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Minichiello, Mason and Shillington to miss Panthers clash
Tue April 8, 2008
Source: www.sydneyroosters.com.au

Sydney Roosters fullback Anthony Minichiello has been given the week off after pulling up stiff from last Friday night's win over the Canterbury Bulldogs.

Minichiello, who has had two surgeries on his back, was given the advice from team medical staff to sit out the coming match and further matches if necessary.

Roosters head physiotherapist, Tony Ayoub, said resting Minichiello is just a precaution at this stage dismissing claims that the injury is career threatening.

"Mini's pulled up a little stiff and sore after the game on the weekend," Ayoub said.

"In light of his history and given the advice from his Neurosurgeon and an opinion from a couple of other medical professionals we've decided to give him some time off, maybe a week or two and then we'll reassess it."

"It's just the back problem that he has had, he's got a couple of old disc bulges that have been operated on and every now and then he gets sore so were giving him some time off," he said.

For the former player of the year, Minichiello said he was initially worried but confirmed it is only a precaution.

"I'm taking the advice of the coach and the doctors," Minichiello said.

"It was a little sore two days after the game, naturally with the history of my back sometimes you do get a little bit worried, that's why we did the MRI and it showed up all good so it's only a little bit of a scare."

Willie Mason will also miss this weekends game due to a knee injury he picked up in last weeks win, although it is expected he will return for the Roosters heritage round clash against the Newcastle Knights at Bluetongue Stadium on Sunday 20 April.

"Willie has a grade one strain of his medial ligament on his left knee and he'll be right to play next week," Ayoub said.

Club CEO, Brian Canavan, also addressed David Shillington's absence from the Roosters line-up this weekend.

"The club has an internal policy relating to alcohol and David drank alcohol on the wrong day of the week and was late to training the next day," Canavan said.

"The coaching staff and the club have made the decision that he will play NSW Cup this week."

PENRITH PANTHERS v SYDNEY ROOSTERS at CUA Stadium, 7.30pm
PANTHERS: Rhys Wesser, Luke Rooney, Michael Jennings, Brad Tighe, Michael Gordon, Maurice Blair, Jarrod Sammut, Tony Puletua, Luke Priddis, Petero Civoniceva (capt), Frank Pritchard, Luke Lewis, Nathan Smith. Interchange: Paul Aiton, Frank Puletua, Brendon Worth, Matthew Bell, Geoff Daniela, Joseph Paulo. (two to be omitted).

ROOSTERS: Sam Perrett, Amos Roberts, Mitchell Aubusson, Sia Soliola, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, Riley Brown, Nate Myles, Setaimata Sa, Anthony Tupou, Craig Fitzgibbon (capt). Interchange: Lopini Paea, Frank Paul-Nuuausala, Brent Grose, James Aubusson, Mickey Paea (one to be omitted).

Referee: Bernard Sutton

News sent by: www.sydneyroosters.com.au

Mason & co named for Roosters v Bulldogs blockbuster
Tue April 1, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Willie Mason has been named in the second-row as Roosters coach Brad Fittler announced another star-studded line up for Friday's blockbuster clash against the Bulldogs.

Friday's clash is set to be the biggest of the NRL season to date with Mason leaving the Bulldogs on bad terms last night after a fallout with now departed Chief Executive Malcolm Noad and in recent times Mason has fell out with Bulldogs stars Sonny Bill Williams and Luke Patten.

The Bulldogs form has been good this season except for 40 ill-fated minutes against Parramatta whereas the Roosters have been in outstanding form where they easily disposed of Souths, out defended Melbourne and were very unlucky against the Broncos.

Mason is the star attraction for Friday's clash and he has been named in the second-row alongside Anthony Tupou. Former Bulldogs Braith Anasta, Nate Myles and Mark O'Meley have also been named in the starting side.

It's expected that the Bulldogs will be unchanged from last week with the out of form Reni Maitua remaining in the Bulldogs NSW Cup side along with Nick Kouparitsas who last week returned from injury.

The Roosters head into Friday's clash as favourites after defeating the Storm last week and are shaping up as the team to beat in 2008. The Bulldogs have surprised many critics with their good start to the season (except for 40 minutes), but the star-studded Roosters will be a true test for Williams and the rest of the Bulldogs outfit.

TELSTRA PREMIERSHIP
Bulldogs v Sydney Roosters
ANZ Stadium
Friday 4th April
7:30pm

Roosters (NRL):
1 Anthony Minichiello
2 Amos Roberts
3 Setaimata Sa
4 Sam Perrett
5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
6 Braith Anasta
7 Mitchell Pearce
8 Mark O'Meley
9 Riley Brown
10 Nate Myles
11 Willie Mason
12 Anthony Tupou
13 Craig Fitzgibbon (c)

Subs:
14 Lopini Paea
15 David Shillington
16 Mitchell Aubusson
17 James Aubusson
18 Frank-Paul Nuuausala
(one to be omitted)

Coach: Brad Fittler

TOYOTA CUP
Bulldogs v Sydney Roosters
ANZ Stadium
Friday 4th April
5:30pm

Roosters (NYC):
1 Javarn White
2 Luke Towers
3 Antonio Winterstein
4 Galu Teo
5 Alan Heldsinger
6 Ben Jones
7 Ben Cronin (Capt)
8 Stanley Waqa
9 Jake Friend
10 Martin Kennedy
11 Anthony Cherrington
12 Matthew Hall
13 Rohan Ahern

Subs:
14 Mose Masoe
15 Hemani Moala
16 James Tamou
17 John Clayton
18 Nathan Cantor
19 Ben Murray
(two to be omitted)

Coach: Adrian Lam

VB NSW CUP
Newtown Jets v Auckland Vulcans
Henson Park
Saturday 5th April
3:00pm

1 Don Thompson
2 Byron Ford
3 Brent Grose
4 Sia Soliola
5 Tevita Falou
6 Luke Brannigan
7 Ben Green
8 Frank Paul-Nuuausala
9 Luke Gordon
10 Ray Moujalli
11 Danny Howard
12 Mickey Paea
13 Jimmy Andersen

Subs:
14 Khalib Deeb
15 Daniel Green
16 Luke Millward
17 Steve Meredith
18 Rory Kostjasyn
(one to be omitted)

Coach: Greg Matterson

CHANGES

Tue February 26, 2008

No charge: Willie Mason

Tue February 19, 2008

Roosters confirm Mason and Tupou infringement notices

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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership

Sydney Roosters 
11 games; 2 tries, 8 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 08] W 34-20 v Rabbitohs (A). [BE] 
[View] Round 2 [21 Mar 08] L 14-20 v Broncos (H). [BE] 
[View] Round 3 [29 Mar 08] W 10-6 v Storm (H). [SR] 
[View] Round 4 [04 Apr 08] W 40-12 v Bulldogs (A). [SR] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 6 [20 Apr 08] L 20-34 v Knights (H). [SR] 
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 08] L 6-26 v Dragons (A). [SR] 
[View] Round 9 [10 May 08] W 30-4 v Raiders (H). [SR] 
[View] Round 11 [25 May 08] W 38-12 v Warriors (A). [SR] 
[View] Round 12 [02 Jun 08] W 19-10 v Tigers (H). [SR] 
[View] Round 14 [13 Jun 08] W 32-12 v Panthers (H). [SR] 
[View] Round 15 [22 Jun 08] W 16-14 v Knights (A). [SR] 
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2007 State of Origin

New South Wales Origin 
3 games; [View] Origin [13 Jun 07] L 6-10 v QLD Origin (H). [PR] 
[View] Origin [23 May 07] L 18-25 v QLD Origin (A). [SR] 
[View] Origin [04 Jul 07] W 18-4 v QLD Origin (A). [PR] 
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership

Bulldogs 
14 games; 3 tries, 12 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [18 Mar 07] L 24-25 v Knights (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 2 [23 Mar 07] L 10-40 v Panthers (A). [SR] 
[View] Round 3 [01 Apr 07] W 22-6 v Gold Coast (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 4 [06 Apr 07] W 34-10 v Rabbitohs (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 5 [14 Apr 07] L 14-16 v Sea Eagles (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 6 [22 Apr 07] W 21-18 v Eels (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t (59th)
[View] Round 7 [27 Apr 07] L 18-34 v Tigers (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [06 May 07] W 30-16 v Knights (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 14 [15 Jun 07] L 12-19 v Broncos (H). [PR] 
[View] Round 15 [22 Jun 07] W 27-8 v Sea Eagles (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 17 [08 Jul 07] W 14-12 v Sharks (A). [PR] 
[View] Round 18 [14 Jul 07] L 20-30 v Panthers (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [31 Aug 07] L 32-38 v Cowboys (A). [PR] 
[View] Finals Week 2 [15 Sep 07] L 6-25 v Eels. [PR] 
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2007 International Test Matches

Australian Kangaroos 
1 games; [View] Bundaberg Rum Test [20 Apr 07] W 30-6 v New Zealand (H). [SR] 
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2006 Tri-Nations Test Series

Australian Kangaroos 
3 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 1 [14 Oct 06] W 30-18 v New Zealand (A). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [04 Nov 06] L 12-23 v Great Britain (H). [SR]
[View] Tri-Nations Final [25 Nov 06] W 16-12 v New Zealand (H). [BE]
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2006 State of Origin

New South Wales Origin 
3 games; 1 tries, 4 points. 
		 [View] Origin [24 May 06] W 17-16 v QLD Origin (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t (21st)
[View] Origin [14 Jun 06] L 6-30 v QLD Origin (A). [PR]
[View] Origin [05 Jul 06] L 14-16 v QLD Origin. [PR]
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2006 NRL Telstra Premiership

Bulldogs 
20 games; 4 tries, 16 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [11 Mar 06] L 22-24 v Panthers (H). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [17 Mar 06] W 47-12 v Tigers (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [24 Mar 06] L 22-46 v Knights (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 06] W 30-12 v Raiders (A). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [17 Apr 06] W 26-18 v Rabbitohs (A). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [23 Apr 06] L 14-40 v Sea Eagles (H). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 06] W 30-16 v Warriors (A). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [07 May 06] W 30-14 v Roosters (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [14 May 06] W 22-18 v Eels (H). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [27 May 06] L 6-25 v Broncos (A). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [03 Jun 06] W 38-22 v Knights (H). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [18 Jun 06] W 20-12 v Cowboys (H). [SR]
[View] Round 18 [09 Jul 06] W 22-18 v Warriors (H). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [14 Jul 06] W 22-16 v Dragons (A). [SR]
[View] Round 20 [22 Jul 06] W 25-0 v Roosters (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [05 Aug 06] W 54-14 v Cowboys (A). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 06] W 26-10 v Dragons (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [18 Aug 06] L 0-30 v Broncos (H). [SR]
[View] Finals Week One [09 Sep 06] W 30-12 v Raiders (H). [SR]
[View] Finals Week Three [22 Sep 06] L 20-37 v Broncos. [SR]
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2006 International Test Matches

Australian Kangaroos 
1 games; [View] Bundaberg Rum Test [05 May 06] W 50-12 v New Zealand (H). [PR]
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2005 Tri-Nations Test Series

Australian Kangaroos 
3 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [05 Nov 05] W 20-6 v Great Britain (A). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 6 [19 Nov 05] W 26-14 v Great Britain (A). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Final [26 Nov 05] L 0-24 v New Zealand. [BE]
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership

Bulldogs 
9 games; [View] Round 18 [10 Jul 05] W 26-24 v Warriors (A). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [15 Jul 05] W 18-16 v Panthers (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [22 Jul 05] W 29-22 v Broncos (H). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [31 Jul 05] L 24-37 v Souths (A). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [06 Aug 05] L 13-28 v Knights (H). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [12 Aug 05] L 4-56 v Eels (A). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [19 Aug 05] L 2-54 v Tigers (A). [PR]
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 05] L 6-28 v Panthers (H). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 05] L 12-32 v Roosters (A). [SR]
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership

Bulldogs 
2 games; [View] Round 1 [13 Mar 04] W 48-14 v Eels (H). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [20 Mar 04] W 24-20 v Sharks (H). [PR]
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