Central Coast Rip
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Central Coast Roosters |
| Nickname(s) | Roosters |
| Short name | Central Coast |
| Colours |
Blue Red White |
| Founded | 2005 |
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| Ground(s) | |
| Competition | S. G. Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup |
The Central Coast Roosters, formerly Central Coast Centurions, are an Australian rugby league football club (previously known as the Rip or Storm) based in the Central Coast region in New South Wales. They competed in the New South Wales Cup which they exited in 2011, the club still competes in the S. G. Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup competitions.
The club was founded as the Central Coast Rip in 2005 and competed in the S. G. Ball Cup, Harold Matthews Cup and Jersey Flegg Cup. The players were a mix of talent from the local Central Coast Division of Country Rugby League - Group 12 Competition. At the end of the 2006 season and without a finals appearance in any of the competitions the Rip entered, the club was bought-out by the Melbourne Storm who turned the Central-Coast based club into their main-feeder team.
In 2007 the Central Coast Storm, now a packed side with both local and interstate talent (courtesy of the Melbourne Storm's Victorian based junior's program) began to run a side in the New South Wales Cup, acting as the Storm's feeder club. Along with the new and major support from the Storm, the team received sponsorship from the private health company, Medibank Private for the next 3 seasons. Part of this sponsorship included more sponsorship of the actual local district competitions.
The team's first season in the New South Wales Cup in 2008 ended unsuccessfully, they did not reach the finals and finished in a disappointing 10th place. The team however was able to reveal some notable talent for the Melbourne Storm including promising prop, Aiden Tolman who later graduated to the first team towards the end of the 2008 season. Future first-graders for the Storm who grew their talent at Central Coast included Sinbad Kali, Kevin Proctor and Matt Duffie with the later two contributing to Melbourne Storm's clinching of the 2009 Toyota National Youth Competition.
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