2024 Newcastle Knights season

2024 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEO	Phil Gardner
Coach	Adam O'Brien
Captain	Kalyn Ponga
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
←  2023 2025  →

The 2024 Newcastle Knights season is the 37th in the club's history. Coached by Adam O'Brien and captained by Kalyn Ponga, they compete in the NRL's 2024 Telstra Premiership.

Squad

For the complete list of Newcastle Knights players, see List of Newcastle Knights players.

Newcastle Knights 2024 squad

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2024 NRL top 30 squad						Development list		Coaching staff
235 Dane Gagai (vc) – CE (gk) 268 Daniel Saifiti – PR 269 Jacob Saifiti – PR 275 Jack Cogger – HB 296 Kalyn Ponga (c) – FB (gk) 310 Phoenix Crossland – HK 311 Bradman Best – CE 313 Jayden Brailey (vc) – HK 315 Enari Tuala – WG 318 Brodie Jones – SR		321 Tyson Frizell – SR 327 Mat Croker – PR 331 Leo Thompson – PR 333 Krystian Mapapalangi – CE 335 Adam Elliott – LK 336 Jackson Hastings – HB (gk) 337 Jack Hetherington – PR 339 Tyson Gamble – FE 340 Dylan Lucas – SR 341 Ryan Rivett – FE (pre-season loss)		343 Greg Marzhew – WG 345 Riley Jones – HK 346 Kai Pearce-Paul – SR 347 Jed Cartwright – SR 348 Thomas Jenkins – WG 349 David Armstrong – FB Paul Bryan – PR Myles Martin – LK Will Pryce – FE Fletcher Sharpe – FB		342 Tom Cant – LK Zach Herring – HB Laitia Moceidreke – WG Fletcher Myers – CE Sebastian Su'a – PR		Head coach Adam O'Brien Assistant coaches Rory Kostjasyn Brian McDermott Ronald Griffiths - NSW Cup coach Michael Dobson - Jersey Flegg Cup coach Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 6 February 2024 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles, Rugby League Project

Transfers and re-signings

Gains

Player/Coach	Previous club	Length	Source
Jed Cartwright	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2025	[1]
Jack Cogger	Penrith Panthers	2026	[2]
Zach Herring	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2024	[3]
Thomas Jenkins	Penrith Panthers	2025	[4]
Fletcher Myers	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2024	[5]
Kai Pearce-Paul	Wigan Warriors	2025	[6]
Will Pryce	Huddersfield Giants	2025	[6]

Losses

Player/Coach	Club	Source
Dane Aukafolau	Northern Pride RLFC	[7]
Fa'amanu Brown	Hull F.C.	[8]
Adam Clune	Huddersfield Giants	[9]
Lachlan Fitzgibbon	Warrington Wolves	[10]
Tony Gleeson (Jersey Flegg Cup coach)	Released	[11]
Bailey Hodgson	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	[12]
Hymel Hunt	Released	[13]
Jack Johns	Released	[13]
Oryn Keeley	Dolphins	[14]
David Klemmer	Wests Tigers	[15]
Kurt Mann	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	[16]
Lachie Miller	Leeds Rhinos	[17]
Michael Monaghan (NSW Cup coach)	Gold Coast Titans	[18]
Chris Randall	Gold Coast Titans	[19]
Ryan Rivett	Toulouse Olympique	[20]
Kobe Rugless	Blacktown Workers	[21]
Simi Sasagi	Canberra Raiders	[22]
Ben Talty	North Sydney Bears	[23]
Tevita Toloi	Released	[24]
Chris Vea'ila	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	[25]
Dom Young	Sydney Roosters	[26]

Promoted juniors

Player	Junior side	Source
Paul Bryan	Jersey Flegg Cup	[3]
Laitia Moceidreke	NSW Cup	[27]
Fletcher Sharpe	Jersey Flegg Cup	[3]
Sebastian Su'a	NSW Cup	[3]

Re-signings

Player/Coach	Re-signed to	Source
Bradman Best	2027	[28]
Adam O'Brien (head coach)	2027	[29]
Jacob Saifiti	2027	[30]
Fletcher Sharpe	2026	[27]

Change of role

Player/Coach	New role	Source
Michael Dobson (Head of Pathways)	Jersey Flegg Cup coach	[11]
Ronald Griffiths (NRLW coach)	NSW Cup coach	[11]

Player contract situations

2024 (leaving)	2024 (off-contract)	2025	2026	2027
Ryan Rivett [20]	David Armstrong [3]	Jayden Brailey [31]	Jack Cogger [2]	Bradman Best [28]
	Paul Bryan [3]	Jed Cartwright [1]	Phoenix Crossland [32]	Kalyn Ponga [33]
	Tom Cant [3]	Adam Elliott [34]	Tyson Frizell [35]	Jacob Saifiti [30]
	Mat Croker [36]	Jackson Hastings [37]	Greg Marzhew [38]
	Dane Gagai [39]	Jack Hetherington [34]	Daniel Saifiti [40]
	Tyson Gamble [41]	Thomas Jenkins [4]	Fletcher Sharpe [27]
	Zach Herring [3]	Riley Jones [3]
	Brodie Jones [3]	Dylan Lucas [42]
	Krystian Mapapalangi [3]	Kai Pearce-Paul [6]
	Myles Martin [3]	Will Pryce [6]
	Laitia Moceidreke [27]	Sebastian Su'a [3]
	Fletcher Myers [5]	Leo Thompson [43]
	Enari Tuala [42]

Fixtures

Pre-season trials

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Conversions	Attendance
Saturday, 17 February	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Industree Group Stadium	44–18	D.Armstrong (2), D.Lucas (2), K.McCarthy, R.Jones, J.Cogger, W.Pryce	J.Cogger (3/3), W.Pryce (2/4), T.Gamble (1/1)	7,952
Saturday, 24 February	Melbourne Storm	Churchill Park	10-28	E.Tuala, B.Best	K.Ponga (1/2)	5,218
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw

Source: ^[44]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	7	6	0	1	1	199	100	+99	14	Advance to finals series
2	Penrith Panthers	8	6	0	2	1	190	124	+66	14
3	Melbourne Storm	7	6	0	1	1	172	118	+54	14
4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	8	5	1	2	0	213	174	+39	11
5	Brisbane Broncos	8	5	0	3	0	216	152	+64	10
6	Dolphins	7	4	0	3	1	184	135	+49	10
7	Sydney Roosters	8	4	0	4	0	218	145	+73	8
8	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	7	3	0	4	1	142	125	+17	8
9	North Queensland Cowboys	8	4	0	4	0	203	217	−14	8
10	Canberra Raiders	8	4	0	4	0	164	180	−16	8
11	Parramatta Eels	8	3	0	5	1	157	212	−55	8
12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	8	4	0	4	0	154	214	−60	8
13	New Zealand Warriors	8	3	1	4	0	168	151	+17	7
14	Newcastle Knights	8	3	0	5	0	138	163	−25	6
15	Wests Tigers	7	2	0	5	1	105	160	−55	6
16	Gold Coast Titans	7	1	0	6	1	117	204	−87	4
17	South Sydney Rabbitohs	8	1	0	7	1	126	292	−166	4

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: Official NRL Ladder for 2024 Premiership Season

Result by round

Round	1
Ground	H
Result	L
Position	14
Points	0

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

Matches

Round 1: 7 March 2024	Newcastle Knights	12–28	Canberra Raiders	Newcastle
20:00 AEDT	Tries: Frizell  30' Hastings  76' Goals: Ponga 2/2  32', 76'	Report	Tries: Hosking  25' Levi  47' Savage  63' Rapana  69' Young  79' Goals: Fogarty 4/6  15 pen', 26', 48', 79' Sin bin: Young 24' to 34'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 22,378 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 2: 16 March 2024	North Queensland Cowboys	21–20 (g.p.)	Newcastle Knights	Townsville
17:30 AEST	Tries: Townsend  41' Feldt  44' Dearden  60' Nanai  76' Goals: Holmes 2/4  43', 61' Field goals: Townsend  81'	Report	Tries: Elliott  18', 36' Marzhew  48' Goals: Ponga 4/4  19', 37', 49', 53 (pen)'	Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium

Round 3: 24 March 2024	Newcastle Knights	14–12	Melbourne Storm	Newcastle
18:15 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 4: 31 March 2024	New Zealand Warriors	20–12	Newcastle Knights	Auckland
18:05 NZDT				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 5: 5 April 2024	Newcastle Knights	30–10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Newcastle
20:00 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 6: 11 April 2024	Newcastle Knights	20–22	Sydney Roosters	Newcastle
19:50 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 7: 21 April 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	36–12	Newcastle Knights	Sydney
14:00 AEST				Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 8: 28 April 2024	Dolphins	14–18	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane
14:00 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 9: 5 May 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	New Zealand Warriors	Newcastle
14:00 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 10: 11 May 2024	Wests Tigers	v	Newcastle Knights	Tamworth
15:00 AEST				Stadium: Scully Park

Round 11: 18 May 2024	Gold Coast Titans	v	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane
15:00 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 12 (Bye for Newcastle Knights)

Round 13: 31 May 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle
20:00 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 14: 9 June 2024	Melbourne Storm	v	Newcastle Knights	Melbourne
14:00 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

Round 15: 16 June 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Penrith Panthers	Newcastle
16:05 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 16 (Bye for Newcastle Knights)

Round 17: 29 June 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
17:30 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 18: 7 July 2024	Canberra Raiders	v	Newcastle Knights	Canberra
16:05 AEST				Stadium: GIO Stadium

Round 19: 14 July 2024	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	v	Newcastle Knights	Sydney
16:05 AEST				Stadium: 4 Pines Park

Round 20: 20 July 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle
17:30 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 21 (Bye for Newcastle Knights)

Round 22: 4 August 2024	Penrith Panthers	v	Newcastle Knights	Sydney
14:00 AEST				Stadium: BlueBet Stadium

Round 23: 11 August 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Wests Tigers	Newcastle
16:05 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 24: 18 August 2024	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	v	Newcastle Knights	Sydney
16:05 AEST				Stadium: PointsBet Stadium

Round 25: 24 August 2024	South Sydney Rabbitohs	v	Newcastle Knights	Sydney
19:35 AEST				Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 26: 1 September 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Gold Coast Titans	Newcastle
14:00 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 27: 8 September 2024	Newcastle Knights	v	Dolphins	Newcastle
16:05 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Statistics

Name	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points	Captain	Age
David Armstrong	1	1	0	0	4	0	23
Bradman Best	8	3	0	0	12	0	23
Jayden Brailey	6	0	0	0	0	1	28
Jed Cartwright	2	0	0	0	0	0	28
Jack Cogger	6	0	0	0	0	0	27
Mat Croker	4	0	0	0	0	0	25
Phoenix Crossland	8	0	0	0	0	0	24
Adam Elliott	8	3	0	0	12	0	30
Tyson Frizell	4	2	0	0	8	0	33
Dane Gagai	6	2	5	0	18	1	33
Tyson Gamble	6	1	0	4	0	0	28
Jackson Hastings	6	3	1	0	14	0	28
Jack Hetherington	6	0	0	0	0	0	28
Thomas Jenkins	5	0	0	0	0	0	23
Brodie Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0	26
Dylan Lucas	7	2	0	0	8	0	24
Greg Marzhew	5	1	0	0	4	0	27
Kai Pearce-Paul	8	0	0	0	0	0	23
Kalyn Ponga	7	1	18	0	40	7	26
Daniel Saifiti	8	1	0	0	4	0	28
Jacob Saifiti	8	0	0	0	0	0	28
Leo Thompson	7	0	0	0	0	0	24
Enari Tuala	7	2	0	0	8	0	26
Totals	8	22	24	0	138	–	Average: 27

23 players used.

Source: ^[45]

Milestones

• Round 1: Kai Pearce-Paul made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Wigan Warriors.
• Round 2: Jed Cartwright made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
• Round 2: Adam Elliott scored his first try for the club.
• Round 2: Thomas Jenkins made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Penrith Panthers.
• Round 6: Greg Marzhew played his 50th career game.
• Round 8: David Armstrong made his NRL debut for the club and scored his first career try.
• Round 8: Jacob Saifiti played his 150th career game.

NRL Women's team

2024 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEO	Phil Gardner
Coach	Ben Jeffries
Captain	Hannah Southwell
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
←  2023 2025  →

The 2024 Newcastle Knights Women's season will be the 4th in the club's history. Coached by Ben Jeffries and captained by Hannah Southwell, they will compete in the NRLW's 2024 NRL Women's Premiership.

Newcastle Knights women's – 2024 squad

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2024 NRLW top 24 squad						Development list		Coaching staff
4 Caitlan Johnston – SR, PR 26 Yasmin Clydsdale – SR 27 Olivia Higgins – HK 28 Shanice Parker – CE 29 Hannah Southwell (c) – LK 30 Jesse Southwell – HB 32 Tamika Upton – FB 33 Tayla Predebon – PR		34 Simone Karpani – PR 38 Caitlin Moran – FE 41 Kayla Romaniuk – LK 42 Laishon Albert-Jones – LK, SR 43 Rima Butler – PR 44 Sheridan Gallagher – WG 45 Abigail Roache – CE 47 Nita Maynard – HK		48 Viena Tinao – PR 49 Georgia Roche – FE 50 Felila Kia – SR 51 Jacinta Carter – PR Jayde Herdegen – FE Evie Jones – FE Jules Kirkpatrick – LK Tamerah Leati – WG		Leah Ollerton – HK Lilly-Ann White – FB		Head coach Ben Jeffries Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 21 November 2023 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles, Rugby League Project

Player gains and losses

Player gains
Player/Coach	Previous club	Length	Source
Ben Jeffries (head coach)	North Queensland Cowboys	2026	[46]

Losses
Player/Coach	Club	Source
Tiana Davison	Sydney Roosters	[47]
Ronald Griffiths (head coach)	Knights NSW Cup coach	[11]
Jasmin Strange	Sydney Roosters	[47]

Promoted juniors
Player	Junior side	Source
Leah Ollerton	Knights Tarsha Gale Cup	[48]
Lilly-Ann White	Knights Tarsha Gale Cup	[48]

Player re-signings
Player/Coach	Re-signed to	Source
Sheridan Gallagher	2025	[49]
Olivia Higgins	2026	[48]
Simone Karpani	2026	[48]
Nita Maynard	2024	[48]
Viena Tinao	2025	[48]

Player contract situations

2024 (off-contract)	2025	2026	2027
Laishon Albert-Jones [50]	Yasmin Clydsdale [51]	Olivia Higgins [48]	Georgia Roche [52]
Rima Butler [50]	Sheridan Gallagher [49]	Simone Karpani [48]	Hannah Southwell [53]
Jayde Herdegen [50]	Caitlan Johnston [54]		Jesse Southwell [53]
Felila Kia [50]	Viena Tinao [48]		Tamika Upton [55]
Jules Kirkpatrick [56]
Tamerah Leati [50]
Nita Maynard [48]
Leah Ollerton [48]
Shanice Parker [54]
Tayla Predebon [57]
Abigail Roache [50]
Kayla Romaniuk [57]
Lilly-Ann White [48]

Representative honours

See also: List of Newcastle Knights representatives

The following players appeared in a representative match or were named in a representative squad in 2024.

Indigenous All Stars

• Adam Elliott
• Ronald Griffiths (coach)

Indigenous All Stars (Women's)

• Tamika Upton

Māori All Stars

• Dane Gagai
• Leo Thompson

Māori All Stars (Women's)

• Rima Butler
• Shanice Parker

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