Newcastle Knights

“It took me 60 seconds”: Knights coach reveals chat with Mitchell Pearce over a quiet beer was enough to convince him to release veteran half

21 January, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Newcastle Knights coach Adam O’Brien has revealed it took all of sixty seconds over a quiet beer with former halfback Mitch Pearce to realise his days in the Hunter had come to an end. The

Kalyn Ponga set for Newcastle captaincy and turn back on All Blacks Union World Cup dream: Report

21 July, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Kalyn Ponga is set to remain at the Newcastle Knights and turn his back on his dream of representing the All Blacks at the next Rugby Union World Cup according to News Corp. Ponga comes

Knights legend backs Newcastle for the finals if they can get passed injury-ravaged Roosters this weekend

19 July, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The Newcastle Knights’ entire 2021 campaign comes down to this week’s showdown with the injury-ravaged Sydney Roosters according to club legend Matthew Johns. A premiership-winner with Newcastle in 1997, Johns believes the Knights will make

NRLW expands to six team competition for start of 2021 season

11 June, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The 2021 NRLW premiership has expanded to six clubs with the Newcastle Knights, Parramatta Eels and Gold Coast Titans added to the competition alongside the Broncos, Roosters and Dragons. New Zealand Warriors’ women’s team will

NRL Finals classics: Some of the best playoff encounters between this weekend’s sides

30 September, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis One competition finishes and another one begins. Welcome to the NRL Finals for 2020. Only eight teams remain. This is the business end. Where dreams are made and shattered in the

Finals Week One preview: Raiders, Storm and Rabbitohs to win big while Panthers ready to outlast the Chooks

30 September, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Penrith Panthers vs Sydney RoostersFriday night 7.50pm, Panthers Stadium This will be one of the games of the season as the minor premiers host the defending, back-to-back champions. It will be

‘Storylines and premiership contenders’: Another cracking Super Saturday confirms the closest premiership race in years

18 July, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis No Tom Trbojevic, no Addin Fonua-Blake, no Dylan Walker – no worries for the Manly Sea Eagles who held on for a gutsy victory on Saturday night against the premiership-leading Parramatta

Kalyn Ponga set to commit to Newcastle in five-year extension: report

26 May, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The Newcastle Knights have reportedly won the chase to Kalyn Ponga’s future with the star set to a sign a five-year extension to stay in the Hunter. Ponga is on record as saying it’s a

‘I was shitty at the game’: Ben Cross wasn’t happy with the Knights after the Danny Wicks drugs scandal in 2009

2 April, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Former representative prop Ben Cross has revealed his disillusionment at the game and the Newcastle Knights back in 2009 after the Danny Wicks drug scandal rocked the club. Speaking on the Top

Who Remembers? Random memories of a footy tragic in rugby league isolation

31 March, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD – EDITOR @woodward_curtis Breaking, breaking – news flash!! Rugby league is in lockdown. The worst part is we have no idea how long this thing is going to last. We’re already scratching

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