Sydney Roosters
Fletcher's junior club was the Paddington Colts. He started his top-level career at the Sydney Roosters in the second row in 1997. Fletcher was called up to the Kangaroo's squad in 1999 despite only 24 first grade appearances in the NRL. Over the years Fletcher would gain 8 caps for the Australian national side and also play 14 games for NSW in the State of Origin matches.
One of the highlights of Fletcher's Sydney Roosters career was his appearance at second-row forward in the 2000 NRL Grand Final, their first in 20 years. He also helped Australia inflict a humiliating defeat on the New Zealand national team 52–0 as well as a 3–0 whitewash of Queensland in the State of Origin series.
Fletcher achieved even more success in the 2002 season. He played for the Roosters from the interchange bench in theiir 2002 NRL Grand Final over the New Zealand Warriors It was Fletcher's final appearance for the club (making a total of 125 appearances for the red, white and blue) before moving to rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
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