2025 Newcastle Knights season

2025 Newcastle Knights season
2025 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEO	Phil Gardner
Coach	Adam O'Brien
Captain	Kalyn Ponga;
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
Avg. attendance	20,884

The 2025 Newcastle Knights season is the club's 38th season in the professional National Rugby League (NRL) football competition in Australia.

Coached by Adam O'Brien and captained by Kalyn Ponga, the club will compete in the NRL's 2025 Telstra Premiership.

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Player/Coach	Previous club	Length	Ref.
Taj Annan	Queensland Reds	2027	^[2]
Matt Arthur	Parramatta Eels	2027	^[3]
Francis Manuleleua	Penrith Panthers	2027	^[2]
James Schiller	Canberra Raiders	2027	^[4]
Tyrone Thompson	Chiefs	2025	^[5]

Player/Coach	Club	Ref.
David Armstrong	Leigh Leopards	^[6]
Jed Cartwright	Hull F.C.	^[7]
Ronald Griffiths (NSW Cup coach)	New Zealand Warriors	^[8]
Zach Herring	Featherstone Rovers	^[9]
Thomas Jenkins	Penrith Panthers	^[10]
Rory Kostjasyn (assistant coach)	Dolphins	^[11]
Krystian Mapapalangi	Western Suburbs Magpies	^[12]
Myles Martin	Canberra Raiders	^[13]
Fletcher Myers	South Sydney Rabbitohs	^[14]
Laitia Moceidreke	Released
Ryan Rivett	Toulouse Olympique	^[15]
Daniel Saifiti	Dolphins	^[16]
Enari Tuala	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	^[17]

Player	Junior side	Ref.
Wilson De Courcey	Jersey Flegg Cup	^[18]
Cody Hopwood	Jersey Flegg Cup	^[19]
Jermaine McEwen	Jersey Flegg Cup	^[19]
Connor Votano	Jersey Flegg Cup	^[19]

2025 (leaving)	2025 (off-contract)	2026	2027	2028
Leo Thompson^[20]	Jayden Brailey^[21]	Tom Cant^[22]	Taj Annan^[2]	Cody Hopwood^[19]
	Paul Bryan^[23]	Jack Cogger^[24]	Matt Arthur^[3]
	Mat Croker^[18]	Phoenix Crossland^[25]	Bradman Best^[26]
	Adam Elliott^[27]	Wilson De Courcey^[18]	Dylan Lucas^[28]
	Jackson Hastings^[29]	Tyson Frizell^[30]	Francis Manuleleua^[2]
	Jack Hetherington^[27]	Dane Gagai^[31]	Kyle McCarthy^[32]
	Brodie Jones^[33]	Tyson Gamble^[34]	Jermaine McEwen^[19]
	Riley Jones^[23]	Greg Marzhew^[35]	Kalyn Ponga^[36]
	Kai Pearce-Paul^[37]	Fletcher Sharpe^[38]	Jacob Saifiti^[39]
	Will Pryce^[37]		James Schiller^[4]
	Sebastian Su'a^[40]
	Tyrone Thompson^[5]
	Connor Votano^[19]

Round 2: 14 February 2025	Newcastle Knights	18-44	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
18:00 AEDT	Tries: Marzhew 22' Aoake 46' McCarthy 49' McEwen 58' Goals: Votano 1/3 59'	[1st: 4-22 2nd: 14-22 Report Report]	Tries: Brown 2' Tago 26' Tuilagi 29' Papalii 38' Samrani 61' Miller-Stephen 64', 77' Loizou 72' Goals: Volkman 3/4 4', 31', 39' Lynn 3/4 63', 65', 78'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,964 Referee: Belinda Sharpe

2025 Newcastle Knights season

Transfers and re-signings

Gains

Losses

Promoted juniors

Player contract situations

Pre-season

Regular season

Ladder

Results by round

Matches

NRL Women's team

Player gains and losses

Player contract situations

Results by round

Matches

References

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Round 3: 23 February 2025	Sydney Roosters	10-48	Newcastle Knights	Gosford
16:00 AEDT	Tries: Tupou 17' Smith 75' Goals: Smith 1/2 75' Sin bin: Leniu 2' to 12'	[1st: 4-36 2nd: 6-12 Report Report]	Tries: Saifiti 3', 13' Sharpe 7', 27' Brailey 33' Ponga 37' Cant 52' Votano 71' Goals: Ponga 7/1 5', 9', 13', 28', 35', 38', 54' Pryce 1/1 72'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 4,964 Referee: Peter Gough

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canberra Raiders	24	19	0	5	3	654	506	+148	44	Advance to finals series
2	Melbourne Storm	24	17	0	7	3	671	459	+212	40
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	16	0	8	3	534	414	+120	38
4	Brisbane Broncos (P)	24	15	0	9	3	680	508	+172	36
5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	15	0	9	3	599	490	+109	36
6	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	0	10	3	517	496	+21	34
7	Penrith Panthers	24	13	1	10	3	576	469	+107	33
8	Sydney Roosters	24	13	0	11	3	653	521	+132	32
9	Dolphins	24	12	0	12	3	721	596	+125	30
10	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	12	0	12	3	555	534	+21	30
11	Parramatta Eels	24	10	0	14	3	502	578	−76	26
12	North Queensland Cowboys	24	9	1	14	3	538	684	−146	25
13	Wests Tigers	24	9	0	15	3	477	612	−135	24
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	9	0	15	3	427	608	−181	24
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	8	0	16	3	498	628	−130	22
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	6	0	18	3	520	719	−199	18
17	Newcastle Knights	24	6	0	18	3	338	638	−300	18

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	A	–	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	–	H	H	A	–	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	L	B	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	B	L	L	L	B	L	L	L	L	L
Position	7	4	10	8	9	12	14	15	12	14	15	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	15	16	16	16	17
Points	2	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18

Round 1: 7 March 2025	Wests Tigers	8–10	Newcastle Knights	Campbelltown
18:00 AEDT	Tries: Skelton 6' Goals: Doueihi 2/2 7', 28 pen'	1st: 8–0 2nd: 0–10 Report	Tries: Sharpe 51' Marzhew 66' Goals: Ponga 1/2 52'	Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Attendance: 13,160 Referee: Liam Kennedy

Round 2: 13 March 2025	Newcastle Knights	26–12	Dolphins	Newcastle
20:00 AEDT	Tries: Schiller 9', 13' Best 19' Gagai 27' Lucas 44' Goals: Ponga 3/5 11', 29', 45' Sin bin: Pearce-Paul 68' to 78'	1st: 20–6 2nd: 6–6 Report	Tries: Nicholls 32' Katoa 66' Goals: Isaako 2/2 33', 67'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 18,531 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 3: 22 March 2025	Gold Coast Titans	26–6	Newcastle Knights	Gold Coast
18:35 AEST	Tries: S. Fifita 16' Campbell 32' Fermor 54' D. Fifita 67' Goals: Campbell 5/6 17', 39 pen', 46 pen', 56', 69'	1st: 12–0 2nd: 14–6 Report	Tries: Best 74' Goals: Ponga 1/1 75'	Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium Attendance: 14,602 Referee: Liam Kennedy

Round 5: 6 April 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	20–0	Newcastle Knights	Sydney Olympic Park
18:15 AEST	Tries: Curran 41' Todd 45' Mann 70' Goals: Crichton 4/4 3 pen', 43', 47', 71'	1st: 2–0 2nd: 18–0 Report	Sin bin: Crossland 45' to 55'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 24,113 Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 6: 13 April 2025	Newcastle Knights	4–20	Wests Tigers	Newcastle
16:05 AEST	Tries: Sharpe 79' Sin bin: Gagai 52' to 62'	1st: 0–14 2nd: 4–6 Report	Tries: Turuva 18' To'a 27' Bula 32' Doueihi 32' Goals: Doueihi 2/5 34', 53 pen' Sin bin: To'a 52' to 62'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 25,960 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 7: 20 April 2025	Newcastle Knights	14–34	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Newcastle
16:05 AEST	Tries: Marzhew 30' Sharpe 70' Schiller 78' Goals: Ponga 1/3 71' Sin bin: Schiller 44' to 54'	1st: 4–16 2nd: 10–18 Report	Tries: Kaufusi 11' Fonua-Blake 16' Stonestreet 21', 46' Kennedy 49' Hiroti 73' Goals: Hynes 5/6 13', 18', 47', 50', 75'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 24,248 Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 8: 25 April 2025	New Zealand Warriors	26–12	Newcastle Knights	Christchurch
18:05 AEST	Tries: Pompey 8', 71' Ford 28', 35' Egan 71' Goals: Metcalf 2/4 10', 36' Tuaupiki 1/1 72' Sin bin: Niukore 1' to 11'	1st: 16–0 2nd: 10–12 Report	Tries: Schiller 49' Jones 76' Goals: Ponga 2/2 50', 70' Sin bin: Thompson 4' to 14'	Stadium: Apollo Projects Stadium Attendance: 17,095 Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Player gains
Player/Coach	Previous club	Length	Source
Tiana Davison	Sydney Roosters	2027	^[44]
Mercedez Taulelei-Siala	Tweed Heads Seagulls	2025	^[45]
Botille Vette-Welsh	Wests Tigers	2027	^[46]

Round 9: 3 May 2025	South Sydney Rabbitohs	4–30	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane
15:00 AEST	Tries: Tass 65'	1st: 0–18 2nd: 4–12 Report	Tries: Sharpe 4', 8', 60' Cogger 12' Best 36' Goals: Ponga 5/5 6', 10', 13', 47', 62'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 39,682 Referee: Liam Kennedy

Round 10: 9 May 2025	Newcastle Knights	20–24	Gold Coast Titans	Newcastle
18:00 AEST	Tries: Lucas 15' Sharpe 23' Croker 27' Goals: Ponga 4/4 3 pen', 17', 24', 28'	1st: 20–6 2nd: 0–18 Report	Tries: Sami 34', 46' Brimson 65', 77' Goals: Campbell 4/4 , 35', 48', 66', 77'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 15,193 Referee: Belinda Sharpe

Round 11: 16 May 2025	Newcastle Knights	6–28	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
18:00 AEST	Tries: Schiller 74' Goals: Ponga 74' Sin bin: Pearce-Paul 61' to 71'	1st: 0–10 2nd: 6–18 Report	Tries: Moses 10' Lomax 14', 55' Brown 63' Samrani 66' Goals: Zac Lomax 4/6 11', 56', 62 pen', 65'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Referee: Todd Smith

Round 12: 24 May 2025	Penrith Panthers	6–25	Newcastle Knights	Bathurst
17:30 AEST	Tries: Hasset 57' Goals: Alamoti 1/1 59' Sin bin: Henry 22' to 32'	1st: 0–24 2nd: 6–1 Report	Tries: Sharpe 4' Lucas 9', 11', 23' Goals: Gagai 4/4 5', 10', 13', 25' Drop goals: Cogger 1/1 74'	Stadium: Carrington Park Referee: Belinda Sharpe

Round 13: 30 May 2025	St. George Illawarra Dragons	20–6	Newcastle Knights	Kogarah
20:00 AEST	Tries: Jaydn Su'A 20' Clinton Gutherson 24' Loko Pasifiki Tonga 36' Goals: Valentine Holmes 4/4 22', 26', 38', pen 62'	1st: 18–0 2nd: 2–6 Report	Tries: Kai Pearce-Paul 69' Goals: Dane Gagai 1/1 70'	Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 10,411 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 14: 5 June 2025	Newcastle Knights	26–22 (g.p.)	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Newcastle
19:50 AEST	Tries: Fletcher Sharpe 45', 74' Fletcher Hunt 53' James Schiller 61' Kalyn Ponga 81' Goals: Dane Gagai 3/4 46', 55', 75'	1st: 0–16 2nd: 22–8 ET1: 4–0 Report	Tries: Toluta'u Koula 12' Toafofoa Sipley 26' Haumole Olakau'atu 33' Tommy Talau 67' Goals: Reuben Garrick 3/4 14', 28', 68'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Round 15: 14 June 2025	Newcastle Knights	8–12	Sydney Roosters	Newcastle
17:30 AEST	Tries: McCarthy 3' Goals: Gagai 2/2 5', pen 56'	1st: 6–0 2nd: 2–12 Report	Tries: Foketi 60' Wong 70' Goals: Smith 2/2 61', 71'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 24,849 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 16: 21 June 2025	Dolphins	20–26	Newcastle Knights	Perth
17:30 AEST	Tries: Nikorima 10' Lemuelu 31' Isaako 53' Tabuai-Fidow 59' Goals: Isaako 2/4 32', 61'	1st: 10–16 2nd: 10–10 Report	Tries: Sharpe 4' Best 18', 63' Young 24' Jones 78' Goals: Gagai 3/5 5', 19', 79' Sin bin: Gagai 50' to 60'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 10,077 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 17: 27 June 2025	Newcastle Knights	18–22	Canberra Raiders	Newcastle
20:00 AEST	Tries: Schiller 49', 74' McEwen 64' Goals: Ponga 1/1 51' Gagai 2/2 66', 75'	1st: 0–16 2nd: 18–6 Report	Tries: Sasagi 15' Weekes 23' Strange 27' Stuart 57' Goals: Fogarty 3/4 25', 29', 59'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Referee: Peter Gough

Round 19: 12 July 2025	Newcastle Knights	14–32	Melbourne Storm	Newcastle
15:00 AEST	Tries: Young 11', 27' Hunt 70' Goals: Hastings 1/3 71'	1st: 8–6 2nd: 6–26 Report	Tries: Katoa 38', 75' Loiero 43', 58' Bradley 47', 61' Goals: Meaney 3/5 9 pen.', 45', 59' Pezet 1/1 76'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 21,017 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 20: 20 July 2025	Newcastle Knights	15–20	New Zealand Warriors	Newcastle
16:05 AEST	Tries: Hunt 21' Gagai 25' Marzhew 30' Goals: Hastings 0/2 Gagai 1/2 56 pen' Field goals: Cogger 74'	1st: 12–6 2nd: 3–14 Report	Tries: Pompey 7' Vaimauga 49' Halasima 80' Goals: Boyd 4/4 8', 50', 67 pen', 80'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 21,117 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 21: 27 July 2025	Canberra Raiders	44–18	Newcastle Knights	Canberra
14:00 AEST	Tries: Weekes 9' Sasagi 24' Savage 37' Starling 46' Timoko 53', 72' Martin 66' Goals: Fogarty 8/8 10', 25', 39', 47', 55', 57pen', 68', 73'	1st: 18–18 2nd: 26–0 Report	Tries: Kai Pearce-Paul 17' Marzhew 34' Hunt 30' Goals: Gagai 3/3 19', 35', 40'	Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 11,068 Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Round 23: 8 August 2025	Newcastle Knights	12–48	Penrith Panthers	Newcastle
18:00 AEST	Tries: Croker 51' McEwen 56' Goals: Cogger 52', 57'	1st: 0–26 2nd: 12–22 Report	Tries: Garner 2' Smith 5' Henry 25' To'o 37' Jenkins 39' McLean 43', 66' Papali'i 62' Tago 72' Goals: Cleary 6/9 6', 27', 40', 44', 63', 73'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 20,197 Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Round 24: 17 August 2025	North Queensland Cowboys	38–4	Newcastle Knights	Townsville
16:05 AEST	Tries: Drinkwater 3', 71' Dearden 29' Burns 31' Purdue 46' Nanai 66' Goals: Drinkwater 6/6 5', 29', 33', 47', 67', 72' Sin bin: Robson 18' to 28'	1st: 20–0 2nd: 18–4 Report	Tries: Young 53'	Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium Attendance: 16,640 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 25: 24 August 2025	Newcastle Knights	12–46	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle
18:00 AEST	Tries: Thompson 32' Best 54' Goals: Cogger 33', 55'	1st: 6–14 2nd: 6–32 Report	Tries: Staggs 2' Karapani 7' Hetherington 26' Mariner 44', 73' Haas 59' Walsh 66' Shibasaki 68' Riki 76' Goals: Walsh 3/6 28', 45', 60' Smoothy 1/1 67' 1/2 Hunt 77'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: Todd Smith Referee: 25,813

Round 26: 31 August 2025	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	40–16	Newcastle Knights	Cronulla
14:00 AEST	Tries: Fonua-Blake 25' Mulitalo 30', 42', 71' Talakai 39' Hiroti 61' Hamlin-Uele 79' Goals: Hynes 6/7 26', 32', 40', 44', 72', 79'	1st: 18–10 2nd: 22–6 Report	Tries: Hunt 4' Marzhew 16' Salesa-Leaumoana 77' Goals: Cogger 2/3 5', 77'	Stadium: Sharks Stadium Attendance: 12,234 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 27: 7 September 2025	Parramatta Eels	66–10	Newcastle Knights	Parramatta
16:05 AEST	Tries: Brown 1' Moses 4', 16', 35' Smith 20' Doorey 32' Addo-Carr 43', 46', 72' Paulo 48' Da Silva 75' Penisini 78' Goals: Lomax 8/10 3', 18', 21', 34', 36', 47', 50', 73' Brown 1/2 79'	1st: 34–4 2nd: 32–6 Report	Tries: McEwen 27' Marzhew 55' Goals: Gagai 1/2 57'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 23,359 Referee: Wyatt Raymond

2025	2026	2027
Leilani Ahsam^[54]	Fane Finau^[55]	Tiana Davison^[44]
Yasmin Clydsdale^[56]	Olivia Higgins^[57]	Evie Jones^[58]
Sheridan Gallagher^[59]	Simone Karpani^[57]	Evah McEwen^[60]
Grace Kukutai^[44]	Jules Kirkpatrick^[61]	Georgia Roche^[62]
Leah Ollerton^[57]	Joeli Morris^[44]	Hannah Southwell^[63]
Shanice Parker^[54]	Tayla Predebon^[58]	Jesse Southwell^[63]
Mercedez Taulelei-Siala^[45]	Kayla Romaniuk^[58]	Botille Vette-Welsh^[46]
Viena Tinao^[57]	Tenika Willison^[64]
Isabella Waterman^[57]
Lilly-Ann White^[57]

Round 1: 4 July 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26-12	Newcastle Knights	Sydney Olympic Park
17:40 AEST	Tries: Courtenay 29', 51' Quinlan 33', 63' Teakaraanga-Katoa 48' Goals: Preston 3/5 34', 50', 52'	1st: 10-6 2nd: 16-6 [Report Report]	Tries: Roche 15' Vette-Welsh 54' Goals: Southwell 17', 55'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

Round 2: 12 July 2025	North Queensland Cowboys	6-26	Newcastle Knights	Townsville
17:15 AEST	Tries: Alisha Foord 68' Goals: Kirra Dibb 1/1 68'	1st: 0-14 2nd: 6-12 [Report Report]	Tries: Shanice Parker 14' Gallagher 31' Predebon 41' Higgins 61' Goals: Southwell 16', 29pen', 32', 42', 62'	Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium Attendance: 7,286 Referee: Liam Kennedy