2017 Newcastle Knights season
NRL Rank16th (last)
2017 recordWins: 5; draws: 0; losses: 19
Points scoredFor: 428; against: 648
Team information
CEOMatthew Gidley
CoachNathan Brown
Captain
StadiumMcDonald Jones Stadium
Avg. attendance15,619
High attendance21,412 (vs. Roosters, round 7)
Top scorers
TriesNathan Ross (10)
GoalsTrent Hodkinson (46)
PointsTrent Hodkinson (97)
< 2016 2018 >

The 2017 Newcastle Knights season was the 30th in the club's history. Coached by Nathan Brown and captained by Trent Hodkinson, before being replaced by Sione Mata'utia and Jamie Buhrer in the captaincy role, they competed in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 16th place (out of 16).

Milestones

Squad

For the complete list of Newcastle Knights players, see List of Newcastle Knights players.
Newcastle Knights
2017 NRL premiership squad Coaching staff

Extended squad players

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 3 September 2017
Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles,
Rugby League Project


Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

Player/Coach Previous Club Length
Jamie Buhrer Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2018
Thomas Cronan Canberra Raiders 2017
Jacob Gagan Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2017
Shaun Kenny-Dowall Sydney Roosters 2019
Rory Kostjasyn North Queensland Cowboys 2018
Ken Sio Hull Kingston Rovers 2018
Josh Starling Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2017
Anthony Tupou Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2017
Joe Wardle Huddersfield Giants 2019
Simon Woolford (ISP NSW coach) Queanbeyan Blues 2017
Kurt Wrigley (assistant coach) South Sydney Rabbitohs 2017

Losses

Player/Coach Club
Chris Adams Lakes United
Uiti Baker Western Suburbs Rosellas
Danny Buderus (assistant coach) Released
Krys Freeman Central Queensland Capras
Tama Koopu Norths Devils
Matt Lantry (ISP NSW coach) Western Suburbs Rosellas
Todd Lowrie Retirement
Robbie Rochow South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tariq Sims St. George Illawarra Dragons
Jeremy Smith Retirement
Kade Snowden Retirement
Joseph Tapine Canberra Raiders
James Taylor South Newcastle Lions
Ken Tofilau Central Queensland Capras
Akuila Uate Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Tekina Vailea Eastern Suburbs Tigers

Player Junior side
Tyrone Amey Knights Intrust Super Premiership NSW
Tom Hughes Knights Intrust Super Premiership NSW
Brodie Jones Knights National Youth Competition
Nick Meaney Knights National Youth Competition
Joe Morris Knights Intrust Super Premiership NSW
Pasami Saulo Knights National Youth Competition
Tom Starling Knights National Youth Competition
Sam Stone Knights National Youth Competition

Change of role

Player/Coach New role
Bryce Donovan Knights second-tier squad

Re-signings

Player/Coach Re-signed to
Mitchell Barnett 2020
Cory Denniss 2018
Lachlan Fitzgibbon 2019
Tom Hughes 2018
Danny Levi 2020
Nick Meaney 2018
Dylan Phythian 2018
Nathan Ross 2020
Daniel Saifiti 2020
Jacob Saifiti 2020
Tom Starling 2018
Sam Stone 2018
Luke Yates 2018

Player contract situations

2017 (left) 2018 2019 2020
David Bhana[1] Tyrone Amey[2] Lachlan Fitzgibbon[3] Mitchell Barnett[4]
Brendan Elliot[5] Jamie Buhrer[6] Shaun Kenny-Dowall[7] Danny Levi[8]
Jaelen Feeney[9] Jack Cogger[10] Nathan Ross[11]
Dane Gagai[12] Thomas Cronan[13] Daniel Saifiti[14]
Jacob Gagan[15] Cory Denniss[16] Jacob Saifiti[14]
Rory Kostjasyn[17] Trent Hodkinson[18]
Jake Mamo[19] Tom Hughes[20]
Sam Mataora[21] Brodie Jones[22]
Peter Mata'utia[23] Josh King[24]
Joe Morris[25] Brock Lamb[26]
Jarrod Mullen[27] Chanel Mata'utia[28]
Mickey Paea[29] Pat Mata'utia[28]
Pauli Pauli[30] Sione Mata'utia[28]
Will Pearsall[9] Nick Meaney[20]
Tyler Randell[31] Dylan Phythian[20]
Braden Robson[32] Pasami Saulo[33]
Korbin Sims[34] Ken Sio[35]
Bradie Smith[32] Tom Starling[20]
Josh Starling[36] Sam Stone[20]
Jack Stockwell[37] Luke Yates[20]
Anthony Tupou[38]
Joe Wardle[39]

Ladder

2017 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm (P) 24 20 0 4 2 633 336 +297 44
2 Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 2 500 428 +72 38
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 16 0 8 2 597 433 +164 36
4 Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 2 496 457 +39 36
5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 15 0 9 2 476 407 +69 34
6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 552 512 +40 32
7 Penrith Panthers 24 13 0 11 2 504 459 +45 30
8 North Queensland Cowboys 24 13 0 11 2 467 443 +24 30
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 2 533 450 +83 28
10 Canberra Raiders 24 11 0 13 2 558 497 +61 26
11 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 10 0 14 2 360 455 −95 24
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 2 464 564 −100 22
13 New Zealand Warriors 24 7 0 17 2 444 575 −131 18
14 Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 413 571 −158 18
15 Gold Coast Titans 24 7 0 17 2 448 638 −190 18
16 Newcastle Knights 24 5 0 19 2 428 648 −220 14

Jerseys and sponsors

In 2017, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was nib Health Funds.

2017 Home Jersey 2017 Away Jersey 2017 Indigenous Jersey 2017 ISC Marvel Heroes Iron Patriot Jersey 2017 NSW Mining Jersey

Fixtures

Auckland Nines

Main article: 2017 NRL Auckland Nines

Squad: 1. Peter Mata'utia 2. Ken Sio 3. Brendan Elliot 4. Nathan Ross 5. Cory Denniss 6. Brock Lamb 7. Jaelen Feeney 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Danny Levi 10. Jacob Saifiti 11. Mitchell Barnett 12. Jamie Buhrer (c) 13. Luke Yates 14. Tyler Randell 15. Jack Stockwell 16. Sam Stone 17. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 18. Nick Meaney 19. Sione Mata'utia (Emergency Player)

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Drop Goal Conversions Attendance
Saturday, 4 February Auckland Nines Game 5 Wests Tigers Eden Park 18-10 K.Sio, N.Ross, S.Stone, M.Barnett B.Lamb (1/4)
Saturday, 4 February Auckland Nines Game 13 Brisbane Broncos Eden Park 8-21 D.Levi, P.Mata'utia
Sunday, 5 February Auckland Nines Game 22 Melbourne Storm Eden Park 10-20 B.Lamb, C.Denniss T.Randell (1/1)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Preseason trials

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 18 February Trial 1 Canberra Raiders Seiffert Oval 44 – 0 D.Levi, P.Mata'utia, J.Buhrer, S.Mata'utia, T.Hodkinson, B.Elliot, C.Mata'utia, K.Sio T.Hodkinson (4/5), B.Lamb (2/3) 6,350[40]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday 5 March 1 New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 22 – 26[41] N. Ross (2), P. Mata'utia, J. Stockwell T. Hodkinson (3/5) 13,712
Saturday 11 March 2 Gold Coast Titans McDonald Jones Stadium 34 – 26[42] N. Ross (2), B. Elliot, P. Mata'utia, J. Stockwell, S. Stone T. Hodkinson (5/6) 12,869
Saturday 18 March 3 South Sydney Rabbitohs McDonald Jones Stadium 18 – 24[43] T. Hodkinson, P. Mata'utia, K. Sio T. Hodkinson (2/3), B. Lamb (1/1) 15,212
Friday 24 March 4 Penrith Panthers Pepper Stadium 0 – 40[44] 10,567
Saturday 1 April 5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Southern Cross Stadium 18 – 19[45] Brendan Elliot, Jacob Gagan, Joe Wardle Trent Hodkinson (3/3) 12,838
Friday 7 April 6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs McDonald Jones Stadium 12 – 22[46] Dane Gagai, Nathan Ross Trent Hodkinson (2/3) 16,929
Friday 14 April 7 Sydney Roosters McDonald Jones Stadium 6 – 24[47] Ken Sio Trent Hodkinson (1/1) 21,412
Saturday 22 April 8 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 12 – 24[48] Brendan Elliot, Nathan Ross Brock Lamb (2/2) 13,878
Saturday 29 April 9 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 8 – 38[49] Sam Stone Brock Lamb (2/2) 10,511
Sunday 14 May 10 Canberra Raiders McDonald Jones Stadium 34 – 20[50] Sione Mata'utia (2), Brock Lamb, Peter Mata'utia, Nathan Ross, Joe Wardle Brock Lamb (5/7) 10,997
Sunday 21 May 11 Penrith Panthers McDonald Jones Stadium 20 – 30[51] Brock Lamb, Peter Mata'utia, Daniel Saifiti Brock Lamb (4/4) 13,319
12 BYE
Friday 2 June 13 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 12 – 40[52] Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Ken Sio Brock Lamb (2/2) 11,070
Friday 9 June 14 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 14 – 18[53] Jaelen Feeney, Daniel Levi Brock Lamb (3/3) 4,189
15 BYE
Sunday 25 June 16 St George Illawarra UOW Jubilee Oval 28 – 32[54] Nathan Ross (3), Brendan Elliot, Lachlan Fitzgibbon Brock Lamb (4/6) 10,174
Sunday 2 July 17 Wests Tigers McDonald Jones Stadium 12 – 33[55] Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Joe Wardle Trent Hodkinson (2/2) 19,531
Sunday 9 July 18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore 18 – 20[56] Peter Mata'utia (2), Chanel Mata'utia Trent Hodkinson (3/4), Brock Lamb (0/1) 13,103
15 July 2017 19 Brisbane Broncos McDonald Jones Stadium 34 – 22[57] Dane Gagai, Daniel Levi, Chanel Mata'utia, Sione Mata'utia Trent Hodkinson (3/4) 13,773
Friday 21 July 20 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 4 – 28[58] Shaun Kenny-Dowall Trent Hodkinson (0/1) 7,121
29 July 2017 21 St. George Illawarra Dragons McDonald Jones Stadium 21 – 14[59] Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Brock Lamb, Jacob Sifiti Trent Hodkinson (4/4) and (FG) 15,031[60]
Saturday 5 August 22 New Zealand Warriors McDonald Jones Stadium 26 – 10[61] Mitchell Barnett (2), Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Brock Lamb Trent Hodkinson (5/6) 11,824[62]
Friday 11 August 23 Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium 29 – 10[63] Ken Sio, Mitchell Barnett, Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Brock Lamb Trent Hodkinson (4/5), Brett Lamb (FG) 13,141
Saturday 19 August 24 Melbourne Storm McDonald Jones Stadium 12 – 44[64] Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Joe Wardle Trent Hodkinson (2/2) 16,001[65]
Friday 25 August 25 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 28 – 46[66] Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Mitchell Barnett, Jamie Buhrer, Daniel Saifiti Trent Hodkinson (4/5) 10,523
Sunday 3 September 26 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks McDonald Jones Stadium 18 – 26[67] Lachlan Fitzgibbon (2), Daniel Levi Trent Hodkinson (3/3) 20,535[68]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Statistics

Name Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Points Captain Age
Tyrone Amey 1 0 0 0 0 0 21
Mitchell Barnett 22 4 0 0 16 0 23
Jamie Buhrer 16 1 0 0 4 9 28
Jack Cogger 2 0 0 0 0 0 20
Brendan Elliot 12 4 0 0 16 0 23
Jaelen Feeney 8 1 0 0 4 0 23
Lachlan Fitzgibbon 14 8 0 0 32 0 23
Dane Gagai 23 2 0 0 8 0 26
Jacob Gagan 1 1 0 0 4 0 24
Trent Hodkinson 17 1 46 1 97 7 29
Shaun Kenny-Dowall 6 4 0 0 16 0 29
Josh King 15 0 0 0 0 0 22
Brock Lamb 21 5 23 1 67 0 20
Danny Levi 24 3 0 0 12 0 22
Sam Mataora 1 0 0 0 0 0 27
Chanel Mata'utia 4 2 0 0 8 0 25
Peter Mata'utia 24 7 0 0 28 0 27
Sione Mata'utia 22 3 0 0 12 15 21
Mickey Paea 5 0 0 0 0 0 31
Dylan Phythian 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
Tyler Randell 5 0 0 0 0 0 25
Nathan Ross 20 10 0 0 40 0 29
Daniel Saifiti 23 2 0 0 8 0 21
Jacob Saifiti 21 1 0 0 4 0 21
Ken Sio 21 5 0 0 20 0 27
Josh Starling 13 0 0 0 0 0 27
Jack Stockwell 10 2 0 0 8 0 25
Sam Stone 16 2 0 0 8 0 20
Anthony Tupou 4 0 0 0 0 0 34
Joe Wardle 17 4 0 0 16 0 26
Luke Yates 19 0 0 0 0 0 22
Totals 24 72 69 2 418 - Average: 25

31 players used.

Source:[69]

Representative honours

See also: List of Newcastle Knights representatives

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2017.

Australia

Australian Schoolboys

Cook Islands

Fiji

Indigenous All Stars

Italy

Junior Kangaroos

New South Wales City

New South Wales Residents

New South Wales under-16s

New South Wales under-20s

New Zealand

Prime Minister's XIII

Queensland

Samoa

Scotland

World All Stars

Individual honours

Teams and squads

Intrust Super Premiership New South Wales Team of the Year

Newcastle Knights awards

Player of the Year

Players' Player

Coach's Award

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