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Minichiello to miss 4-6 weeks
Sat June 21, 2008
Source: www.sydneyroosters.com.au

Roosters fullback Anthony Minichiello will miss 4-6 weeks after scans have shown a bulging disc in his neck.

Minichiello has this morning met with a specialist who has advised that he rest during this period to recover from the injury.

Club Doctor John Orchard has confirmed that the current injury is not directly related to Anthony's previous lower back injuries.

The injury was sustained in the loss to Manly two weeks ago and he will undergo conservative treatment but does not require surgery.

"I am disappointed that I will be out for the 4-6 weeks," said Minichiello.

"However I am relieved with the diagnosis and am looking forward to re-joining my team mates after this time."

"Anthony has been receiving physio treatment for this injury and has improved substantially in this time," said physio Tony Ayoub.

"We will continue this treatment and aim to have him back on the field as soon as possible."

Minichiello will not be commenting further on the injury at this time.

News Sent By: www.sydneyroosters.com.au

Minichiello back for the Roosters
Tue June 3, 2008
Source: www.sydneyroosters.com.au

Sydney Roosters fullback Anthony Minichiello will return to the Roosters lineup this Sunday when the tricolours travel to Brookvale Oval to tackle the Many Sea Eagles.

Minichiello who hasn't played since round four against the Canterbury Bulldogs hasn't let the frustration of his back injury get him down.

Ahead of his long awaited return the Roosters custodian knows the importance of managing his injury and continuing his rehabilitation for the rest of 2008.

"It's feeling good," Minichiello said.

"It's progressing from week to week so I'll be able to jump in with the boys later in the week and do a few of the sessions and see how I pull up afterwards."

The 2005 Golden Boot player of the year concedes that his injury and its initial occurrence is a much a mystery to him.

"I wouldn't have a clue myself," Minichiello said of how the injury first occurred.

"It flares up every now and again so I just try and manage it as best as I can."

One thing the former Australian and New South Wales representative player knows is that having played 41 games in 2004 could have not done him any favours.

"There was three years where I hardly missed a game," he said.

"I played 94 games in three seasons so that's what has contributed to what I'm suffering now I suppose."

Minichiello believes that the best option to look after the welfare of players and reduce the threat of player burnout would be to reduce the amount of games played each season.

"20 rounds would be nice but that's not going to happen," Minichiello lamented.

"I think they need to work out something because you look at every year and see how many top line players are getting injured.

"Past the age of 25 is really when the injuries start to occur," he said.

"It has happened to me and we are seeing it happen now to Darren Lockyer and Robbie Farrah."

The Roosters star is just relieved that he can run out to do what he loves this Sunday afternoon and hopefully continue through to September.

"I just want to play the full season out," he said.

"I haven't done that in the last couple of years so that's definitely my goal."

Roosters (NRL):
1 Anthony Minichiello
2 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
3 Brent Grose
4 Sia Soliola
5 Sam Perrett
6 Braith Anasta (c)
7 Mitchell Pearce
8 Mark O`Meley
9 Riley Brown
10 David Shillington
11 Lopini Paea
12 Setaimata Sa
13 Mitchell Aubusson

Subs:
14 Mickey Paea
15 Frank-Paul Nuuausala
16 Anthony Cherrington
17 James Aubusson
18 Steve Meredith
(one to be omitted)

Coach: Brad Fittler

Roosters (NYC):
1 Galu Teo
2 Mark Talanoa
3 Daniel Randall
4 Antonio Winterstein
5 Alan Heldsinger
6 Tom Symonds
7 Brad Murray
8 James Tamou
9 Ben Cronin
10 Marty Kennedy
11 Rohan Ahern
12 Mose Masoe
13 Dominque Peryoux

Subs:
14 Stanley Waqa
15 Matt Hall
16 David Hala
17 George Vuna

Coach Adrian Lam

News Source: www.sydneyroosters.com.au

Tue April 8, 2008

Minichiello, Mason and Shillington to miss Panthers clash

Thu June 14, 2007

Anasta and Minichiello ruled out of Roosters clash against Penrith

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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership

Sydney Roosters 
6 games; 1 tries, 4 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 08] W 34-20 v Rabbitohs (A). [FB] 
[View] Round 2 [21 Mar 08] L 14-20 v Broncos (H). [FB] 
[View] Round 3 [29 Mar 08] W 10-6 v Storm (H). [FB] 
[View] Round 4 [04 Apr 08] W 40-12 v Bulldogs (A). [FB] 
[View] Round 13 [08 Jun 08] L 0-42 v Sea Eagles (A). [FB] 
[View] Round 14 [13 Jun 08] W 32-12 v Panthers (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
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2007 State of Origin

New South Wales Origin 
1 games; [View] Origin [23 May 07] L 18-25 v QLD Origin (A). [FB] 
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership

Sydney Roosters 
10 games; 2 tries, 1 field goals, 9 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [19 Mar 07] L 6-18 v Rabbitohs (H). [FB] 
[View] Round 2 [24 Mar 07] L 6-43 v Cowboys (A). [FB] 
[View] Round 3 [01 Apr 07] L 8-30 v Sea Eagles (H). [FB] 
[View] Round 4 [06 Apr 07] L 10-32 v Broncos (H). [FB] 
[View] Round 5 [16 Apr 07] L 28-37 v Raiders (A). [FB] 
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 07] W 18-4 v Dragons (H). [FB] 
[View] Round 8 [05 May 07] L 10-28 v Eels (A). [FB] 
[View] Round 9 [13 May 07] W 24-18 v Gold Coast (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [26 May 07] W 13-12 v Sharks (A). [FB] 1 Pts; 1fg
[View] Round 12 [02 Jun 07] L 18-22 v Knights (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
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2007 City vs Country

City Origin 
1 games; [View] Place of Origin [03 May 07] W 12-6 v Country Origin (A). [FB] 
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2006 NRL Telstra Premiership

Sydney Roosters 
6 games; 4 tries, 16 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [12 Mar 06] W 40-22 v Rabbitohs (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 06] L 18-22 v Storm (H). [FB]
[View] Round 3 [26 Mar 06] W 56-20 v Raiders (H). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 4 [01 Apr 06] L 22-30 v Sea Eagles (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [08 Apr 06] W 28-24 v Sharks (A). [FB]
[View] Round 6 [14 Apr 06] L 6-24 v Broncos (H). [FB]
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2005 Tri-Nations Test Series

Australian Kangaroos 
5 games; 2 tries, 8 points. 
		 [View] Tri-Nations Match 1 [15 Oct 05] L 28-38 v New Zealand (H). [FB]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 2 [21 Oct 05] W 28-26 v New Zealand (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [05 Nov 05] W 20-6 v Great Britain (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Tri-Nations Match 6 [19 Nov 05] W 26-14 v Great Britain (A). [FB]
[View] Tri-Nations Final [26 Nov 05] L 0-24 v New Zealand. [FB]
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2005 State of Origin

New South Wales Origin 
3 games; 2 tries, 8 points. 
		 [View] Origin [25 May 05] L 20-24 v QLD Origin (A). [FB]
[View] Origin [15 Jun 05] W 32-22 v QLD Origin (H). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t (15th, 45th)
[View] Origin [06 Jul 05] W 32-10 v QLD Origin (A). [FB]
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership

Sydney Roosters 
22 games; 14 tries, 56 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [12 Mar 05] W 24-12 v Souths (H). [FB]
[View] Round 3 [25 Mar 05] L 22-40 v Broncos (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (36th)
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 05] L 26-32 v Tigers (H). [FB]
[View] Round 5 [10 Apr 05] L 16-24 v Raiders (A). [FB]
[View] Round 6 [15 Apr 05] W 29-16 v Bulldogs (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (50th)
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 05] L 24-26 v Dragons (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (12th)
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 05] L 18-38 v Cowboys (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (74th)
[View] Round 9 [08 May 05] W 32-2 v Knights (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (44th)
[View] Round 10 [15 May 05] W 10-6 v Warriors (A). [FB]
[View] Round 12 [28 May 05] W 30-16 v Raiders (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (71st)
[View] Round 13 [03 Jun 05] L 18-22 v Sea Eagles (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (25th)
[View] Round 15 [17 Jun 05] L 10-16 v Sharks (A). [FB]
[View] Round 16 [24 Jun 05] W 12-8 v Eels (H). [FB]
[View] Round 18 [10 Jul 05] L 16-26 v Tigers (A). [FB]
[View] Round 19 [16 Jul 05] L 22-24 v Warriors (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (46th)
[View] Round 20 [24 Jul 05] L 10-24 v Storm (A). [FB]
[View] Round 21 [29 Jul 05] L 6-44 v Dragons (A). [FB]
[View] Round 22 [07 Aug 05] L 28-30 v Panthers (H). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t (69th, 71st)
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 05] W 14-8 v Sharks (H). [FB]
[View] Round 24 [20 Aug 05] L 16-17 v Souths (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (15th)
[View] Round 25 [26 Aug 05] W 17-10 v Broncos (A). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t (44th, 58th)
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 05] W 32-12 v Bulldogs (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t (45th)
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2005 International Test Matches

Australian Kangaroos 
1 games; 1 tries, 4 points. 
		 [View] Bundaberg Rum Test [22 Apr 05] W 32-16 v New Zealand (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership

Sydney Roosters 
2 games; 1 tries, 4 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 04] W 26-16 v Rabbitohs (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [20 Mar 04] W 42-20 v Sea Eagles (A). [FB]
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Minichiello, Anthony

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