Newcastle Knights

The best premiership teams to never play in the Auckland Nines 1990-1997

4 February, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The Auckland Nines are this weekend which means rugby league is back upon us for another season. We’re getting itchy feet here at The81stMinute and we can’t take it any longer. So our Head Writer

The best NRL teams to never play in the Auckland Nines 1998-2006

2 February, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The Auckland Nines are this weekend which means rugby league is back upon us for another season. We’re getting itchy feet here at The81stMinute and we can’t take it any longer. So our Head Writer

Reynolds ready to take on extra responsibility while Hodkinson is just happy to be on the field

28 January, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Canterbury five-eight Josh Reynolds says he has no issue being the elder statesman in his new playmaking partnership with Moses Mbye. Former halfback Trent Hodkinson is now at Newcastle and Reynolds is ready to take

Sione Mata’utia breaks silence on poor post-Kangaroos selection form

21 January, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Newcastle flyer Sione Mata’utia has revealed to foxsports.com.au the overwhelming pressure to perform made it impossible for him to do just that. Mata’utia burst onto the scene after only a handful of matches and was

Akuila ‘The Thriller’ to play at the Auckland Nines

20 January, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Nathan Brown has hosed down whispers that 28-year-old Newcastle winger Akuila Uate is on the outer at the club after two frustrating seasons. Despite the club’s troubles, the Knights have uncovered the likes of young

Mullen puts hand up for captaincy role

4 January, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Veteran Newcastle playmaker Jarrod Mullen has put his hand up for the vacant captaincy position left by retired club great Kurt Gidley. Mullen and incoming halves partner Trent Hodkinson are the favourites to take over

Hodkinson wants in at Auckland Nines

10 December, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Newcastle’s star recruit Trent Hodkinson says it has been tough watching his new team-mates slogging it out in pre-season training and not being out there with them. The former New South Wales playmaker has been

Former Newcastle CEO says Knights must be the communities’ again

6 December, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Former Newcastle Knights CEO Steve Burraston believes the club should return to a community based ownership model after the tumultuous private ownership of Nathan Tinkler. Quizzed by The Newcastle Herald on various ownership models, Burraston

Stockwell primed for new season after rocks and diamonds 2015

15 November, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Newcastle Knights prop Jack Stockwell says he was shocked when he was named in the Prime Minister’s XIII team to play Papua New Guinea but simply couldn’t bring himself to play whilst still recovering from

Basic Newcastle stripping it back for new coach Brown

10 November, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Newcastle forward Robbie Rochow says the Knights have a new feel at pre-season training and is desperate to impress new coach Nathan Brown. “It’s a refreshing feeling with a different type of training and a

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