Dave Sharma (Wentworth, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Everyone loves them in Bondi, I can assure you. The Steggles Roosters Charity Nest supports Lifestart, Children's Hospital Foundation Queensland, Children's Cancer Institute Australia and the Roosters Outreach program. This makes the Roosters, as I said, a beloved part of our community. You can't walk 10 metres in Bondi right now without seeing red, white and blue emblazoned somewhere. Congratulations to chairman Nick Politis, coach Trent Robinson, captains Boyd Cordner and Jake Friend and the whole team—including of course James Tedesco, who won the Players' Champion title at the Rugby League Players Association awards last night—on your outstanding success.

Finally, congratulations to Cooper Cronk, who played his last game of NRL in the grand final. He has been awarded a Roosters life membership, joining the likes of Arthur Beetson, Luke Ricketson, Brad Fittler, Anthony Minichiello, Russell Fairfax and Jack Gibson. We are all incredibly proud of you.

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