2025 Newcastle Knights season

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2025 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEO Phil Gardner
Coach Adam O'Brien
Captain
Stadium McDonald Jones Stadium
←  2024 2026  →

The 2025 Newcastle Knights season will be the 38th in the club's history. Coached by Adam O'Brien and captained by Kalyn Ponga, they will compete in the NRL's 2025 Telstra Premiership.

Contents

Squad

Newcastle Knights 2025 squad
2025 NRL top 30 squadDevelopment listCoaching staff

Extended squad

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 12 October 2024
Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles,
Rugby League Project

Transfers and re-signings

Gains

Player/CoachPrevious clubLengthSource
Taj Annan Queensland Reds 2027 [1]
Matt Arthur Parramatta Eels 2027 [2]
Francis Manuleleua Penrith Panthers 2027 [1]
James Schiller Canberra Raiders 2027 [3]
Tyrone Thompson Chiefs 2025 [4]

Losses

Player/CoachClubSource
David Armstrong Leigh Leopards [5]
Jed Cartwright Hull F.C. [6]
Ronald Griffiths (NSW Cup coach) New Zealand Warriors [7]
Zach Herring Featherstone Rovers [8]
Thomas Jenkins Released [9]
Rory Kostjasyn (assistant coach) Dolphins [10]
Krystian Mapapalangi Released [9]
Myles Martin Canberra Raiders [11]
Fletcher Myers South Sydney Rabbitohs [12]
Laitia Moceidreke Released
Ryan Rivett Toulouse Olympique [13]
Daniel Saifiti Dolphins [14]
Enari Tuala Released [9]
PlayerJunior sideSource
Wilson De Courcey Jersey Flegg Cup [15]
Cody Hopwood Jersey Flegg Cup [16]
Jermaine McEwen Jersey Flegg Cup [16]
Connor Votano Jersey Flegg Cup [16]

Player contract situations

2025 (leaving)2025 (off-contract)202620272028
Leo Thompson [17] Jayden Brailey [18] Tom Cant [19] Taj Annan [1] Cody Hopwood [16]
Paul Bryan [20] Jack Cogger [21] Matt Arthur [2]
Mat Croker [15] Phoenix Crossland [22] Bradman Best [23]
Adam Elliott [24] Wilson De Courcey [15] Dylan Lucas [25]
Jackson Hastings [26] Tyson Frizell [27] Francis Manuleleua [1]
Jack Hetherington [24] Dane Gagai [28] Kyle McCarthy [29]
Brodie Jones [30] Tyson Gamble [31] Jermaine McEwen [16]
Riley Jones [20] Greg Marzhew [32] Kalyn Ponga [33]
Kai Pearce-Paul [34] Fletcher Sharpe [35] Jacob Saifiti [36]
Will Pryce [34] James Schiller [3]
Sebastian Su'a [37]
Tyrone Thompson [4]
Connor Votano [16]

Pre-season

Newcastle will play the Parramatta Eels in Newcastle and the Sydney Roosters in Gosford as their pre-season fixtures. Both matches were part of the third edition of the NRL Pre-season Challenge. [38]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 14 February 2025Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Newcastle
18:00 AEDT
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Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Round 2: 23 February 2025 Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs colours.svg v Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Gosford
16:00 AEDT
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Stadium: Industree Group Stadium

Regular season

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWDLBPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 000000000Advance to finals series
2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 000000000
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 000000000
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 000000000
5 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins 000000000
6 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 000000000
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 000000000
8 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 000000000
9 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 000000000
10 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 000000000
11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 000000000
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 000000000
13 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 000000000
14 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 000000000
15 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 000000000
16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 000000000
17 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 000000000

Results by round

Round1
GroundA
Result
Position
Points
Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024. [39]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 7 March 2025 Wests Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg v Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Campbelltown
18:00 AEDT
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Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium
Round 2: 13 March 2025Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg v Dolphins colours.png Dolphins Newcastle
20:00 AEDT
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Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Round 3: 22 March 2025 Gold Coast Titans Gold Coast Titans colours.svg v Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Gold Coast
19:35 AEDT
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Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Round 4 (Bye for Newcastle Knights)
Round 9: 3 May 2025 South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney colours.svg v Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Brisbane
15:00 AEST
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Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Round 11: 16 May 2025Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Newcastle
18:00 AEST
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Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Round 18 (Bye for Newcastle Knights)
Round 22 (Bye for Newcastle Knights)
Round 27: 7 September 2025 Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Parramatta
16:05 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium

NRL Women's team

2025 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEO Phil Gardner
Coach Ben Jeffries
Captain
Stadium McDonald Jones Stadium
←  2024 2026 →

The 2025 Newcastle Knights Women's season will be the 5th in the club's history. Coached by Ben Jeffries and captained by Hannah Southwell, they will compete in the NRLW's 2025 NRL Women's Premiership.

Newcastle Knights women's – current squad
2025 NRLW top 24 squadDevelopment listCoaching staff

Head coach


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

Updated: 12 October 2024
Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles,
Rugby League Project

Player gains and losses

Player gains
Player/CoachPrevious clubLengthSource
Tiana Davison Sydney Roosters 2027 [40]
Mercedez Taulelei-Siala Tweed Heads Seagulls 2025 [41]
Botille Vette-Welsh Wests Tigers 2027 [42]
Losses
Player/CoachClubSource
Laishon Albert-Jones New Zealand Warriors [43]
Rima Butler Sydney Roosters [44]
Jacinta Carter Released [45]
Jayde Herdegen Released [46]
Caitlan Johnston-Green Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks [47]
Tamerah Leati Released [48]
Nita Maynard Released [45]
Abigail Roache Released [45]
Tamika Upton Brisbane Broncos [49]
Promoted juniors
PlayerJunior sideSource
Joeli Morris Knights NSW Women's Premiership [40]

Player contract situations

202520262027
Leilani Ahsam [50] Fane Finau [51] Tiana Davison [40]
Yasmin Clydsdale [52] Olivia Higgins [53] Evie Jones [54]
Sheridan Gallagher [55] Simone Karpani [53] Evah McEwen [56]
Grace Kukutai [40] Jules Kirkpatrick [57] Georgia Roche [58]
Leah Ollerton [53] Joeli Morris [40] Hannah Southwell [59]
Shanice Parker [50] Tayla Predebon [54] Jesse Southwell [59]
Mercedez Taulelei-Siala [41] Kayla Romaniuk [54] Botille Vette-Welsh [42]
Viena Tinao [53] Tenika Willison [60]
Isabella Waterman [53]
Lilly-Ann White [53]

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