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2008 Sydney Roosters season

rugby league team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ4612012 ↗
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The 2008 Sydney Roosters season was the 101st in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 4th out of 16. Despite losing their first finals match, the Roosters got another chance the following week but were knocked out by the New Zealand Warriors.

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Squad

The following players are contracted to the Sydney Roosters for the 2008 season.

Player movement

The Roosters have had a rather significant amount of player movement which will result in an extensive squad change from the 2007 season. The Roosters have lost 10 players from their 2007 squad and gained 4 new players, including high-profile signings Willie Mason and Mark O'Meley.

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This entry incorporates text from “2008 Sydney Roosters season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.