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A DOZEN weeks into the competition, Roosters coach Trent Robinson was confronted with a question that would define his year: "These blokes are ready to win a premiership ... but am I?"
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Standing in a jubilant Roosters dressing room around 11 o'clock Sunday night - drenched in the type of Gatorade shower that confirmed, yes, he was ready - Robinson spoke about the oddity that is winning an NRL premiership in your debut season.
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Remembering that Brian Smith, the man he replaced only 12 months ago, had gone his entire career without enjoying a moment this unassuming forward with four NRL games, a coach still only 36 for goodness sake, is soaking up right now.
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And when asked the secret, Robinson takes you way back to round 12, to an afternoon where he gathered his staffers and told them, quite simply, they had a team ready to win an NRL premiership.
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"So we knew,'' he recalled, "that we would have to coach well."
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And they did. Despite an the ongoing circus surrounding Sonny Bill Williams, despite the ASADA headlines striking his club, his players, even his brother Dean, Robinson ensuring they persevered just like when he played with a pair of the worst knees God ever cobbled onto an athlete.
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So how does it feel?
"It's not relief because we knew we were ready,'' the coach conceded afterwards. "But it's hard to describe because, a game like that, you dream about it for so long and then someone comes along and says, 'You've won a competition.'
"It's hard to put into words. And there's so many people who put in so much effort. To try to put it all down to a couple of players, or to coaches ... so many people have worked hard, not just this year but over the past few years to get us here."
Despite being gifted a superstar roster that included recruits Williams, Michael Jennings and James Maloney, what really defined Robinson was what he did with, say, the previously anonymous Sam Moa. Or they way he helped halfback Mitchell Pearce overcome his Origin blues.
And by bringing together a team of superstar individuals like few believed he could.
"We copped a bit of a bagging for some of our recruitment,'' Robinson continued. "That star factor, people thought it would take over this side.
"But it didn't matter if it was one of our big signings or a fringe player, everyone bought into the team being most important. People didn't see that for a while.
"I know we're seen as the wealthy club, the high flyers but this win has been built on a foundation of hard work. People see the big plays but we've worked hard for each other all year."
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