2012 Newcastle Knights season

The 2012 Newcastle Knights season was the 25th in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Kurt Gidley, they competed in the NRL's 2012 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 12th (out of 16).

NRL Rank12th

2012 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14

Points scoredFor: 448; against: 488

CEOMatthew Gidley

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2012 Newcastle Knights season

NRL Rank

12th

2012 record

Wins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14

Points scored

For: 448; against: 488

Team information

CEO

Matthew Gidley

Coach

Wayne Bennett

Captain

Kurt Gidley

Stadium

Hunter Stadium

attendance

20,919

High attendance

29,482

Top scorers

Tries

Akuila Uate (18)

Goals

Tyrone Roberts (40)

Points

Tyrone Roberts (92)

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Milestones

Round 1: Darius Boyd made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
Round 1: Adam Cuthbertson made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
Round 1: Alex McKinnon made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
Round 3: Matt Hilder kicked his 1st goal for the club.
Round 4: Alex McKinnon scored his 1st try for the club.
Round 4: Timana Tahu played his 100th game for the club.
Round 6: Tyrone Roberts kicked his 1st career goal.
Round 8: Kurt Gidley scored his 1000th point for the club, which was also his 1000th career point.
Round 8: Willie Mason made his debut for the club, after previously playing for RC Toulonnais.
Round 10: Chris Adams made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 10: James McManus played his 100th game for the club, which was also his 100th career game.
Round 12: Tyrone Roberts scored his 1st career try.
Round 13: Chris Houston played his 100th career game.
Round 14: Dane Gagai made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Brisbane Broncos and scored his 1st try for the club.
Round 14: Willie Mason scored his 1st try for the club.
Round 17: Kevin Naiqama scored his 1st career try.
Round 18: Kyle O'Donnell made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 19: Robbie Rochow made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Melbourne Storm.
Round 19: Zeb Taia played his 100th career game.
Round 21: Darius Boyd scored his 1st try for the club.
Round 21: Robbie Rochow scored his 1st career try.
Round 25: Timana Tahu scored his 88th try for the club, breaking Adam MacDougall's record of 87 tries as the highest ever try-scorer for the Knights.
Round 25: Zeb Taia played his 100th game for the club.
Round 26: Neville Costigan played his 150th career game.

Squad

More information Extended squad players, Coaching staff ...

Newcastle Knights
2012 NRL premiership squad						Extended squad players		Coaching staff
103 Danny Buderus (vc) – HK 128 Timana Tahu – CE 143 Kurt Gidley (c) – FE, HB (gk) 172 Kade Snowden – PR 179 Jarrod Mullen – FE, HB 186 James McManus – WG 198 Zeb Taia – SR, PR 200 Richard Fa'aoso – PR (mid-season loss) 201 Matt Hilder – HK, FE (gk) 202 Chris Houston (vc) – SR 203 Wes Naiqama – CE (gk) 208 Junior Sa'u – CE 209 Akuila Uate – WG		217 Evarn Tuimavave – PR 218 Joel Edwards – SR, LK 220 Kevin Naiqama – WG, FB 221 Neville Costigan – LK, HK 223 Tyrone Roberts – HB, FB (gk) 225 Marvin Filipo – LK 226 Peter Mata'utia – FB 227 Ryan Stig – FE, HB 228 Zane Tetevano – PR 229 Siuatonga Likiliki – CE 230 Darius Boyd – FB 231 Adam Cuthbertson – PR, LK 232 Alex McKinnon – LK, SR, CE		233 Willie Mason – PR 234 Chris Adams – HK 235 Dane Gagai – CE 236 Kyle O'Donnell – PR 237 Robbie Rochow – PR, SR 000 Sam Anderson – PR 000 Ethan Cook – LK 000 Rodney Mason – PR 000 Warren Schillings – LK 000 Korbin Sims – PR 000 Mark Wade – SR (mid-season loss)		Adrian Davis – HB Albert Kelly – FE (mid-season termination) Daine Laurie – PR Lorenzo Ma'afu – SR (mid-season loss) Chanel Mata'utia – WG Maipele Morseau – FB Tyler Randell – LK Chad Redman – HK Simione Sawene – PR Will Smith – FE Watisoni Votu – WG (pre-season loss)		Head coach Wayne Bennett Assistant coaches Rick Stone Rip Taylor - NSW Cup coach Mick Crawley - NYC coach Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (gk) Goal kicker Updated: 31 December 2012 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profile, Rugby League Project

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Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

More information Player/Coach, Previous club ...

Player/Coach	Previous club	Length
Wayne Bennett (head coach)	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2015
Darius Boyd	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2015
Danny Buderus	Leeds Rhinos	2012
Mick Crawley (assistant coach & NYC coach)	North Queensland Cowboys	2014
Adam Cuthbertson	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2014
Dane Gagai	Brisbane Broncos	2014
Albert Kelly	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2012
Daine Laurie	Macquarie Scorpions	2012
Lorenzo Ma'afu	Ipswich Jets	Train and trial
Willie Mason	RC Toulonnais	2012
Alex McKinnon	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2014
Robbie Rochow	Melbourne Storm	2012
Simione Sawene	Fiji under-20s Rugby Union team	2012
Kade Snowden	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2015
Timana Tahu	Penrith Panthers	2013
Watisoni Votu	Vuda Blues	Train and trial
Mark Wade	Merewether Carlton Rugby Club	2012

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Losses

More information Player/Coach, Club ...

Player/Coach	Club
Josh Ailaomai	Sydney Roosters
Garth Brennan (NYC coach)	Penrith Panthers
Cameron Ciraldo	Penrith Panthers
Isaac De Gois	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Andrew Dunemann (assistant coach)	Canberra Raiders
Beau Henry	Gold Coast Titans
Marvin Karawana	Hawke's Bay Rugby Union
Antonio Kaufusi	London Broncos
Keith Lulia	Bradford Bulls
Adam MacDougall	Retirement
Shannon McDonnell	Hull Kingston Rovers
Constantine Mika	Hull Kingston Rovers
Cory Paterson	North Queensland Cowboys
Ben Rogers	Retirement
Craig Sandercock (assistant coach)	Hull Kingston Rovers
Steve Southern	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Mark Taufua	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Daniel Tolar	Retirement
Mitch Williams	Released
Simon Williams	Western Suburbs Rosellas

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Promoted juniors

More information Player, Junior side ...

Player	Junior side
Sam Anderson	Knights National Youth Competition
Adrian Davis	Knights New South Wales Cup
Rodney Mason	Knights National Youth Competition
Chanel Mata'utia	Knights National Youth Competition
Maipele Morseau	Knights National Youth Competition
Tyler Randell	Knights National Youth Competition
Warren Schillings	Central Coast Centurions
Korbin Sims	Knights National Youth Competition
Will Smith	Knights National Youth Competition

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Change of role

More information Player/Coach, New role ...

Player/Coach	New role
Api Pewhairangi	Knights second-tier squad
Rick Stone (head coach)	Knights assistant coach

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Re-signings

More information Player/Coach, Re-signed to ...

Player/Coach	Re-signed to
Chris Adams	2013
Danny Buderus	2013
Adrian Davis	2013
Marvin Filipo	2013
Chris Houston	2014
Siuatonga Likiliki	2013
Rodney Mason	2013
Willie Mason	2014
Chanel Mata'utia	2013
Kevin Naiqama	2013
Tyler Randell	2015
Chad Redman	2013
Tyrone Roberts	2014
Robbie Rochow	2014
Korbin Sims	2013
Will Smith	2013

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Player contract situations

2012 (left)	2013	2014	2015
Sam Anderson^[1]	Chris Adams^[2]	Adam Cuthbertson^[3]	Darius Boyd^[4]
Ethan Cook^[1]	Danny Buderus^[5]	Dane Gagai^[6]	Kurt Gidley^[7]
Joel Edwards^[8]	Neville Costigan^[9]	Chris Houston^[10]	Tyler Randell^[11]
Richard Fa'aoso^[12]	Adrian Davis^[11]	Willie Mason^[13]	Kade Snowden^[14]
Albert Kelly^[15]	Marvin Filipo^[16]	Alex McKinnon^[17]
Daine Laurie^[18]	Matt Hilder^[19]	Jarrod Mullen^[20]
Lorenzo Ma'afu^[21]	Siuatonga Likiliki^[22]	Tyrone Roberts^[23]
Maipele Morseau^[24]	Rodney Mason^[25]	Robbie Rochow^[6]
Wes Naiqama^[26]	Chanel Mata'utia^[27]
Kyle O'Donnell^[28]	Peter Mata'utia^[29]
Junior Sa'u^[30]	James McManus^[31]
Simione Sawene^[32]	Kevin Naiqama^[33]
Warren Schillings^[34]	Chad Redman^[35]
Zeb Taia^[36]	Korbin Sims^[37]
Evarn Tuimavave^[38]	Will Smith^[6]
Watisoni Votu^[39]	Ryan Stig^[40]
Mark Wade^[41]	Timana Tahu^[42]
	Zane Tetevano^[43]
	Akuila Uate^[44]

Ladder

More information Pos, Team ...

2012 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	18	0	6	2	568	369	+199	40
2	Melbourne Storm (P)	24	17	0	7	2	579	361	+218	38
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	2	559	438	+121	36
4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	2	497	403	+94	36
5	North Queensland Cowboys	24	15	0	9	2	597	445	+152	34
6	Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	2	545	536	+9	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	12	1	11	2	445	441	+4	29
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	12	0	12	2	481	447	+34	28
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	11	0	13	2	405	438	-33	26
10	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	2	506	551	-45	26
11	Gold Coast Titans	24	10	0	14	2	449	477	-28	24
12	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	2	448	488	-40	24
13	Sydney Roosters	24	8	1	15	2	462	626	-164	21
14	New Zealand Warriors	24	8	0	16	2	497	609	-112	20
15	Penrith Panthers	24	8	0	16	2	409	575	-166	20
16	Parramatta Eels	24	6	0	18	2	431	674	-243	16

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Jerseys and sponsors

In 2012, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was Hunter Ports.

2012 Home Jersey	2012 Away Jersey	2012 Heritage Jersey

Fixtures

Pre-season trials

More information Date, Round ...

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 11 February	Trial 1	Penrith Panthers	Regional Sports Centre, Port Macquarie	18 – 18	J.McManus, K.Naiqama, M.Hilder	K.Gidley (2/2), T.Roberts (1/1)	6,383
Saturday, 18 February	Trial 2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Olympic Park, Muswellbrook	22 – 18	A.Uate, J.McManus, K.Snowden, T.Tahu	K.Gidley (3/4)
Legend: Win Loss Draw

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Regular season

2012 Regular season fixtures

Statistics

More information Name, Appearances ...

Name	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Points	Captain	Age
Chris Adams	3	0	0	0	0	26
Darius Boyd	22	3	0	12	0	25
Danny Buderus	22	2	0	8	17	34
Neville Costigan	23	2	0	8	0	27
Adam Cuthbertson	22	0	0	0	0	27
Joel Edwards	19	0	0	0	0	24
Richard Fa'aoso	8	2	0	8	0	28
Marvin Filipo	2	0	0	0	0	25
Dane Gagai	12	5	0	20	0	21
Kurt Gidley	5	1	14	32	5	30
Matt Hilder	10	0	1	2	0	30
Chris Houston	24	4	0	16	2	27
Willie Mason	17	1	0	4	0	32
Peter Mata'utia	1	0	0	0	0	22
Alex McKinnon	24	2	0	8	0	20
James McManus	19	10	0	40	0	26
Jarrod Mullen	24	8	0	32	0	25
Kevin Naiqama	8	7	0	28	0	23
Wes Naiqama	6	1	9	22	0	30
Kyle O'Donnell	1	0	0	0	0	22
Tyrone Roberts	18	3	40	92	0	21
Robbie Rochow	8	1	0	4	0	22
Junior Sa'u	8	2	0	8	0	25
Kade Snowden	19	0	0	0	0	26
Timana Tahu	22	7	0	28	0	32
Zeb Taia	23	1	0	4	0	28
Zane Tetevano	13	0	0	0	0	22
Evarn Tuimavave	3	0	0	0	0	28
Akuila Uate	22	18	0	72	0	25
Totals	24	80	64	448	-	Average: 26

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29 players used.

Source:^[45]

Representative honours

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2012.

Australia

Junior Kangaroos

Alex McKinnon (captain)
Korbin Sims

Junior Kiwis

Api Pewhairangi

New South Wales

Akuila Uate

New South Wales Country

New South Wales Residents

New South Wales under-16s

New South Wales under-20s

NRL All Stars

Wayne Bennett (coach)
Kade Snowden

Prime Minister's XIII

Queensland

Darius Boyd

Queensland under-20s

Kurt Mann

Individual honours

Teams and squads

National Youth Competition (NYC) Team of the Year

Korbin Sims

New South Wales Cup Team of the Year

Dally M awards

Dally M Winger of the Year

Akuila Uate

Newcastle Knights awards

Player of the Year

National Rugby League (NRL) Player of the Year: Chris Houston
National Youth Competition (NYC) Player of the Year: Adam Clydsdale

Players' Player

National Rugby League (NRL) Players' Player: Danny Buderus
National Youth Competition (NYC) Players' Player: Adam Clydsdale

2012 Newcastle Knights season

Milestones

Squad

Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

Losses

Promoted juniors

Change of role

Re-signings

Player contract situations

Ladder

Jerseys and sponsors

Fixtures

Pre-season trials

Regular season

Statistics

Representative honours

Individual honours

Teams and squads

Dally M awards

Newcastle Knights awards

Player of the Year

Players' Player

References

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