 17 | – | 8 | – | – | 32 |
| Joseph Leilua | 19 | – | 6 | – | – | 24 |
| Mose Masoe | 1 | 13 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Anthony Minichiello | 24 | – | 9 | – | – | 36 |
| Anthony Mitchell | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Tautau Moga | 14 | – | 7 | – | – | 28 |
| Daniel Mortimer | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | – | 18 |
| Frank-Paul Nuuausala | 18 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 8 |
| Mitchell Pearce | 22 | – | 10 | – | – | 40 |
| Sam Perrett | 15 | – | 3 | – | – | 12 |
| Nafe Seluini | – | 7 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Tom Symonds | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Peni Tagive | 5 | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Brad Takairangi | 5 | 11 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Lama Tasi | 3 | 16 | 2 | – | – | 8 |
| Roger Tuivasa-Sheck | 6 | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Daniel Tupou | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | 12 |
| Jared Waerea-Hargreaves | 23 | – | 3 | – | – | 4012 |
| Total | 312 | 96 | 82 | 67 | 0 | 462 |