Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson scores Waverley home windfall

Sydney Roosters head coach Trent Robinson and wife Sandra scored $2.51 million when their Waverley home went to auction yesterday.

Phillips Pantzer Donnelley agent Debbie Donnelley had been marketing the home with a price guide of $2.3 million.

But keen interest from five bidders saw auctioneer Damien Cooley knock it down to the last bidding entrant, a young first-home buyer couple who bid up from their $2,485,000 initial offer.

The Robinsons intend to trade up in the eastern suburbs, looking to move closer to the beach.

The Waverley home was bought for $1,815,000 in 2014, a year after Robinson took the top job at the club.

Bordering Clovelly, the two-level, three-bedroom home on 210 square metres has two living areas separated by a new kitchen.

Robinson met Sandra, from the French village of Montrabe, while coaching with Toulouse and Catalans. They returned to Australia in 2013.

This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph.