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Anthony Minichiello (born 24 May 1980) is a former professional
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footballer who captained the
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in the
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, and retired having set records for most games and most tries in the club's history. An
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and
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international as well as a
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representative turned , he played his entire career with the Roosters, with whom he won the
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and 2013 NRL Premierships, before retiring at the conclusion of the club's 2014 campaign. Minichiello also won the
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for international player of the year in 2005, and is the brother of fellow Italian international,
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.


Background

Minichiello was born in Liverpool in
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, Australia. Minichiello began playing rugby league for East Valley United. Minichiello attended All Saints Catholic Senior College. At a young age, he was spotted by then Roosters recruitment officer, rugby league
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, who signed him up to the foundation club. In 1999 he played for Italy in the inaugural
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. On 4 August 2014 he announced his retirement at the end of the season.


Professional playing career


2000s

After a stint in the lower grades, Minichiello made his NRL debut at the age of 20 in the Roosters' Round 4 clash on 25 February 2000 at the
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against the
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in the 2000 NRL Grand Final. By midway through his second season, he had proven himself worthy of representative football when he was selected to play for City Origin in the 2001
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match against
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. After scoring 16 tries during the
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, Minichiello played on the wing for the Roosters in their
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win over the
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. He was also part of the successful Roosters team that took out the 2003 World Club Challenge against 2002 Super League champions, St. Helens. With Mini playing fullback, the Roosters easily accounted for Saints 38–0 at the
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in
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, England in front of 19,807 fans. For the first three seasons of his career Mini played on the wing for the Roosters, but the retirement of
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following the
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prompted then-Roosters coach
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to move Minichiello to . His move to fullback coincided with some of the Roosters' best football for the early part of the new millennium. It also saw him become an almost automatic selection for both NSW and Australia for the next few seasons. With the help of the recently New Zealand former Warriors fullback and newly appointed Roosters
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coach Ivan Cleary, Mini would become a vital part of the Roosters attack. His great performance in his new position soon paid off with selection for City in the 2003 City vs Country Origin match and for New South Wales in the 2003 State of Origin series, and went on to play in his 100th NRL game for the Roosters in the first Preliminary Final of the 2003 NRL Finals Series. He was declared Man of the Match in the Roosters 28–18 victory over the Bulldogs. The Roosters subsequently lost the 2003 NRL Grand Final to the
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, in which Minichiello played at fullback. Minichiello ran 4,571 metres with the ball in 2003, more than any other player in the competition. After that he was selected to go on the successful
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in which Australia defeated their oldest rivals
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3–0 to retain
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. Mini played on the wing for the Kangaroos in all three tests due to the presence of Brisbane Broncos fullback
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, who was also the captain of the Kangaroos. In 2004, Minichiello was again selected to play for New South Wales but just five days out from Game I he was sacked for taking a mobile telephone out contrary to team instructions during a wild bonding session. However he fought his way back into the squad and help steered New South Wales to its second series victory. He was named the
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''Fullback of the Year'' in the
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, where he scored a career best 18 tries for the season. He also won the
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as the player's player of the year. Mini went on to play at fullback for the Roosters in their 16–13 loss to the Bulldogs in the 2004 NRL Grand Final. It was the Roosters third Grand Final loss in four games since 2000. Minichiello was selected in the Australian team to go and compete in the end of season 2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against
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he played at and scored two tries in the Kangaroos' 44–4 victory. Another great season followed in
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, where Minichiello's performances at fullback for NSW resulted in him winning the
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for player of the 2005 State of Origin series. The year was capped off with him winning the Harry Sunderland Medal again as the man of the
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tournament, despite
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causing a boil over by defeating Australia 24–0 in the Final at
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in
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(it was the first time since
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that Australia had not won an international series or tournament in which they played). The game would also prove to be Anthony Minichiello's 18th and final test for Australia. He would go on to win the 2005 Golden Boot Award as the international player of the year. One of the longest injury/suspension free period of any player in the modern era came to end in Round 6,
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. A back injury, first sustained in Roosters' Round 3 clash on 26 March 2006 against the
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, that eventually required surgery ruled Minichiello out for the remainder of season. His back injury allowed several younger fullbacks to stake claims for the Australian jersey, particularly
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fullback
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. Minichiello's downfall from injury also coincided with the Roosters' decline in form, with the team finishing second from last at the end of the 2006 season. As part of the Roosters' 100th season celebration, a "Team 100 – The Centurions" was announced at the 2007 season launch. Minichiello was named as fullback. He kicked his first field goal in his career when the Roosters defeated the
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in golden point, in Round 11, 2007. Minichiello was recalled as NSW fullback for Game 1 of the
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. He played an impressive first game (won 25–18 by
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), but unfortunately was ruled out of the second game and the third game too as his back injury was troubling him. He was replaced as the Blues custodian by
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flyer Brett Stewart. Unfortunately Mini's back injury put him on the sideline for the remainder of the 2007 season. The
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saw Mini return to the field after a re-occurrence of his back injury put him out for the back half of the 2007 season. Unfortunately, during a round 4 clash with the Canterbury Bulldogs, pain in his back returned. This severely harmed his chances of regaining his Australian fullback jersey and he was overlooked in favour of both Brett Stewart and
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fullback
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. Stewart and Slater were also the respective fullbacks for NSW and Qld at the time. In
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, Anthony played 2 games before injuring his ankle against the Canberra Raiders. He was sidelined until Round 20; by then, the Roosters were in deep trouble and staring down of their worst season since failing to win a single game in
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. Eventually, the Roosters finished last on the NRL ladder, completing a spectacular downfall from the first half of the decade in which the Sydney Roosters were dominant, but had only one NRL Premiership to show for it.


2010s

In the
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, Minichiello returned to the field injury-free for the first time since 2005. As part of the Roosters "clean out", he was moved from fullback to the wing to make way for new recruit Todd Carney. He settled well in this position and was selected to play in the 2010 City v Country Origin match on 7 May 2010. Due to Minichiello's good form, he and his manager cleared all rumours of a possible move to the
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, and signed a one-year deal with the Roosters with a possible one-year extension on top of that. On 23 August 2010, Minichiello broke the 100 try barrier against the
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in Round 24. Minichiello was rested from the Roosters' final two regular season matches with a
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injury, however he returned to full fitness for the 2010 NRL finals series. The Roosters advanced to the Grand Final, were beaten 32–8 by the Wayne Bennett coached
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in a disappointing end to what was otherwise a massive improvement from the previous year. By Round 8 of the 2010 season, Mini had been moved back to fullback by coach Brian Smith, with Carney moving to his preferred position of . Other than playing on the wing in rounds 12 and 13, Mini would remain at fullback for the rest of the year. For his part, Carney would go on to win the
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as the NRL Player of the Year, the first Roosters player to do so since Gary Freeman in
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. In 2011 he was announced as a member of the Italian side that will compete in the 2013 World Cup qualifying. After consistent form in a struggling Roosters side, Minichiello received an Origin call-up for Game 2 of the
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. This occurred after the incumbent Blues fullback,
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, succumbed to an ankle injury the day the side was named. Minichiello's experience in the young Blues backline proved valuable as he scored the match-winner for New South Wales after Five-eight
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dazzled the Queensland defence. The Blues won 18–8, largely due to the experienced combination of Minichiello and Ricky Stuart, who was back coaching New South Wales after five years out of the side. In Round 16 of the NRL season, he scored his 105th try against the
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, making him the all-time leading try-scorer for the Roosters, breaking the record of 104 previously held by
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(1968–78). At the end of the 2011 NRL season, Minichiello captained Italy to a 19-all draw with
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that was enough for them to gain the 14th and final place in the 2013 World Cup. On 4 May 2012, Minichiello agreed to a new one-year deal keeping him with the Roosters until the end of 2013, despite being told at the start of the season that he would not be re-signed. Minichello went on to captain the Roosters in 2013 and to the
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victory, becoming the first fullback to captain his team to a grand final victory since Frank 'Skinny' McMillan in 1934. At the end of the 2013 NRL season, Minichiello captained
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in the 2013 World Cup. Italy would finish their campaign in the Group Stage after they beat Wales, drew with Scotland and lost to Tonga. On 4 August Minichiello announced his official retirement from the game as a one club man. In his final outing for the club, Minichiello broke former team-mate
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's record for most matches with the Roosters. The record, which had stood for twelve years, was 301, with Minichiello captaining the Roosters with a stellar two-try performance for game #302 in his side's 32–22 Grand Final Qualifier defeat by the Rabbitohs, His record was surpassed by
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(306) in 2020.


Honours

Individual * 2004:
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Fullback of the Year * 2004:
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( Tri-Nations) * 2005:
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Rugby League World International Player of the Year * 2005:
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( Tri-Nations) * 2005: RLIF Back of the Year Award * 2005:
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(
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) * 2007:
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Team of the Century (Fullback) Team * 2000 NRL Grand Final: Runners-up *
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: Premiers * 2003 World Club Challenge: Champions * 2003 NRL Grand Final: Runners-up * 2004 NRL Minor Premiers * 2004 NRL Grand Final: Runners-up *
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: Runners-up * 2013 NRL Minor Premiers *
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: Premiers * 2014 World Club Challenge: Champions * 2014 NRL Minor Premiers


Statistics


Personal life

Formerly a gymnast, Minichiello was a finalist in the Sexiest Man in League contest for 2006, where he finished sixth with 7% of the vote. He was crowned the NRL's Most Wanted on '' The Footy Show'' in 2003, and with his brother
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(who is currently playing for Hull FC, in the
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), posed for ''
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'' magazine's '' Lonsdale Boys with Balls '06'' feature. He is the elder brother of
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. Both players are of
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descent. His nickname is "The Count" as he has been noted to bear a resemblance to The Count from ''
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''. He is also known as "Mini". On 22 January 2012, Anthony Minichiello wed Australian shoe-designer, Terry Biviano, in one of the most lavish ceremonies held at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. Biviano starred in the first season of ''
WAG Nation ''WAG Nation'' is an Australian reality series that was aired on Arena, a subscription television channel. The series follows the lives of five women described as "WAGs", wives and girlfriends of Australian sportsmen. The first season of ''WAG ...
'', a reality show that documents the lives of five wives/girlfriends of Australian sportsmen. As of 2012, Anthony has been a regular contributor to entertainment and lifestyle website Live4. On 2 December 2013, Anthony's wife Terry Biviano gave birth to their first child, a girl named Azura Trésor.


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