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Everyone loves to hate the Roosters. But we shouldn’t. Their fans have suffered too

WAtoday Malcolm Knox

3 Oct 2026 09:30 AEST Summary

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The truth of rugby league is that fandom is all about distress, punctuated by the briefest flashes of ecstasy. Even the Roosters have had their lean times.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of rugby match stadium, used to illustrate it. Fernando Torres. Super hero. El Niño Mat Jam / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of rugby match stadium, used to illustrate it. Fernando Torres. Super hero. El Niño Mat Jam / flickr, CC BY

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The Sydney Morning Herald Everyone loves to hate the Roosters. But we shouldn’t. Their fans have suffered too Niral 25 · mostly calm political 0 The Age Everyone loves to hate the Roosters. But we shouldn’t. Their fans have suffered too Niral 25 · mostly calm political 0 Brisbane Times Everyone loves to hate the Roosters. But we shouldn’t. Their fans have suffered too Niral 25 · mostly calm political 0