2018 Newcastle Knights season

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2018 Newcastle Knights season
NRL Rank11th
2018 recordWins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 414; against: 607
Team information
CEO Phil Gardner
Coach Nathan Brown
Captain
Stadium McDonald Jones Stadium
Avg. attendance18,974
High attendance24,662 (vs. Dragons, round 25)
Top scorers
Tries Ken Sio (12)
Goals Kalyn Ponga (27)
Points Ken Sio (98)
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The 2018 Newcastle Knights season was the 31st in the club's history. Coached by Nathan Brown and co-captained by Jamie Buhrer and Mitchell Pearce, they competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 11th place (out of 16).

Contents

Milestones

Squad

Newcastle Knights
2018 NRL premiership squadCoaching staff

Extended squad players

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 2 September 2018
Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles,
Rugby League Project

Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

Player/CoachPrevious ClubLength
Herman Ese'ese Brisbane Broncos 2020
JJ Felise Wests Tigers 2018
Slade Griffin Melbourne Storm 2019
Aidan Guerra Sydney Roosters 2020
Christian Hazard Redcliffe Dolphins 2018
Chris Heighington Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2018
Jacob Lillyman New Zealand Warriors 2018
Tautau Moga Brisbane Broncos 2020
Brent Naden Canberra Raiders 2018
Mitchell Pearce Sydney Roosters 2021
Kalyn Ponga North Queensland Cowboys 2021
James Shepherd (assistant coach) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2018
Connor Watson Sydney Roosters 2020

Losses

Player/CoachClub
David Bhana Released
Brendan Elliot Gold Coast Titans
Jaelen Feeney Townsville Blackhawks
Dane Gagai South Sydney Rabbitohs
Jacob Gagan South Sydney Rabbitohs
Heath Gibbs Wests Tigers
Rory Kostjasyn Retirement
Jake Mamo Huddersfield Giants
Sam Mataora Retirement
Peter Mata'utia Leigh Centurions
Sam McIntyre Wests Tigers
Jarrod Mullen Contract terminated
Mickey Paea Hull F.C.
Pauli Pauli Wakefield Trinity
Will Pearsall Retirement
Tyler Randell Wakefield Trinity
Braden Robson Wests Tigers
Korbin Sims Brisbane Broncos
Bradie Smith Wyong Roos
Josh Starling Retirement
Jack Stockwell Gold Coast Titans
Anthony Tupou Retirement
Joe Wardle Castleford Tigers
Kurt Wrigley (assistant coach)Released
PlayerJunior side
Matt Cooper Knights National Youth Competition
Zac Hosking Knights National Youth Competition
Jack Johns Knights National Youth Competition
Brayden Musgrove Knights National Youth Competition

Change of role

Player/CoachNew role
Rory Kostjasyn (Harold Matthews Cup coach)Knights Intrust Super Premiership NSW coach
Joe Morris Knights second-tier squad

Re-signings

Player/CoachRe-signed to
Tyrone Amey 2018
Nathan Brown (head coach)ongoing contract
Jamie Buhrer 2019
Matt Cooper 2018
Zac Hosking 2018
Jack Johns 2018
Josh King 2020
Sione Mata'utia 2021
Brayden Musgrove 2019
Pasami Saulo 2020
Sam Stone 2020

Player contract situations

2018 (left)201920202021
Tyrone Amey [1] Jamie Buhrer [2] Mitchell Barnett [3] Sione Mata'utia [4]
Jack Cogger [5] Lachlan Fitzgibbon [6] Herman Ese'ese [7] Mitchell Pearce [8]
Matt Cooper [9] Slade Griffin [10] Aidan Guerra [11] Kalyn Ponga [12]
Thomas Cronan [13] Brodie Jones [14] Josh King [15]
Cory Denniss [16] Shaun Kenny-Dowall [17] Danny Levi [18]
JJ Felise [19] Brayden Musgrove [20] Tautau Moga [21]
Christian Hazard [22] Nathan Ross [23]
Chris Heighington [24] Daniel Saifiti [25]
Trent Hodkinson [26] Jacob Saifiti [25]
Zac Hosking [27] Pasami Saulo [20]
Tom Hughes [9] Sam Stone [27]
Jack Johns [28] Connor Watson [29]
Brock Lamb [30]
Jacob Lillyman [31]
Chanel Mata'utia [32]
Pat Mata'utia [33]
Nick Meaney [34]
Brent Naden [35]
Dylan Phythian [36]
Ken Sio [37]
Tom Starling [38]
Luke Yates [39]

Ladder

2018 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

Jerseys and sponsors

In 2018, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was nib Health Funds.

2018 Home Jersey2018 Away Jersey2018 Heritage Jersey2018 Indigenous Jersey2018 MHF Beanie For Brain Cancer Jersey2018 NSW Mining Jersey2018 Women In League Jersey
Newcastle Knights 1997 Home Jersey.png Newcastle Knights away jersey 2000.svg Newcastle Knights heritage jersey 2009.png

Fixtures

Preseason trials

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Wednesday, 7 FebruaryTrial 1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 26 – 22 L.Fitzgibbon, K.Ponga, K.Sio, J.Buhrer, T.Cronan K.Ponga (2/3), B.Lamb (1/2)closed to public [40]
Saturday, 24 FebruaryTrial 2 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Maitland No.1 Sportsground 6 – 26 S.Kenny-Dowall K.Ponga (1/1)
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
9 March1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 19-18 [41] K. Ponga, S. Griffin, L. FitzgibbonK. Ponga (3/3), M. Pearce (FG)23,516 [42]
18 March2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra 30-28 [43] L. Fitzgibbon, A. Guerra, S. Mata'utia, T. Moga, C. WatsonK. Ponga (5/6)12,626 [43]
25 March3 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium, Sydney 8-38 [44] A. GuerraK. Ponga (2/3)15,153 [45]
1 April4 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong 12-30 [46] T. Moga, C. HeighingtonK. Ponga (2/2)18,589 [46]
7 April5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 15-10 [47] L. Fitzgibbon, D. SaifitiK. Ponga (3/3), M. Pearce (FG)21,969 [47]
13 April6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, Melbourne 14-40 [48] K. Sio (2), L. FitzgibbonK. Ponga (1/3)12,386 [48]
21 April7 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Scully Park, Tamworth 22-20 [49] K. Sio (3), S. Kenny-Dowall, M. PearceK. Ponga (1/5) [50] 10,082
27 April8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Lottoland, Manly 18-12 [51] S. Griffin, N. Ross, C. WatsonK. Sio (3/4)5,715
4 May9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 18-36 [52] S. Kenny-Dowall (2), S. Mata'utai, L. FitzgibbonK. Sio (1/4)22,718 [52]
11 May10 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 18-29 [53] K. Ponga, N. Ross, C. WatsonB. Lamb (2/2), K. Sio (1/1)14,801
19 May11 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Robina 26-33 [54] H. Ese'ese, S. Mata'utia, K. Ponga, K. SioB. Lamb (5/5)11,008
27 May12 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 10-48 [55] L. Fitzgibbon, S. Mata'utiaK. Sio (1/1), K. Ponga (0/1)20,913
2 June13 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium, Sydney 30-4 [56] J. Cogger, S. Mata'utia, D. Saifiti, K. Sio, C. WatsonK. Ponga (5/6)7,719
9 June14 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 16-18 [57] S. Mata'utia, K. PongaK. Ponga (4/4)18,029
17 June15 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 10-28 [58] K. Ponga, K. SioK. Ponga (1/2)14,803
30 June16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 16-36 [59] C. Watson (2), H. Ese'eseK. Sio (2/3)17,755
17 Bye
13 July18 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 18-16 [60] C. Watson, S. Kenny-Dowall, M. PearceK. Sio (3/4)15,860
21 July19 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 30-24 [61] M. Barnett (2), N. Meaney, L. Fitzgibbon, S. Kenny-DowallK. Sio (5/6)14,095
27 July20 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville 18-20 [62] L. Fitzgibbon (2), A. GuerraK. Sio (3/4)11,709
3 August21 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 16-25 [63] A. Guerra, S. Mata'utia, K. PongaK. Sio (2/3)18,561
10 August22 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland 4-20 [64] K. SioK. Sio (0/1)14,395
18 August23 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Panthers Stadium, Penrith
26 August24 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium, Cronulla
1 September25 Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw

Statistics

NameAppearancesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsCaptainAge
Mitchell Barnett 232008024
Jamie Buhrer 2000002029
Jack Cogger 121004021
Cory Denniss 111004021
Herman Ese'ese 232008024
JJ Felise 20000022
Lachlan Fitzgibbon 2190036024
Slade Griffin 162008027
Aidan Guerra 2450020930
Chris Heighington 211004036
Shaun Kenny-Dowall 2460024030
Josh King 130000023
Brock Lamb 807014021
Danny Levi 170000023
Jacob Lillyman 150000034
Sione Mata'utia 2380032022
Nick Meaney 521010021
Tautau Moga 42008025
Mitchell Pearce 15202101529
Kalyn Ponga 20627078020
Nathan Ross 152008030
Daniel Saifiti 2130012022
Jacob Saifiti 80000022
Pasami Saulo 30000020
Ken Sio 201225098028
Tom Starling 10000020
Sam Stone 20000021
Connor Watson 1570028022
Luke Yates 60000023
Totals2473602414-Average: 25

29 players used.

Source: [65]

Representative honours

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2018.

Australian Schoolboys

Fiji

Junior Kiwis

New South Wales under-16s

New South Wales under-18s

New Zealand

Queensland

Queensland under-20s

Individual honours

Newcastle Knights awards

Player of the Year

  • National Rugby League (NRL) Player of the Year: Kalyn Ponga
  • Intrust Super Premiership NSW Player of the Year: Luke Yates
  • Jersey Flegg Cup Player of the Year: Beau Fermor

Players' Player

  • National Rugby League (NRL) Players' Player: Kalyn Ponga
  • Intrust Super Premiership NSW Players' Player: Luke Yates
  • Jersey Flegg Cup Players' Player: Mat Croker

Coach's Award

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