Sydney Roosters 38–10 Canberra Raiders — Semi-Final, 2000 NRL Finals Series
13 Aug 2000 · Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 16,441
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 2000 NRL finals series: Sydney Roosters 38–10 Canberra Raiders, at Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW on 13 Aug 2000.
Sourcing caveat: No try-scoring minutes were found for this fixture. Sydney's combined goal-kicking total (Phillips 5/5, Fitzgibbon 2/2) exceeds the 6 conversion opportunities available from 6 tries by one — the split shown here (Fitzgibbon's second successful kick recorded as a penalty goal) is the only arithmetically consistent reading, not a guess. Sydney's bench numbers this match (14, 17, 23, 24) are unusually high — reported exactly as sourced. Canberra's lineup again differs from their Qualifying Final sheet: hooker David Atkins wears #19 and lock Luke Williamson wears #15 here, compared to standard #9/#13 elsewhere in their finals series — Canberra's squad numbering was genuinely inconsistent match-to-match in the source, not normalised here.
Scorers
| Sydney Roosters | Tries: Cross; Cross; Minichiello; Minichiello; Sing; Wing Goals: Phillips (5/5 conversions); Fitzgibbon (1/1 conversions, 1/1 penalty goals) |
| Canberra Raiders | Tries: McLinden; Vainikolo Goals: Furner (1/2 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Sydney Roosters | Canberra Raiders | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Phillips | Fullback | Ken Nagas | 1 |
| 2 | Matt Sing | Wing | Mark McLinden | 2 |
| 3 | Ryan Cross | Centre | Jamaal Lolesi | 3 |
| 4 | Shannon Hegarty | Centre | Brett Mullins | 4 |
| 5 | Anthony Minichiello | Wing | Lesley Vainikolo | 5 |
| 6 | Brad Fittler (c) | Five-Eighth | Laurie Daley (c) | 6 |
| 7 | Adrian Lam | Halfback | Brett Finch | 7 |
| 8 | Ian Rubin | Prop | Todd Payten | 8 |
| 9 | Simon Bonetti | Hooker | David Atkins | 19 |
| 10 | Peter Cusack | Prop | Luke Davico | 10 |
| 11 | Bryan Fletcher | Second Row | Ruben Wiki | 11 |
| 12 | Craig Fitzgibbon | Second Row | David Furner | 12 |
| 13 | Luke Ricketson | Lock | Luke Williamson | 15 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Shane Rigon | Adam Peters | 16 | |
| 17 | Craig Wing | Alan Tongue | 17 | |
| 23 | Scott Logan | Brad Kelly | 18 | |
| 24 | David Solomona | Lincoln Withers | 20 | |
| Graham Murray | Coach | Mal Meninga | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Tim Mander |
Match report
Sydney Roosters bounced back emphatically from their Week 1 blowout loss, running in six tries against a Canberra side missing some spark after their tough win over Penrith. Anthony Minichiello and Ryan Cross each crossed twice, while Brad Fittler orchestrated superbly in his first finals campaign as club captain.