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2025 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEOPhil Gardner
CoachAdam O'Brien
Captain
StadiumMcDonald 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.

Squad

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For the complete list of Newcastle Knights players, see List of Newcastle Knights players.
Newcastle Knights 2025 squad
2025 NRL top 30 squad Development list Coaching 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

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Gains

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Player/Coach Previous club Length Source
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

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Player/Coach Club Source
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]
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Player Junior side Source
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

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2025 (off-contract) 2026 2027 2028
Jayden Brailey[17] Tom Cant[18] Taj Annan[1] Cody Hopwood[16]
Paul Bryan[19] Jack Cogger[20] Matt Arthur[2]
Mat Croker[15] Phoenix Crossland[21] Bradman Best[22]
Adam Elliott[23] Wilson De Courcey[15] Dylan Lucas[24]
Jackson Hastings[25] Tyson Frizell[26] Francis Manuleleua[1]
Jack Hetherington[23] Dane Gagai[27] Kyle McCarthy[28]
Brodie Jones[29] Tyson Gamble[30] Jermaine McEwen[16]
Riley Jones[19] Greg Marzhew[31] Kalyn Ponga[32]
Kai Pearce-Paul[33] Fletcher Sharpe[34] Jacob Saifiti[35]
Will Pryce[33] James Schiller[3]
Sebastian Su'a[36]
Leo Thompson[37]
Tyrone Thompson[4]
Connor Votano[16]

Pre-season

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Main article: 2025 NRL pre-season results

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 2025 Newcastle Knights v Parramatta Eels Newcastle
18:00 AEDT
 Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Round 2: 23 February 2025 Sydney Roosters v Newcastle Knights Gosford
16:00 AEDT
 Report
Stadium: Industree Group Stadium

Regular season

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Main article: 2025 NRL season

Ladder

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Broncos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to finals series
2 Canberra Raiders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dolphins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Gold Coast Titans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Melbourne Storm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Newcastle Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New Zealand Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 North Queensland Cowboys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Parramatta Eels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Penrith Panthers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 St. George Illawarra Dragons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sydney Roosters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wests Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: National Rugby League

Results by round

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

Matches

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Main article: 2025 NRL season results

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

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

NRL Women's team

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2025 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEOPhil Gardner
CoachBen Jeffries
Captain
StadiumMcDonald 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.

For the complete list of Newcastle Knights Women's players, see List of Newcastle Knights Women's players.
Newcastle Knights women's – current squad
2025 NRLW top 24 squad Development list Coaching 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

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Player gains
Player/Coach Previous club Length Source
Tiana Davison Sydney Roosters 2027 [40]
Mercedez Taulelei-Siala Tweed Heads Seagulls 2025 [41]
Botille Vette-Welsh Wests Tigers 2027 [42]
Losses
Player/Coach Club Source
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
Player Junior side Source
Joeli Morris Knights NSW Women's Premiership [40]

Player contract situations

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2025 2026 2027
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]

References

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