Junior Reps Results | 7th March, 2026

The Sydney Roosters S.G. Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup teams were the toast of the club after stylish wins against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in their Round 5 clashes at Woolooware on Saturday.

S.G. Ball Cup (Men’s Under 19s)

After winning their final 7 matches of the 2025 season on the way to that season’s premiership, the defending premiers, the Sydney Roosters, have extended that winning sequence to 12, after a comfortable 38-6 Round 5 victory over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Woolooware on Saturday.

The Roosters scored seven tries to one after leading the Sharks 16-6 at half time. Kiwi back Bastion Armstrong, playing on the right wing, crossed for three of the Roosters tries, taking his season tally to five, whilst hard working lock forward Eddy Cayless crossed for a double.

It was another dominant Roosters display, with all their outside backs making plenty of metres with the ball to give the team plenty of good field position.

With that victory the Roosters have retained their spot at the top of the table (albeit, very narrowly on points for and against) heading into their final three matches of the regular season. The Roosters final three matches are against 9th placed Canberra, 12th placed North Sydney and a final round clash against the 3rd placed Melbourne Storm. The team has the bye between the clashes with the Bears and Storm.

The match against the Raiders is this Saturday at Mascot Oval, kicking off at 1.30 pm.

The winless Central Coast Roosters have narrowly gone within reach of their first victory of the season, before being beaten 26-18 by the Newcastle Knights at Woy Woy on Saturday. After conceding the first try of the match, the Roosters scored four of the next five tries to extend their 14-10 half time lead to 18-10, five minutes into the second half, with right winger Tyriq Cambell, fullback Corbin Devaney, five eighth Johnathan Mansour and left centre Bodie Jeffries crossing for the Roosters, setting up a possible upset.

However, the Knights steadied and with far more ball in the last 30 minutes were able to fight their way back into the game, scoring three tries in the last 16 minutes to win the clash 26-18. It was a strong performance by the Roosters though and a win is hopefully not too far away.

They’ll have the bye next week before playing 15th placed Illawarra in Round 7.

Harold Matthews Cup (Men’s Under 17s)

The Sydney Roosters have banked a most important two competition points with a 32-26 victory over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Woolooware in their Round 5 clash, after scores were locked at 12-12 at half time. Taking their season tally to three wins from five games the Roosters are now in the Top 8 with three very winnable games (9th placed Canberra, 12th placed North Sydney and 15th placed Melbourne) remaining in the regular season (the Roosters have a bye between games against the Bears and Storm).

However, apart from a 14 minute period (when the Roosters scored five tries) the Sharks seemed the more likely team to score and were pressing the Roosters line throughout the final 15 minutes of the game to peg back a 32-12 deficit. In fact, the Sharks had a number of opportunities in the final five minutes of the game to force a 32-32 draw.

That period in which the Roosters took the score from 6-12 to 32-12 showed the potential within this Roosters team. The speed of the Roosters spine and the elusiveness of the Roosters outside backs was too much for the Sharks defence. The Roosters marched upfield set after set with minimal errors and playing at a pace that the Sharks just couldn’t match. The task for the Roosters going forward is to consistently play at that level.

Once again Roosters halfback Charlie Webb, fullback Harper Boothroyd and hooker Caleb Zahra showed their considerable class and the impetus off the bench from forward Seu Fidow was once more influential. Webb scored two tries and kicked four goals for a personal tally of 16 points.

The Roosters next clash against Canberra at Mascot Oval will be the first of four junior representative matches there next Saturday, all involving the Roosters. The Harold Matthews clash kicks off at 12.00 pm.

The Central Coast Roosters have crashed to their fourth successive defeat in the Harold Matthews Cup, with a 18-4 loss to the undefeated Newcastle Knights, at Woy Woy, after the Knights led 12-0 at half time.

The Roosters only try came late in the game to prop forward Connor Ukeh, off a neat grubber kick and regather. The Roosters defence throughout was sterling, conceding just the three tries, but had limited opportunities to post sufficient points to challenge the Knights, outside of the Ukeh opportunist try.

The Central Coast Roosters have the bye next week before playing 15th placed Illawarra in Round 7.

Tarsha Gale Cup (Women’s Under 19s)

The Sydney Roosters Indigenous Academy team had the bye this weekend. The competition leading Roosters will next play the 6th placed Canberra Raiders at Mascot Oval on Saturday, with the match kicking off at 4.30 pm.

Lisa Fiaola Cup (Women’s Under 17s)

The Central Coast Roosters had the bye this weekend. The 4th placed Roosters will next play the 8th placed Canberra Raiders at Mascot Oval on Saturday, with the match kicking off at 3.00 pm.

Laurie Daley Cup (Men’s Under 18s)

The Roosters season came to an end on the weekend, having not qualified for the 2026 semi finals, after finishing 3rd on the northern conference competition table, after the six rounds of the regular season.

Needing to draw or beat the Newcastle-Maitland Region Knights in the final regular round match of the season, the Roosters competed throughout and led the Knights 12-6 after 17 minutes, after tries to right centre Eli Bennett and fullback Ronan Hope. However, with 25 minutes remaining the Knights had taken the lead back and stretched it beyond a converted try, and that 20-12 lead would hold for the remainder of the match.

With less than five minutes left on the clock, Roosters right winger Koby Houghton jumped up to defuse a bomb and landed very awkwardly on his spine. The match was held up for over 30 minutes as the medical staff took every possible caution as they waited for the ambulance to arrive. The match resumed and was completed whilst Houghton was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital, some 84 kilometres away. In great news for the player, his team mates, family and friends, Houghton was cleared of injury and was able to return home.

The Roosters finished the season with two wins, two losses and one draw.

Andrew Johns Cup (Men’s Under 16s)

The Roosters season came to an end on the weekend, having not qualified for the 2026 semi finals, after finishing 3rd on the northern conference competition table, after the six rounds of the regular season.

Needing to beat the Newcastle-Maitland Region Knights by 12 points in the final regular round match of the season, the Roosters never led and eventually were defeated 18-14, after the Knights led 6-0 at half time.

Both sides scored three tries, with the Roosters tries coming through fullback Axle Lennon, hooker Hayden Lynch and right centre Inglis Ritchie.

The Roosters finished the season with two wins and three losses.