2018 Newcastle Knights season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 11th | |||
2018 record | Wins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 15 | |||
Points scored | For: 414; against: 607 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Phil Gardner | |||
Coach | Nathan Brown | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | McDonald Jones Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 18,974 | |||
High attendance | 24,662 (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).
For the complete list of Newcastle Knights players, see List of Newcastle Knights players. |
2018 NRL premiership squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Extended squad players
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Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 2 September 2018 |
Player/Coach | Previous Club | Length |
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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 |
Player/Coach | Club |
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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 |
Player | Junior side |
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Matt Cooper | Knights National Youth Competition |
Zac Hosking | Knights National Youth Competition |
Jack Johns | Knights National Youth Competition |
Brayden Musgrove | Knights National Youth Competition |
Player/Coach | New role |
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Rory Kostjasyn (Harold Matthews Cup coach) | Knights Intrust Super Premiership NSW coach |
Joe Morris | Knights second-tier squad |
Player/Coach | Re-signed to |
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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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 542 | 361 | +181 | 34 |
2 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 536 | 363 | +173 | 34 |
3 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 582 | 437 | +145 | 34 |
4 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 519 | 423 | +96 | 34 |
5 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 517 | 461 | +56 | 32 |
6 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 556 | 500 | +56 | 32 |
7 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 519 | 472 | +47 | 32 |
8 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 472 | 447 | +25 | 32 |
9 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 377 | 460 | −83 | 26 |
10 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 563 | 540 | +23 | 22 |
11 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 414 | 607 | −193 | 20 |
12 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 428 | 474 | −46 | 18 |
13 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 449 | 521 | −72 | 18 |
14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 472 | 582 | −110 | 18 |
15 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 500 | 622 | −122 | 16 |
16 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 374 | 550 | −176 | 14 |
In 2018, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was nib Health Funds.
2018 Home Jersey | 2018 Away Jersey | 2018 Heritage Jersey | 2018 Indigenous Jersey | 2018 MHF Beanie For Brain Cancer Jersey | 2018 NSW Mining Jersey | 2018 Women In League Jersey |
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Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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Wednesday, 7 February | Trial 1 | 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 February | Trial 2 | Parramatta Eels | Maitland No.1 Sportsground | 6 – 26 | S.Kenny-Dowall | K.Ponga (1/1) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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9 March | 1 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 19-18[41] | K. Ponga, S. Griffin, L. Fitzgibbon | K. Ponga (3/3), M. Pearce (FG) | 23,516[42] | |||
18 March | 2 | Canberra Raiders | GIO Stadium, Canberra | 30-28[43] | L. Fitzgibbon, A. Guerra, S. Mata'utia, T. Moga, C. Watson | K. Ponga (5/6) | 12,626[43] | |||
25 March | 3 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium, Sydney | 8-38[44] | A. Guerra | K. Ponga (2/3) | 15,153[45] | |||
1 April | 4 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium, Wollongong | 12-30[46] | T. Moga, C. Heighington | K. Ponga (2/2) | 18,589[46] | |||
7 April | 5 | Brisbane Broncos | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 15-10[47] | L. Fitzgibbon, D. Saifiti | K. Ponga (3/3), M. Pearce (FG) | 21,969[47] | |||
13 April | 6 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park, Melbourne | 14-40[48] | K. Sio (2), L. Fitzgibbon | K. Ponga (1/3) | 12,386[48] | |||
21 April | 7 | Wests Tigers | Scully Park, Tamworth | 22-20[49] | K. Sio (3), S. Kenny-Dowall, M. Pearce | K. Ponga (1/5)[50] | 10,082 | |||
27 April | 8 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Lottoland, Manly | 18-12[51] | S. Griffin, N. Ross, C. Watson | K. Sio (3/4) | 5,715 | |||
4 May | 9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 18-36[52] | S. Kenny-Dowall (2), S. Mata'utai, L. Fitzgibbon | K. Sio (1/4) | 22,718 [52] | |||
11 May | 10 | Penrith Panthers | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 18-29[53] | K. Ponga, N. Ross, C. Watson | B. Lamb (2/2), K. Sio (1/1) | 14,801 | |||
19 May | 11 | Gold Coast Titans | Cbus Super Stadium, Robina | 26-33[54] | H. Ese'ese, S. Mata'utia, K. Ponga, K. Sio | B. Lamb (5/5) | 11,008 | |||
27 May | 12 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 10-48[55] | L. Fitzgibbon, S. Mata'utia | K. Sio (1/1), K. Ponga (0/1) | 20,913 | |||
2 June | 13 | Parramatta Eels | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 30-4[56] | J. Cogger, S. Mata'utia, D. Saifiti, K. Sio, C. Watson | K. Ponga (5/6) | 7,719 | |||
9 June | 14 | Sydney Roosters | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 16-18[57] | S. Mata'utia, K. Ponga | K. Ponga (4/4) | 18,029 | |||
17 June | 15 | Melbourne Storm | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 10-28[58] | K. Ponga, K. Sio | K. Ponga (1/2) | 14,803 | |||
30 June | 16 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 16-36[59] | C. Watson (2), H. Ese'ese | K. Sio (2/3) | 17,755 | |||
17 | Bye | |||||||||
13 July | 18 | Parramatta Eels | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 18-16[60] | C. Watson, S. Kenny-Dowall, M. Pearce | K. Sio (3/4) | 15,860 | |||
21 July | 19 | Gold Coast Titans | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 30-24[61] | M. Barnett (2), N. Meaney, L. Fitzgibbon, S. Kenny-Dowall | K. Sio (5/6) | 14,095 | |||
27 July | 20 | North Queensland Cowboys | 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville | 18-20[62] | L. Fitzgibbon (2), A. Guerra | K. Sio (3/4) | 11,709 | |||
3 August | 21 | Wests Tigers | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | 16-25[63] | A. Guerra, S. Mata'utia, K. Ponga | K. Sio (2/3) | 18,561 | |||
10 August | 22 | New Zealand Warriors | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | 4-20[64] | K. Sio | K. Sio (0/1) | 14,395 | |||
18 August | 23 | Penrith Panthers | Panthers Stadium, Penrith | |||||||
26 August | 24 | Cronulla Sutherland Sharks | Southern Cross Group Stadium, Cronulla | |||||||
1 September | 25 | St George Illawarra Dragons | McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | |||||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw |
Name | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points | Captain | Age |
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Mitchell Barnett | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
Jamie Buhrer | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 29 |
Jack Cogger | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
Cory Denniss | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
Herman Ese'ese | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
JJ Felise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Lachlan Fitzgibbon | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 24 |
Slade Griffin | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
Aidan Guerra | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 30 |
Chris Heighington | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
Shaun Kenny-Dowall | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 30 |
Josh King | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Brock Lamb | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
Danny Levi | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Jacob Lillyman | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Sione Mata'utia | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 22 |
Nick Meaney | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
Tautau Moga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
Mitchell Pearce | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 |
Kalyn Ponga | 20 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 20 |
Nathan Ross | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 30 |
Daniel Saifiti | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
Jacob Saifiti | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Pasami Saulo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Ken Sio | 20 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 28 |
Tom Starling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Sam Stone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Connor Watson | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 22 |
Luke Yates | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Totals | 24 | 73 | 60 | 2 | 414 | - | Average: 25 |
29 players used.
Source:[65]
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