Former Sydney Roosters goal-kicking forward Craig Fitzgibbon

Sydney Roosters v Canberra Raiders Breakdown

The Sydney Roosters and Canberra Raiders have played each other on 63 occasions; the Roosters have won 35 games and the Raiders have won 28 games. There have been no draws.

The Sydney Roosters have won six of the last nine games between the two sides, including the last three.

This is just the third time that the two sides will play the Sydney Cricket Ground. The two times were both in 1987 and both sides have a win to their name in clashes at the SCG against each other.

The first clash between the two sides an easy 55-15 win for the Sydney Roosters in round 13, 1982.

Biggest Wins

The Sydney Roosters biggest win over the Canberra Raiders was a comprehensive 55-15 win in rund 13, 1982.

The Canberra Raiders biggest win over the Sydney Roosters was a resounding 66-4 demolition in round 5, 1990.

Former Canberra Raiders utility Jason Croker

Leading Try Scorer

Jason Croker (CAN) – 11
Anthony Minchiello (SYD) – 11
Craig Wing (SYD) – 9
Brett Mullins (CAN/SYD) – 8
Ryan Cross (SYD) – 8
Jarrod Croker (CAN) – 8

Leading Point Scorer

Craig Fitzgibbon (SYD) – 3 tries & 52 goals (116 pts)
Jarrod Croker (CAN) – 9 tries & 36 goals (108 pts)
Clinton Schifcofske (CAN) – 5 tries, 33 goals & 1 field goal (91 pts)
Ron Giteau (SYD) – 1 try & 36 goals (75 pts)*
Mal Meninga (CAN) – 7 tries & 22 goals (72 pts)

Players to have played for both sides in this clash

  1. Terry Fahey – 1981-1982 (SYD) & 1983-1984 & 1986-1987 (CAN)
  2. Ron Giteau – 1981-1982 (SYD) & 1983-1986 (CAN)
  3. David Grant – 1977 (SYD) & 1982-1985 (CAN)
  4. Steve Keir – 1983-1984 (CAN) & 1986 (SYD)
  5. John Ferguson – 1984-1985 (SYD) & 1986-1990 (CAN)
  6. Scott Gale – 1984 (SYD) & 1991-1992 (CAN)
  7. Terry Regan – 1983-1984 (SYD) & 1985-1987 (CAN)
  8. Gary Wurth – 1983 (CAN) & 1984-1988 (SYD)
  9. Brian Battese – 1986-1987 (SYD) & 1988 (CAN)
  10. Nigel Gaffey – 1989-1991 (CAN) & 1992-1995 & 1997-1998 (SYD)
  11. Brett Mullins – 1990-2000 (CAN) & 2002 (SYD)
  12. David Barnhill – 1989-1991 (CAN) & 1997-1999 (SYD)
  13. Brandon Costin – 1997 (SYD) & 1998-2000 (CAN)
  14. Scott Logan – 1996-2001 (SYD) & 2007-2010 (CAN)
  15. Luke Phillips – 1996 (CAN) & 2000-2002 (SYD)
  16. Brett Finch – 1999-2002 (CAN) & 2003-2006 (SYD)
  17. Todd Payten – 1996-2002 (CAN) & 2003 (SYD)
  18. Andrew Lomu – 2000-2003 (SYD) & 2005-2006 (CAN)
  19. Phil Graham – 2002-2009 (CAN) & 2010-2011 (SYD)
  20. Joel Monaghan – 2001-2004 & 2008-2010 (CAN) & 2005-2007 (SYD)
  21. Nigel Plum – 2005-2007 (SYD) & 2007-2009 (CAN)
  22. David Shillington – 2005-2008 (SYD) & 2009-2015 (CAN)
  23. Todd Carney – 2004-2008 (CAN) & 2010-2011 (SYD)
  24. Iosia Soliola – 2005-2009 (SYD) & 2015-2020 (CAN)
  25. Frank-Paul Nuuausala – 2007-2014 & 2018 (SYD) & 2015-2016 (CAN)
  26. Blake Ferguson – 2011-2013 (CAN) & 2015-2018 (SYD)
  27. Reece Robinson – 2010-2014 (CAN) & 2018 (SYD)
  28. Matt McIlwrick – 2012-2014 (CAN) & 2015 (SYD)
  29. Michael Oldfield – 2013 (SYD) & 2017-2020 (CAN)
  30. Mitch Cornish – 2014-2015 (CAN) & 2017-2018 (SYD)
  31. Joey Leilua – 2010-2012 (SYD) & 2015-2019 (CAN)

Players to have sin-binned/sent-off in this clash

  1. John Tobin (SYD) sin-binned in round 9, 1984.
  2. David Grant & Terry Regan (both CAN) both sin-binned in round 10, 1985.
  3. Dean Bell (SYD) sent-off in round 23, 1985.
  4. David Trewhella (SYD) sent-off in in round 7, 1986.
  5. Dean Bell (SYD) sent-off in in round 20, 1986.
  6. Steve Walters (CAN) sin-binned in round 26, 1987.
  7. Quentin Pongia (CAN) & Paul Dunn/Brad Fittler (both SYD) all sin-binned in round 13, 1996.
  8. Clinton Schifcofske (CAN) sin-binned in round 24, 2004.
  9. Clinton Schifcofske (CAN) sin-binned in the 2004 NRL Qualifying Final.
  10. Ben Cross (CAN) sin-binned in round 12, 2005.
  11. Anthony Minichiello (SYD) sent-off in round 24, 2012.
  12. Joey Leilua (CAN) sin-binned in round 2, 2016.
  13. Cooper Cronk (SYD) sin-binned in the 2019 NRL grand final.

Head coaching records

Bob Fulton (SYD) – 2/2 (100%)
Tim Sheens (CAN) – 10/12 (83.3%)
Ricky Stuart (SYD) – 9/11 (81.8%)
Brad Fittler (SYD) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Neil Henry (SYD) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Trent Robinson (SYD) – 6/10 (60%)
Graham Murray (SYD) – 3/5 (60%)
Brian Smith (SYD) – 3/5 (60%)
Mark Murray (SYD) – 2/4 (50%)
Phil Gould (SYD) – 2/4 (50%)
Wayne Bennett (SYD) – 2/4 (50%)
David Furner (CAN) – 3/8 (37.5%)
Ricky Stuart (CAN) – 3/8 (37.5%)
Mal Meninga (CAN) – 2/7 (28.6%)
Laurie Freier (SYD) – 1/4 (25%)
Don Furner (CAN) – 3/13 (23.1%)
Matthew Elliott (CAN) – 2/11 (18.2%)
Hugh McGahan (SYD) – 0/1 (0%)
Chris Anderson (SYD) – 0/1 (0%)
Russell Fairfax (SYD) – 0/3 (0%)

Players to have scored three tries or more in one game

  1. Mal Meninga (CAN) scored five tries in round 5, 1990.
  2. Kevin Hastings (SYD) scored three tries in round 13, 1982.
  3. Terry Fahey (CAN) scored three tries in round 9, 1984.
  4. John Ferguson (CAN) scored three tries in round 5, 1990.
  5. Jason Croker (CAN) scored three tries in round 11, 1994.
  6. Jason Death (CAN) scored three tries in round 11, 1994.
  7. Shannon Hegarty (SYD) scored three tries in round 17, 2002.
  8. Daniel Tupou (SYD) scored three tries in round 12, 2014.

 

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