2025 Newcastle Knights season

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

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.

Squad

For the complete list of Newcastle Knights players, see List of Newcastle Knights players.

Newcastle Knights 2025 squad

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Top 30 squad - 2025 NRL season						Development list		Coaching staff
Taj Annan – WG Jake Arthur – HB Matt Arthur – HK Bradman Best – CE Jayden Brailey – HK Tom Cant – SR, LK Jack Cogger – HB Mat Croker – LK Phoenix Crossland – HK, HB Adam Elliott – LK		Tyson Frizell – LK, SR, PR Dane Gagai – CE Tyson Gamble – HB Jackson Hastings – HB Jack Hetherington – PR Brodie Jones – PR Dylan Lucas – SR, CE Francis Manuleleua – SR Greg Marzhew – WG Jermaine McEwen – SR		Kai Pearce-Paul – SR Kalyn Ponga (c) – FB Jacob Saifiti – PR James Schiller – WG Fletcher Sharpe – FE, FB Wil Sullivan – PR Mason Teague – LK Leo Thompson – PR Dominic Young – WG		Lachlan Crouch – PR Wilson De Courcey – CE Kyle McCarthy – WG Elijah Salesa-Leaumoana – SR Tyrone Thompson – PR Connor Votano – FB Extended squad Logan Aoake – WG Brock Greacen – PR Fletcher Hunt – WG		Head coach Adam O'Brien Assistant coaches Brian McDermott Michael Dobson - NSW Cup coach Alex Moore - Jersey Flegg Cup coach Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 14 September 2025 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles, Rugby League Project

Transfers and re-signings

Gains

Player/Coach	Previous club	Length	Ref.
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/Coach	Club	Ref.
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	Penrith Panthers	[9]
Rory Kostjasyn (assistant coach)	Dolphins	[10]
Krystian Mapapalangi	Western Suburbs Magpies	[11]
Myles Martin	Canberra Raiders	[12]
Fletcher Myers	South Sydney Rabbitohs	[13]
Laitia Moceidreke	Released
Ryan Rivett	Toulouse Olympique	[14]
Daniel Saifiti	Dolphins	[15]
Enari Tuala	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	[16]

Promoted juniors

Player	Junior side	Ref.
Wilson De Courcey	Jersey Flegg Cup	[17]
Cody Hopwood	Jersey Flegg Cup	[18]
Jermaine McEwen	Jersey Flegg Cup	[18]
Connor Votano	Jersey Flegg Cup	[18]

Player contract situations

2025 (leaving)	2025 (off-contract)	2026	2027	2028
Leo Thompson [19]	Jayden Brailey [20]	Tom Cant [21]	Taj Annan [1]	Cody Hopwood [18]
	Paul Bryan [22]	Jack Cogger [23]	Matt Arthur [2]
	Mat Croker [17]	Phoenix Crossland [24]	Bradman Best [25]
	Adam Elliott [26]	Wilson De Courcey [17]	Dylan Lucas [27]
	Jackson Hastings [28]	Tyson Frizell [29]	Francis Manuleleua [1]
	Jack Hetherington [26]	Dane Gagai [30]	Kyle McCarthy [31]
	Brodie Jones [32]	Tyson Gamble [33]	Jermaine McEwen [18]
	Riley Jones [22]	Greg Marzhew [34]	Kalyn Ponga [35]
	Kai Pearce-Paul [36]	Fletcher Sharpe [37]	Jacob Saifiti [38]
	Will Pryce [36]		James Schiller [3]
	Sebastian Su'a [39]
	Tyrone Thompson [4]
	Connor Votano [18]

Pre-season

Newcastle played 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. ^[40]

  Win  Draw  Loss

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

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

Regular season

Main article: 2025 NRL season

Ladder

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	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

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2025. Source: National Rugby League

Results by round

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

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

Matches

Main article: 2025 NRL season results

The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024. ^[41]

  Bye  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

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 4 (Bye for Newcastle Knights)

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

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 18 (Bye for Newcastle Knights)

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 22 (Bye for Newcastle Knights)

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

NRL Women's team

2025 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEO	Phil Gardner
Coach	Ben Jeffries
Captain	Yasmin Clydsdale
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 Yasmin Clydsdale, ^[42] they will compete in the NRLW's 2025 NRL Women's Premiership.

For the complete list of Newcastle Knights Women's players, see List of Newcastle Knights Women's players.

Newcastle Knights women's – current squad

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2025 NRLW top 24 squad						Development list		Coaching staff
26 Yasmin Clydsdale (c) – SR 27 Olivia Higgins – HK, LK 28 Shanice Parker – CE 29 Hannah Southwell – LK 30 Jesse Southwell – HB 33 Tayla Predebon – PR 34 Simone Karpani – LK, PR 37 Tiana Davison – LK		41 Kayla Romaniuk – LK, PR 44 Sheridan Gallagher – WG 48 Viena Tinao – PR 49 Georgia Roche – FE 52 Grace Kukutai – LK 53 Isabella Waterman – FB 54 Lilly-Ann White – FB 55 Tenika Willison – WG		56 Evie Jones – FE 57 Evah McEwen – SR Leilani Ahsam – HB Fane Finau – SR Jules Kirkpatrick – LK Joeli Morris – LK Leah Ollerton – HK Botille Vette-Welsh – FB		Mercedez Taulelei-Siala – CE		Head coach Ben Jeffries Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 21 November 2024 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles, Rugby League Project

Player gains and losses

Player gains
Player/Coach	Previous club	Length	Source
Tiana Davison	Sydney Roosters	2027	[43]
Mercedez Taulelei-Siala	Tweed Heads Seagulls	2025	[44]
Botille Vette-Welsh	Wests Tigers	2027	[45]

Losses
Player/Coach	Club	Source
Laishon Albert-Jones	New Zealand Warriors	[46]
Rima Butler	Sydney Roosters	[47]
Jacinta Carter	Released	[48]
Jayde Herdegen	Released	[49]
Caitlan Johnston-Green	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	[50]
Tamerah Leati	Released	[51]
Nita Maynard	Released	[48]
Abigail Roache	Released	[48]
Tamika Upton	Brisbane Broncos	[52]

Promoted juniors
Player	Junior side	Source
Joeli Morris	Knights NSW Women's Premiership	[43]

Player contract situations

2025	2026	2027
Leilani Ahsam [53]	Fane Finau [54]	Tiana Davison [43]
Yasmin Clydsdale [55]	Olivia Higgins [56]	Evie Jones [57]
Sheridan Gallagher [58]	Simone Karpani [56]	Evah McEwen [59]
Grace Kukutai [43]	Jules Kirkpatrick [60]	Georgia Roche [61]
Leah Ollerton [56]	Joeli Morris [43]	Hannah Southwell [62]
Shanice Parker [53]	Tayla Predebon [57]	Jesse Southwell [62]
Mercedez Taulelei-Siala [44]	Kayla Romaniuk [57]	Botille Vette-Welsh [45]
Viena Tinao [56]	Tenika Willison [63]
Isabella Waterman [56]
Lilly-Ann White [56]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W
Position	8	6	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	3
Points	0	2	4	6	8	10	10	10	10	12	14

Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Main article: 2025 NRL Women's season

The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024. ^[64]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

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

Round 3: 20 July 2025	Newcastle Knights	36-20	New Zealand Warriors	Newcastle
18:15 AEST	Tries: Romaniuk  9' Clysdale  11' Staines  20' Willison  27' Kirkpatrick  49' McEwen  55' Goals: Jesse Southwell 6/6 10', 12', 21', 29', 51', 56'	1st: 24-6 2nd: 12-14 [[Report] Report]	Tries: Takimoana  31', 36', 61' Brake  65' Goals: Patricia Maliepo 2/4  33', 62'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,348 Referee: Kasey Badger

Round 4: 27 July 2025	Parramatta Eels	6-30	Newcastle Knights	Granville Park
12:00 AEST	Tries: Albert  39' Goals: Pearson 1/1  39'	1st: 0-12 2nd: 6-18 [[Report] Report]	Tries: Staines  12' Willison  24' Clydsdale  46' Gallagher  55' Romaniuk  59' Goals: Southwell 5/5  13', 25', 47', 57', 61'	Stadium: Eric Tweedale Stadium Attendance: 618 Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

Round 5: 3 August 2025	Newcastle Knights	18-0	Canberra Raiders	Newcastle
13:45 AEST	Tries: Gallagher  38' Davison  46' Higgins  62' Goals: Southwell 3/3  40', 47', 63'	1st: 6-0 2nd: 12-0 [Report Report]		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,093 Referee: Kasey Badger

Round 6: 9 August 2025	Newcastle Knights	30-6	Wests Tigers	Newcastle
15:15 AEST	Tries: Gallagher  2', 16' Yeo  49' Staines  54' McEwen  61', 69' Goals: Southwell 3/6  4', 51', 63'	1st: 10-6 2nd: 20-0 [Report Report]	Tries: Bass  10' Goals: Bass 1/1  11'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 7: 17 August 2025	Sydney Roosters	30-14	Newcastle Knights	Gosford
13:45 AEST	Tries: Strange  9' Parker  26' Aiken  43', 49' Kernick  64' Goals: Kelleher 5/5  10', 27', 45', 51', 65'	1st: 12-6 2nd: 18-8 [Report Report]	Tries: Kirkpatrick  31' Roche  46' Staines  57' Goals: Southwell 1/3  33'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 2,294 Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

Round 8: 24 August 2025	Newcastle Knights	16-46	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle
11:50 AEST	Tries: Gallagher  9' Davison  15' Roche  23' Goals: Southwell 2/3  16', 25' Sin bin: Romaniuk 55' to 65'	1st: 16-18 2nd: 0-28 [Report Report]	Tries: Hufanga  20' Sauaso  29' Johnson  32' Maddick  35', 56' Dam  38' Upton  48' Teitzel  59' Robinson  66' Goals: Teitzel 5/9  30', 39', 49', 57', 68'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 15,935 Referee: Kasey Badger

Round 9: 31 August 2025	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	19-18	Newcastle Knights	Cronulla
11:50 AEST	Tries: Ravics  25', 61', 65' Anderson  69' Goals: Kiria-Ratu 1/4  70' Drop goals: Kiria-Ratu 1/1  70'	1st: 4-8 2nd: 15-10 [Report Report]	Tries: White  3', 15', 46' Gallagher  36' Goals: Southwell 1/4  48'	Stadium: Sharks Stadium Attendance: 2,757 Referee: Belinda Sharpe

Round 10: 7 September 2025	Newcastle Knights	28-22	Gold Coast Titans	Newcastle
13:45 AEST	Tries: Southwell  1', 68' Gallagher  5' Yeo  33' Finau  41' Goals: Southwell 4/5  3', 34', 43', 69'	1st: 16-12 2nd: 12-10 [Report Report]	Tries: Clarke  17' Elliston  22' Faitala-Mariner  52' Hippi  59' Goals: Brown 3/4  18', 24', 60'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,047 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 11: 14 September 2025	Newcastle Knights	30-22	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Newcastle
13:45 AEST	Tries: Taulelei-Siala  16' Gallagher  34' Simpson  44', 55', 66' Roche  48' Goals: Southwell 3/6  45', 50', 57'	1st: 8-16 2nd: 22-6 [Report Report]	Tries: Wilson  20' Paseka  25' Berry  31' Sautia  62' Goals: Millard 3/4  21', 33', 63'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,477 Referee: Matt Noyen

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