Inside Roosters
They never have a bad decade.
A foundation club of 1908, 15 premierships, the most finals seasons in the game's history and the third-best win rate over both the decade and the last three years. Stability is the whole story. Nick Politis has chaired since 1993, Trent Robinson has coached since 2013 and is signed through 2028, and the member-owned club made $3.5 million on $45.5 million of football revenue in 2025, per the audited accounts. The drama, such as it is, is one negotiation: Sam Walker's camp wants around $1.7 million a season, the club's four-year offer sits near $5.6 million with clauses attached, and Danny Weidler reports the talks parked until the market opens on November 1. Daly Cherry-Evans passed through for a season on his way to Hull, and Reuben Garrick arrives in 2027. The machine barely broke stride for either.
- Member-owned: a company limited by guarantee with 172 members, and the football club controls Easts Leagues Club, not the reverse.
- Football company accounts, audited, to October 2025: revenue $45.5 million, profit $3.5 million, employee benefits $28.5 million.
Checked 21 August 2026 · Evidence high
At a glance
- Home crowd, 2026: 26,403 across 14 home matches, up 557 on 2025
- Members, 2026: 24,001, a club record, published by Sydney Roosters
- Following: 910,963 across 5 platforms
- Brand value, 2024: $68M, 6th of 17 clubs
- Who owns the club: 172 members of a company limited by guarantee; the football club controls Easts Leagues Club
- Accounts we can see: Audited football-club and group accounts to 31 October 2025
- Training base: Nick Politis Centre of Excellence, Allianz Stadium · opened January 2023, 25-year lease
- Head coach: Trent Robinson through 2028
Ownership & Financials
- Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Limited is a company limited by guarantee without share capital, with 37 life and 135 ordinary members at 31 October 2025, each liable for $4 on a winding up; Nick Politis was elected chairman in May 1993.
- Audited accounts for the year to 31 October 2025 (BDO, unmodified, signed 18 December 2025): the football company alone earned $45.45 million revenue and $3.54 million profit, with $28.46 million employee benefits, $2.76 million playing expenses and $1.05 million football development expenses; the group including Easts Leagues Club earned $89.59 million and $9.93 million profit, with $4.21 million of that a gain on asset disposals.
- Easts Leagues Club's 2025 annual report names the football club as its ultimate controlling party, records $nil grants to it in 2025 and 2024, $87,970 paid to it for corporate hospitality, and $14.8 million receivable from it at year end (2024: $11.3 million); the football company's cash flow shows $3.5 million advanced from the controlled entity in 2025 (2024: $8.8 million).
Following & Sponsorship
- Major Partner: BYD
- Platinum Partner: Easts Group
Leadership
- Joe Kelly, Club CEO (2017–) and Group CEO (2020–)
- Nick Politis AM, chair
Football Department
- Trent Robinson, NRL head coach
- John Strange, NRLW head coach
- Brett Morris, NSW Cup head coach
- Anthony Barnes, Jersey Flegg head coach
- Boyd Cordner, SG Ball head coach
- Nathan Anderson, NSW Women's Premiership head coach (Central Coast Roosters)
Facilities
- Nick Politis Centre of Excellence, Allianz Stadium, Moore Park: The club's training and administrative home along the eastern grandstand of Allianz Stadium, opened 24 January 2023 under a 25-year lease: gym, lecture theatre, sauna and recovery pools, medical facilities, a club museum and community rooms, serving the NRL and NRLW teams.
- Allianz Stadium, Moore Park: The club's home ground; the club has played in the Moore Park precinct since 1908 and its centre of excellence is built into the stadium.
Pathways
- A complete but thin men's ladder from three named eastern-suburbs junior clubs through Harold Matthews, SG Ball, Jersey Flegg and the club's own NSW Cup side to NRL, and a complete women's ladder from Lisa Fiaola and Tarsha Gale through a Central Coast Roosters team in the NSW Women's Premiership to an NRLW side with two premierships. Head coaches are named for the senior rungs and SG Ball; we found no dated 2026 page naming the Harold Matthews, Tarsha Gale and Lisa Fiaola coaches.
- The club's pathways page names three district junior clubs: Bondi United (1946), Clovelly Crocodiles (1917) and Paddington Colts (re-formed 2015).
Results
- All-time win rate: 53.7% (All first-grade games), 4th of 17
- Last 10 seasons: 64.1% (2017–2026), 3rd of 17
- Last 3 seasons: 61.3% (2024–2026), 3rd= of 17
- Team Rating: 81.2 (2026 season), 3rd of 17
- Premierships: 15 (Since 1908), 2nd of 17
- Finals seasons: 56 (Since 1908), 1st of 17
Sources
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