2024 Newcastle Knights season

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The 2024 Newcastle Knights season is the 37th in the club's history. Coached by Adam O'Brien and captained by Kalyn Ponga, they compete in the NRL's 2024 Telstra Premiership.

Squad

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2024 NRL top 30 squad						Development list		Coaching staff
235 Dane Gagai (vc) – CE (gk) 268 Daniel Saifiti – PR 269 Jacob Saifiti – PR 275 Jack Cogger – HB 296 Kalyn Ponga (c) – FB (gk) 310 Phoenix Crossland – HK 311 Bradman Best – CE 313 Jayden Brailey (vc) – HK 315 Enari Tuala – WG 318 Brodie Jones – SR		321 Tyson Frizell (vc) – SR 327 Mat Croker – PR 331 Leo Thompson – PR 333 Krystian Mapapalangi – CE 335 Adam Elliott – LK 336 Jackson Hastings – HB (gk) 337 Jack Hetherington – PR 339 Tyson Gamble – FE 340 Dylan Lucas – SR 341 Ryan Rivett – FE (pre-season loss)		343 Greg Marzhew – WG 345 Riley Jones – HK 346 Kai Pearce-Paul – SR 347 Jed Cartwright – SR (mid-season loss) 348 Thomas Jenkins – WG 349 David Armstrong – FB 350 Fletcher Sharpe – FB Paul Bryan – PR Myles Martin – LK Will Pryce – FE		342 Tom Cant – LK Zach Herring – HB Laitia Moceidreke – WG Fletcher Myers – CE Sebastian Su'a – PR		Head coach Adam O'Brien Assistant coaches Rory Kostjasyn Brian McDermott Ronald Griffiths - NSW Cup coach Michael Dobson - Jersey Flegg Cup coach Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 6 February 2024 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles, Rugby League Project

Transfers and re-signings

Gains

Player/Coach	Previous club	Length	Source
Jed Cartwright	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2025	[1]
Jack Cogger	Penrith Panthers	2026	[2]
Zach Herring	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2024	[3]
Thomas Jenkins	Penrith Panthers	2025	[4]
Fletcher Myers	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2024	[5]
Kai Pearce-Paul	Wigan Warriors	2025	[6]
Will Pryce	Huddersfield Giants	2025	[6]

Losses

Player/Coach	Club	Source
Dane Aukafolau	Northern Pride RLFC	[7]
Fa'amanu Brown	Hull F.C.	[8]
Jed Cartwright	Hull F.C.	[9]
Adam Clune	Huddersfield Giants	[10]
Lachlan Fitzgibbon	Warrington Wolves	[11]
Tony Gleeson (Jersey Flegg Cup coach)	Released	[12]
Bailey Hodgson	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	[13]
Hymel Hunt	Released	[14]
Jack Johns	Released	[14]
Oryn Keeley	Dolphins	[15]
David Klemmer	Wests Tigers	[16]
Kurt Mann	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	[17]
Lachie Miller	Leeds Rhinos	[18]
Michael Monaghan (NSW Cup coach)	Gold Coast Titans	[19]
Chris Randall	Gold Coast Titans	[20]
Ryan Rivett	Toulouse Olympique	[21]
Kobe Rugless	Blacktown Workers	[22]
Simi Sasagi	Canberra Raiders	[23]
Ben Talty	North Sydney Bears	[24]
Tevita Toloi	Released	[25]
Chris Vea'ila	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	[26]
Dom Young	Sydney Roosters	[27]

Promoted juniors

Player	Junior side	Source
Paul Bryan	Jersey Flegg Cup	[3]
Laitia Moceidreke	NSW Cup	[28]
Fletcher Sharpe	Jersey Flegg Cup	[3]
Sebastian Su'a	NSW Cup	[3]

Re-signings

Player/Coach	Re-signed to	Source
Bradman Best	2027	[29]
Dane Gagai	2026	[30]
Adam O'Brien (head coach)	2027	[31]
Jacob Saifiti	2027	[32]
Fletcher Sharpe	2026	[28]

Change of role

Player/Coach	New role	Source
Michael Dobson (Head of Pathways)	Jersey Flegg Cup coach	[12]
Ronald Griffiths (NRLW coach)	NSW Cup coach	[12]

Player contract situations

2024 (leaving)	2024 (off-contract)	2025	2026	2027
Jed Cartwright[9]	David Armstrong[3]	Jayden Brailey[33]	Jack Cogger[2]	Bradman Best[29]
Myles Martin[34]	Paul Bryan[3]	Adam Elliott[35]	Phoenix Crossland[36]	Kalyn Ponga[37]
Ryan Rivett[21]	Tom Cant[3]	Jackson Hastings[38]	Tyson Frizell[39]	Jacob Saifiti[32]
	Mat Croker[40]	Jack Hetherington[35]	Dane Gagai[30]
	Tyson Gamble[41]	Thomas Jenkins[4]	Greg Marzhew[42]
	Zach Herring[3]	Riley Jones[3]	Daniel Saifiti[43]
	Brodie Jones[3]	Dylan Lucas[44]	Fletcher Sharpe[28]
	Krystian Mapapalangi[3]	Kai Pearce-Paul[6]
	Laitia Moceidreke[28]	Will Pryce[6]
	Fletcher Myers[5]	Sebastian Su'a[3]
	Enari Tuala[44]	Leo Thompson[45]

Fixtures

Pre-season trials

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Conversions	Attendance
Saturday, 17 February	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Industree Group Stadium	44–18	D.Armstrong (2), D.Lucas (2), K.McCarthy, R.Jones, J.Cogger, W.Pryce	J.Cogger (3/3), W.Pryce (2/4), T.Gamble (1/1)	7,952
Saturday, 24 February	Melbourne Storm	Churchill Park	10-28	E.Tuala, B.Best	K.Ponga (1/2)	5,218
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Source:^[46]

Regular season

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Storm	12	9	0	3	2	316	233	+83	22	Advance to finals series
2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14	10	0	4	1	354	276	+78	22
3	Penrith Panthers	13	9	0	4	1	310	200	+110	20
4	Dolphins	13	8	0	5	2	341	275	+66	20
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	13	7	0	6	2	292	211	+81	18
6	Canberra Raiders	13	7	0	6	2	272	327	−55	18
7	Sydney Roosters	13	7	0	6	1	386	253	+133	16
8	Brisbane Broncos	14	7	0	7	1	335	298	+37	16
9	North Queensland Cowboys	15	8	0	7	0	381	389	−8	16
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	13	7	0	6	1	282	316	−34	16
11	New Zealand Warriors	13	6	1	6	1	282	255	+27	15
12	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	13	6	1	6	1	321	295	+26	15
13	Newcastle Knights	13	6	0	7	1	230	277	−47	14
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	13	4	0	9	2	272	398	−126	12
15	Parramatta Eels	13	4	0	9	1	265	376	−111	10
16	Wests Tigers	13	3	0	10	2	205	334	−129	10
17	Gold Coast Titans	13	3	0	10	2	239	370	−131	10

Result by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 13 November 2023.^[47]

Round 1: 7 March 2024	Newcastle Knights	12–28	Canberra Raiders	Newcastle
20:00 AEDT	Tries: Frizell  30' Hastings  76' Goals: Ponga 2/2  32', 76'	Report	Tries: Hosking  25' Levi  47' Savage  63' Rapana  69' Young  79' Goals: Fogarty 4/6  15 pen', 26', 48', 79' Sin bin: Young 24' to 34'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 22,378 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 2: 16 March 2024	North Queensland Cowboys	21–20 (g.p.)	Newcastle Knights	Townsville
17:30 AEST	Tries: Townsend  41' Feldt  44' Dearden  60' Nanai  76' Goals: Holmes 2/4  43', 61' Field goals: Townsend  81'	Report	Tries: Elliott  18', 36' Marzhew  48' Goals: Ponga 4/4  19', 37', 49', 53 pen'	Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium Attendance: 18,986 Referee: Adam Gee

Round 3: 24 March 2024	Newcastle Knights	14–12	Melbourne Storm	Newcastle
18:15 AEDT	Tries: Gagai  23' Tuala  28' Goals: Ponga 3/3  25', 29', 37 pen'	Report	Tries: Papenhuyzen  48' Wishart  75' Goals: Meaney 2/2  50', 75'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 21,889 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 4: 31 March 2024	New Zealand Warriors	20–12	Newcastle Knights	Auckland
18:05 NZDT	Tries: Ford  15' Harris-Tavita  18' Montoya  43' Goals: Johnson 4/4  17', 19', 44', 71 pen'	Report	Tries: Frizell  35' Best  73' Goals: Ponga 2/2  36', 74'	Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 24,112 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 5: 5 April 2024	Newcastle Knights	30–10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Newcastle
20:00 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 6: 11 April 2024	Newcastle Knights	20–22	Sydney Roosters	Newcastle
19:50 AEST	Tries: Hastings  5' Best  37' Elliott  76' Goals: Ponga 4/4  6', 13 pen', 38', 76'	Report	Tries: Tupou  16', 64' Radley  22' Br. Smith  31' Goals: Sua'ali'i 3/4  24', 33', 65'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 21,940 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 7: 21 April 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	36–12	Newcastle Knights	Sydney Olympic Park
14:00 AEST	Tries: Hughes  4' Kiraz  21' Xerri  34' Hayward  48' Addo-Carr  58' Crichton  71' Goals: Burton 6/6  6', 23', 35', 50', 59', 73' Sin bin: Mahoney 76' to 80'	Report	Tries: Lucas  30' Best  79' Goals: Ponga 1/1  32' Hastings 1/1  79' Sin bin: Hetherington 76' to 80'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 17,784 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 8: 28 April 2024	Dolphins	14–18	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane
14:00 AEST	Tries: Keeley  25' Isaako  77' Averillo  78' Goals: Isaako 1/3  26'	Report	Tries: Armstrong  8' Gagai  17' Gamble  47' Goals: Gagai 3/4  18', 49', 66 pen'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 18,033 Referee: Liam Kennedy

Round 9: 5 May 2024	Newcastle Knights	14–8	New Zealand Warriors	Newcastle
14:00 AEST	Tries: Gamble  10' Saifiti  62' Goals: Gagai 3/3  11', 15 pen', 64'	Report	Tries: Walker  26' Goals: Johnson 2/2  28', 53 pen'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 16,094 Referee: Chris Butler

Round 10: 11 May 2024	Wests Tigers	14–20	Newcastle Knights	Tamworth
15:00 AEST	Tries: Papali'i  15', 52' Naden  78' Goals: Sullivan 1/3  16' Sin bin: Bula 25' to 35'	Report	Tries: Marzhew  27' Tuala  39' Armstrong  43' Best  63' Goals: Gagai 2/5  44', 65' Sin bin: Saifiti 73' to 80'	Stadium: Scully Park Attendance: 10,107 Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

Round 11: 18 May 2024	Gold Coast Titans	24–28	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane
15:00 AEST	Tries: Haas  14' Khan-Pereira  18', 36' S. Fifita  24' Kini  34' Goals: Schoupp 1/3  19' Kelly 1/2  35' Sin bin: Schoupp 30' to 40'	Report	Tries: Armstrong  4', 8', 46' Jones  50' J. Saifiti  67' Goals: Hastings 4/5  5', 48', 52', 68'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 38,154 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 13: 31 May 2024	Newcastle Knights	2–32	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle
20:00 AEST	Goals: Hastings 1/1  6 pen' Sin bin: J. Saifiti 78' to 80'	Report	Tries: Addo-Carr  14', 27' Preston  47', 67' Curran  61' Xerri  73' Goals: Sexton 4/6  16', 68', 74', 79 pen' Hayward 0/1 Sin bin: Tracey 6' to 16' Sexton 53' to 63'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 21,204 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 14: 9 June 2024	Melbourne Storm	36–28	Newcastle Knights	Melbourne
14:00 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

Round 15: 16 June 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Penrith Panthers	Newcastle
16:05 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 17: 29 June 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
17:30 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 18: 7 July 2024	Canberra Raiders	v	Newcastle Knights	Canberra
16:05 AEST				Stadium: GIO Stadium

Round 19: 14 July 2024	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	v	Newcastle Knights	Brookvale
16:05 AEST				Stadium: 4 Pines Park

Round 20: 20 July 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle
17:30 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 22: 4 August 2024	Penrith Panthers	v	Newcastle Knights	Penrith
14:00 AEST				Stadium: BlueBet Stadium

Round 23: 11 August 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Wests Tigers	Newcastle
16:05 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 24: 18 August 2024	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	v	Newcastle Knights	Cronulla
16:05 AEST				Stadium: PointsBet Stadium

Round 25: 24 August 2024	South Sydney Rabbitohs	v	Newcastle Knights	Sydney Olympic Park
19:35 AEST				Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 26: 1 September 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Gold Coast Titans	Newcastle
14:00 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 27: 8 September 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Dolphins	Newcastle
16:05 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Statistics

Name	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points	Captain	Age
David Armstrong	5	5	0	0	20	0	23
Bradman Best	11	4	0	0	16	0	23
Jayden Brailey	11	0	0	0	0	6	28
Jed Cartwright	3	0	0	0	0	0	28
Jack Cogger	9	0	0	0	0	0	27
Mat Croker	5	0	0	0	0	0	25
Phoenix Crossland	13	0	0	0	0	0	24
Adam Elliott	13	3	0	0	12	0	30
Tyson Frizell	8	2	0	0	8	2	33
Dane Gagai	11	3	10	0	32	4	33
Tyson Gamble	8	2	0	0	8	0	28
Jackson Hastings	11	3	10	0	32	0	28
Jack Hetherington	10	0	0	0	0	0	28
Thomas Jenkins	5	0	0	0	0	0	23
Brodie Jones	8	1	0	0	4	0	26
Dylan Lucas	12	4	0	0	16	0	24
Krystian Mapapalangi	1	0	0	0	0	0	22
Greg Marzhew	10	2	0	0	8	0	27
Kai Pearce-Paul	13	0	0	0	0	0	23
Kalyn Ponga	7	1	19	0	42	7	26
Daniel Saifiti	11	2	0	0	8	0	28
Jacob Saifiti	11	1	0	0	4	0	28
Fletcher Sharpe	1	1	0	0	4	0	20
Leo Thompson	12	0	0	0	0	0	24
Enari Tuala	12	4	0	0	16	0	26
Totals	13	38	39	0	230	–	Average: 27

25 players used.

Source:^[48]

Milestones

• Round 1: Kai Pearce-Paul made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Wigan Warriors.
• Round 2: Jed Cartwright made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
• Round 2: Adam Elliott scored his first try for the club.
• Round 2: Thomas Jenkins made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Penrith Panthers.
• Round 6: Greg Marzhew played his 50th career game.
• Round 8: David Armstrong made his NRL debut for the club and scored his first career try.
• Round 8: Jacob Saifiti played his 150th career game.
• Round 10: Leo Thompson played his 50th career game.
• Round 11: Enari Tuala played his 100th career game.

NRL Women's team

2024 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEO	Phil Gardner
Coach	Ben Jeffries
Captain	Hannah Southwell
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
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The 2024 Newcastle Knights Women's season will be the 4th in the club's history. Coached by Ben Jeffries and captained by Hannah Southwell, they will compete in the NRLW's 2024 NRL Women's Premiership.

Newcastle Knights women's – 2024 squad

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2024 NRLW top 24 squad						Development list		Coaching staff
4 Caitlan Johnston – SR, PR 26 Yasmin Clydsdale – SR 27 Olivia Higgins – HK 28 Shanice Parker – CE 29 Hannah Southwell (c) – LK 30 Jesse Southwell – HB 32 Tamika Upton – FB 33 Tayla Predebon – PR		34 Simone Karpani – PR 41 Kayla Romaniuk – LK 42 Laishon Albert-Jones – LK, SR 43 Rima Butler – PR 44 Sheridan Gallagher – WG 45 Abigail Roache – CE 47 Nita Maynard – HK 48 Viena Tinao – PR		49 Georgia Roche – FE 51 Jacinta Carter – PR Jayde Herdegen – FE Evie Jones – FE Jules Kirkpatrick – LK Grace Kukutai – LK Tamerah Leati – WG Isabella Waterman – FB		Leilani Ah Sam – HB Fane Finau – SR Evah McEwan – SR Leah Ollerton – HK Lilly-Ann White – FB		Head coach Ben Jeffries Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 2 June 2024 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles, Rugby League Project

Player gains and losses

Player gains
Player/Coach	Previous club	Length	Source
Leilani Ah Sam	Tweed Heads Seagulls	2025	[49]
Ben Jeffries (head coach)	North Queensland Cowboys	2026	[50]
Grace Kukutai	Chiefs Manawa	2025	[49]
Isabella Waterman	Hurricanes Poua	2025	[49]

Losses
Player/Coach	Club	Source
Tiana Davison	Sydney Roosters	[51]
Ronald Griffiths (head coach)	Knights NSW Cup coach	[12]
Felila Kia	Released	[52]
Tazmyne Luschwitz	Released	[49]
Caitlin Moran	Released	[52]
Jasmin Strange	Sydney Roosters	[51]
Tylah Vallance	Released	[49]

Promoted juniors
Player	Junior side	Source
Evah McEwan	Knights Tarsha Gale Cup	[49]
Leah Ollerton	Knights Tarsha Gale Cup	[53]
Lilly-Ann White	Knights Tarsha Gale Cup	[53]

Player re-signings
Player/Coach	Re-signed to	Source
Jacinta Carter	2027	[52]
Fane Finau	2026	[54]
Sheridan Gallagher	2025	[55]
Olivia Higgins	2026	[53]
Simone Karpani	2026	[53]
Nita Maynard	2024	[53]
Viena Tinao	2025	[53]

Player contract situations

2024 (leaving)	2024 (off-contract)	2025	2026	2027
Caitlan Johnston[56]	Laishon Albert-Jones[57]	Leilani Ah Sam[49]	Fane Finau[54]	Jacinta Carter[52]
	Rima Butler[57]	Yasmin Clydsdale[58]	Olivia Higgins[53]	Georgia Roche[59]
	Jayde Herdegen[57]	Sheridan Gallagher[55]	Simone Karpani[53]	Hannah Southwell[60]
	Evie Jones[49]	Grace Kukutai[49]		Jesse Southwell[60]
	Jules Kirkpatrick[61]	Evah McEwan[49]		Tamika Upton[62]
	Tamerah Leati[57]	Leah Ollerton[53]
	Nita Maynard[53]	Viena Tinao[53]
	Shanice Parker[49]	Isabella Waterman[49]
	Tayla Predebon[63]	Lilly-Ann White[53]
	Abigail Roache[57]
	Kayla Romaniuk[63]

Representative honours

The following players appeared in a representative match or were named in a representative squad in 2024.

Indigenous All Stars

• Adam Elliott
• Ronald Griffiths (coach)

Indigenous All Stars (Women's)

• Tamika Upton

Māori All Stars

• Dane Gagai
• Leo Thompson

Māori All Stars (Women's)

• Rima Butler
• Shanice Parker

New South Wales (Women's)

• Yasmin Clydsdale
• Olivia Higgins
• Caitlan Johnston

Queensland (Women's)

• Tamika Upton

References