
Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters Breakdown
The Brisbane Broncos and Sydney Roosters have played each other on 50 occasions; the Broncos have won 29 times and the Roosters have won 21 times. There have been no draws.
The Roosters won just one of the first ten games between the two sides.
The Broncos have won three of the last four games between the two sides.
The first game played between the two sides was a 24-20 win for the Brisbane Broncos in round 9, 1988.
Biggest Wins
The Brisbane Broncos biggest win over the Sydney Roosters was a comfortable 46-18 success in the 1998 NRL preliminary final.
The Sydney Roosters biggest win over the Brisbane Broncos was an easy 36-4 victory in round 4, 2019.

Leading Try Scorer
Darren Lockyer (BRI) – 10
Anthony Minichiello (SYD) – 10
Brad Fittler (SYD) – 8
Shaun Kenny-Dowall (SYD) – 8
Willie Carne (BRI) – 7
Steve Renouf (BRI) – 7
Shaun Berrigan (BRI) – 7
Leading Point Scorer
Michael De Vere (BRI) – 3 tries & 32 goals (76 pts)
Craig Fitzgibbon (SYD) – 1 try & 35 goals (74 pts)
Darren Lockyer (BRI) – 10 tries, 14 goals & 1 field goal (69 pts)
Corey Parker (BRI) – 35 goals (70 pts)
Terry Matterson (BRI) – 4 tries & 22 goals (60 pts)
Jordan Kahu (BRI) – 3 tries & 13 goals (38 pts)
Players to have played for both sides in this clash
- Terry Matterson – 1986-1987 (SYD) & 1988-1995 (BRI)
- Trevor Gillmeister – 1986-1990 (SYD) & 1991-1993 (BRI)
- Ashley Harrison – 2000-2002 (BRI) & 2006-2007 (SYD)
- Darren Burns – 1999-2000 (SYD) & 2001 (BRI)
- Chris Walker – 1999-2002 (BRI) & 2003-2005 (SYD)
- Harvey Howard – 1993 (SYD) & 2000 (BRI)
- Justin Hodges – 2000-2001, 2005-2009 & 2011-2015 (BRI) & 2002-2004 (SYD)
- Andrew Lomu – 2000-2003 (SYD) & 2007 (BRI)
- Ben Hannant – 2005 (SYD) & 2006-2008 & 2011-2014 (BRI)
- Reece Robinson – 2008 (BRI) & 2018 (SYD)
- Lagi Setu – 2009-2010 (BRI) & 2015 (SYD)
- Martin Kennedy – 2009-2013 (SYD) & 2014 (BRI)
- Lama Tasi – 2011-2013 (SYD) & 2013 (BRI)
- Dale Copley – 2009-2012 & 2014-2015 (BRI) & 2016 (SYD)
- Tautau Moga – 2012 (SYD) & 2017 (BRI)
Players to have sin-binned/sent-off in this clash
- Tevita Pangai Jr. (BRI) & Dylan Napa (SYD) both sin-binned in round 11, 2018.
- Dylan Napa (SYD) sin-binned in round 24, 2018.
Head coaching records
Wayne Bennett (BRI) – 26/41 (63.4%)
Graham Murray (SYD) – 3/5 (60%)
Trent Robinson (SYD) – 7/14 (50%)
Phil Gould (SYD) – 3/6 (50%)
Anthony Griffin (BRI) – 2/4 (50%)
Brian Smith (SYD) – 2/4 (50%)
Anthony Seibold (BRI) – 1/2 (50%)
Ricky Stuart (SYD) – 4/9 (44.4%)
Ivan Henjak (BRI) – 1/3 (33.3%)
Mark Murray (SYD) – 1/4 (25%)
Chris Anderson (SYD) – 0/1 (0%)
Arthur Beetson (SYD) – 0/2 (0%)
Russell Fairfax (SYD) – 0/2 (0%)
Brad Fittler (SYD) – 0/3 (0%)
Players to have scored three tries or more in one game
- Shaun Kenny-Dowall (SYD) scored four tries in round 20, 2010.
- Willie Carne (BRI) scored three tries in round 11, 1993.
- Steve Renouf (BRI) scored three tries in round 4, 1994.