{"id":396975,"date":"2026-04-25T12:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396975\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:27:15","slug":"sydney-roosters-press-conference-trent-robinson-dean-young-anzac-day-loss-dragons-loss-to-roosters-news-videos-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396975\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Roosters press conference, Trent Robinson, Dean Young, ANZAC Day loss, Dragons loss to Roosters, news, videos, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Roosters may have piled on the points against a struggling Dragons outfit, but Trent Robinson has conceded he \u201cfelt for\u201d Dean Young after being handed a reality check.<\/p>\n<p>In his first game as interim Red V coach, Young\u2019s outfit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-st-george-illawarra-dragons-vs-sydney-roosters-round-8-anzac-day-teams-how-to-watch-kade-reed-daly-cherryevans\/news-story\/c2d09467ff16f0847bce5e297be8cea7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">went down 62-16 on ANZAC Day<\/a>, with the Tricolours running in a staggering 11 tries at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Even though his side showed no mercy on the field, off it Robinson was asked if he had any sympathy for the Dragons squad, who endured a turbulent week after Shane Flanagan\u2019s sacking.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20260807\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pointsbet.com.au\/sports\/rugby-league\/NRL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4IiB3aWR0aD0iOTAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20260808\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pointsbet.com.au\/sports\/rugby-league\/NRL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4IiB3aWR0aD0iOTAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, yeah you do. It\u2019s a hard game the NRL, and so it should be,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis competition is difficult and they are going through a difficult time, I think Dean has had a tough day today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think he had a good week in setting the tone for how he wanted the club to go forward, and for them I hope that today doesn\u2019t change that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou set a path, yeah you might get a short-term sugar hit, but that\u2019s not the point. He\u2019s made some strong decisions and yeah I felt for him today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I know what it\u2019s like to get started on your vision. But I\u2019d say he had a really good week, 80 minutes today wasn\u2019t what he wanted but there was strength in what he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-dean-young-promises-to-make-changes-and-overhaul-st-george-illawarra-dragons-anzac-day-disaster-against-roosters-kade-reed-debut\/news-story\/ee4faee993eda64fc93f09b49a6df796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u2018Embarrassed\u2019 Young vows major overhaul as new era ends in ANZAC Day disaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roosters HAMMER Dragons on ANZAC day | 02:26<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NRLArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the Dragons injected young gun Kade Reed into their spine, it was the Roosters\u2019 key men that gave him a lesson in rugby league.<\/p>\n<p>Especially considering their display on Saturday was arguably the best performance the quartet of James Tedesco, Sam Walker, Daly Cherry-Evans and Reece Robson have put together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously putting on 60-odd points, there was going to be lots of opportunities if we created it today,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what we really value today. We take today with a lot of pride, (that) we get to play on this day and we feel like it\u2019s the marquee game of this day and that\u2019s not lost on the Roosters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think that was really important and then the opposition\u2019s been through a fair bit this week, we understand that. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing I really enjoyed, the way that we played, yeah. But I mean most people were asking this week about what happens when a team gets a rebound effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what happens when this happens and everyone\u2019s trying to project about what happens when people change coaches and all of that and that was swirling a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dragons Worst Nightmare&#8221; | 00:57<\/p>\n<p>MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>BIG HITS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-live-updates-2026-brisbane-broncos-vs-bulldogs-score-stephen-crichton-return-from-injury-supercoach-stats\/news-story\/ba9cb5bc43dd01ca351733f4f49846ea\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ciraldo\u2019s selection headache; Broncos\u2019 unsung heroes in ambush<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018SPIRIT\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-michael-maguire-on-baby-brisbane-broncos-adam-reynolds-ben-talty-hayze-perham-xavier-willison-kotoni-staggs-vs-bulldogs-round-8\/news-story\/2e1c059b0bdfca08c02830099a737609\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Madge lauds Baby Broncos amid crisis as skipper reveals ANZAC inspiration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHISPERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-transfer-whispers-jake-averillo-rejects-st-george-illawarra-dragons-dolphins-contracts-future-round-8\/news-story\/acccbb79160c90f6d773a739b21da398\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Talks opened with off-contract half; Dolphin rejects $1.7 million offer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat our choice was, to either play into that or it was was set a tone on how we wanted to play and stick to that. So I felt like the best thing about today was the mindset and the skill set followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Roosters have now strung three wins together, beating the Sharks and Knights prior to their demolition of the Dragons.<\/p>\n<p>That consistency was key for Robinson, who praised his side\u2019s mindset and their execution, with majority of their attacking sequences producing points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I felt like (our) mindset was really clear. We start the first half, (it) was exactly how we wanted to start,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always things that you want to, there was some things we had to discuss at half time that we wanted to improve. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut overall the 80 minutes, the attitude was really clear and also the execution for the most part was really clear.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Roosters may have piled on the points against a struggling Dragons outfit, but Trent Robinson has conceded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-396975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}