This is the final part of my series, speaking with fans from all NRL sides to see what it’s really like to support their team. This week, the Sydney Roosters.

One of the last remaining heritage clubs, the Roosters have been there from the beginning – and seem to have rubbed everyone the wrong way ever since.

Buying anyone and everyone. Winning 15 Premierships along with 5 World Club challenge titles. And when the award for the best player of the year is named after one of your own, that also adds to the gloating, doesn’t it?
Their fans just love them.

Whether they are cheering the boys on at the games…. wait…no…. that’s not right. Whether they are watching the games from somewhere other than at the ground, or walking around Bondi drinking lattes, they just love them.

And they don’t care what anyone else thinks. I spoke to two passionate Roosters fans, Tessa and Mick.

Tessa should have been wearing just red and blue, minus the white.

“I grew up in Newcastle and was born in 1997 when the Knights won the grand final, so by all rights I should be a Knights fan. But my dad is a lifelong Roosters fan and he raised me to support them. My mum used to work late nights so my dad and I would stay up watching all the games. I started to get heavily involved as a fan around the 2010/2011 seasons as that’s when social media started growing. I interacted with other Roosters supporters and NRL fans in general.

“As cheesy as it sounds, I think that’s the best part about being a Roosters fan – the friends I’ve made along the way. I started a Tumblr in 2011 to post about the team and found an incredible community of women who loved rugby league, then eventually moved over to Twitter where I found an even bigger community of the kindest, most passionate people.