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Revision as of 05:18, 9 November 2017

2017 Newcastle Knights season
NRL Rank16th (last)
2017 recordWins: 5; draws: 0; losses: 19
Points scoredFor: 428; against: 648
Team information
CEOMatthew Gidley
CoachNathan Brown
Captain
StadiumMcDonald Jones Stadium
Top scorers
TriesNathan Ross (10)
GoalsTrent Hodkinson (46)
PointsTrent Hodkinson (97)
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The 2017 Newcastle Knights season was the 30th in the club's history. Coached by Nathan Brown and captained by Trent Hodkinson, before being replaced by Sione Mata'utia and Jamie Buhrer in the captaincy role, they competed in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 16th place (out of 16).

Milestones

Squad

For the complete list of Newcastle Knights players, see List of Newcastle Knights players.
Newcastle Knights
2017 NRL premiership squad Coaching staff

Extended squad players

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 3 September 2017
Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles,
Rugby League Project

Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

Player Previous Club Length
Tyrone Amey Newcastle Knights ISP NSW Promoted
Jamie Buhrer Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2018
Thomas Cronan Canberra Raiders 2017
Jacob Gagan Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2017
Tom Hughes Newcastle Knights ISP NSW Promoted
Brodie Jones Newcastle Knights NYC Promoted
Shaun Kenny-Dowall Sydney Roosters 2019
Rory Kostjasyn North Queensland Cowboys 2018
Nick Meaney Newcastle Knights NYC Promoted
Joe Morris Newcastle Knights ISP NSW Promoted
Pasami Saulo Newcastle Knights NYC Promoted
Ken Sio Hull Kingston Rovers 2018
Josh Starling Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2017
Tom Starling Newcastle Knights NYC Promoted
Sam Stone Newcastle Knights NYC Promoted
Anthony Tupou Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2017
Joe Wardle Huddersfield Giants 2019
Simon Woolford (ISP NSW coach) Queanbeyan Blues 2017
Kurt Wrigley (assistant coach) South Sydney Rabbitohs 2017

Losses

Player Club
Chris Adams Lakes United
Uiti Baker Western Suburbs Rosellas
Danny Buderus (assistant coach) Released
Bryce Donovan Part-time squad
Krys Freeman Central Queensland Capras
Tama Koopu Norths Devils
Matt Lantry (ISP NSW coach) Western Suburbs Rosellas
Todd Lowrie Retirement
Robbie Rochow South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tariq Sims St. George Illawarra Dragons
Jeremy Smith Retirement
Kade Snowden Retirement
Joseph Tapine Canberra Raiders
James Taylor South Newcastle Lions
Ken Tofilau Central Queensland Capras
Akuila Uate Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Tekina Vailea Eastern Suburbs Tigers

Re-signings

Player Re-signed to
Tyrone Amey 2018
Mitchell Barnett 2020
Cory Denniss 2018
Lachlan Fitzgibbon 2019
Tom Hughes 2018
Danny Levi 2020
Nick Meaney 2018
Dylan Phythian 2018
Nathan Ross 2020
Daniel Saifiti 2020
Jacob Saifiti 2020
Tom Starling 2018
Sam Stone 2018
Luke Yates 2018

Player contract situations

2017 (leaving) 2018 2019 2020
David Bhana[1] Tyrone Amey[2] Lachlan Fitzgibbon[3] Mitchell Barnett[4]
Thomas Cronan[5] Jamie Buhrer[6] Shaun Kenny-Dowall[7] Danny Levi[8]
Brendan Elliot[9] Jack Cogger[10] Nathan Ross[11]
Jaelen Feeney[12] Cory Denniss[13] Daniel Saifiti[14]
Dane Gagai[15] Trent Hodkinson[16] Jacob Saifiti[14]
Jacob Gagan[17] Tom Hughes[18]
Rory Kostjasyn[19] Brodie Jones[20]
Jake Mamo[21] Josh King[22]
Sam Mataora[23] Brock Lamb[24]
Peter Mata'utia[25] Chanel Mata'utia[26]
Joe Morris[27] Pat Mata'utia[26]
Jarrod Mullen[28] Sione Mata'utia[26]
Mickey Paea[29] Nick Meaney[18]
Pauli Pauli[30] Dylan Phythian[18]
Will Pearsall[31] Pasami Saulo[32]
Tyler Randell[33] Ken Sio[34]
Braden Robson[35] Tom Starling[18]
Korbin Sims[36] Sam Stone[18]
Bradie Smith[37] Luke Yates[18]
Josh Starling[38]
Jack Stockwell[39]
Anthony Tupou[40]
Joe Wardle[41]

Ladder

2017 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm (P) 24 20 0 4 2 633 336 +297 44
2 Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 2 500 428 +72 38
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 16 0 8 2 597 433 +164 36
4 Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 2 496 457 +39 36
5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 15 0 9 2 476 407 +69 34
6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 552 512 +40 32
7 Penrith Panthers 24 13 0 11 2 504 459 +45 30
8 North Queensland Cowboys 24 13 0 11 2 467 443 +24 30
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 2 533 450 +83 28
10 Canberra Raiders 24 11 0 13 2 558 497 +61 26
11 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 10 0 14 2 360 455 −95 24
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 2 464 564 −100 22
13 New Zealand Warriors 24 7 0 17 2 444 575 −131 18
14 Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 413 571 −158 18
15 Gold Coast Titans 24 7 0 17 2 448 638 −190 18
16 Newcastle Knights 24 5 0 19 2 428 648 −220 14

Jerseys and sponsors

In 2017, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was nib.

2017 Home Jersey 2017 Away Jersey 2017 Indigenous Jersey 2017 ISC Marvel Heroes Iron Patriot Jersey 2017 NSW Mining Jersey

Fixtures

Auckland Nines

Main article: 2017 NRL Auckland Nines

Squad: 1. Peter Mata'utia 2. Ken Sio 3. Brendan Elliot 4. Nathan Ross 5. Cory Denniss 6. Brock Lamb 7. Jaelen Feeney 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Danny Levi 10. Jacob Saifiti 11. Mitchell Barnett 12. Jamie Buhrer (c) 13. Luke Yates 14. Tyler Randell 15. Jack Stockwell 16. Sam Stone 17. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 18. Nick Meaney 19. Sione Mata'utia (Emergency Player)

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Drop Goal Conversions Attendance
Saturday, 4 February Auckland Nines Game 5 Wests Tigers Eden Park 18-10 K.Sio, N.Ross, S.Stone, M.Barnett B.Lamb (1/4)
Saturday, 4 February Auckland Nines Game 13 Brisbane Broncos Eden Park 8-21 D.Levi, P.Mata'utia
Sunday, 5 February Auckland Nines Game 22 Melbourne Storm Eden Park 10-20 B.Lamb, C.Denniss T.Randell (1/1)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Pre-season trials

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 18 February Trial 1 Canberra Raiders Seiffert Oval 44 – 0 D.Levi, P.Mata'utia, J.Buhrer, S.Mata'utia, T.Hodkinson, B.Elliot, C.Mata'utia, K.Sio T.Hodkinson (4/5), B.Lamb (2/3)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Statistics

Name Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Points Captain Age
Tyrone Amey 1 0 0 0 0 0 21
Mitchell Barnett 22 4 0 0 16 0 23
Jamie Buhrer 16 1 0 0 4 9 28
Jack Cogger 2 0 0 0 0 0 20
Brendan Elliot 12 4 0 0 16 0 23
Jaelen Feeney 8 1 0 0 4 0 23
Lachlan Fitzgibbon 14 8 0 0 32 0 23
Dane Gagai 23 2 0 0 8 0 26
Jacob Gagan 1 1 0 0 4 0 24
Trent Hodkinson 17 1 46 1 97 7 29
Shaun Kenny-Dowall 6 4 0 0 16 0 29
Josh King 15 0 0 0 0 0 22
Brock Lamb 21 5 23 1 67 0 20
Danny Levi 24 3 0 0 12 0 22
Sam Mataora 1 0 0 0 0 0 27
Chanel Mata'utia 4 2 0 0 8 0 25
Peter Mata'utia 24 7 0 0 28 0 27
Sione Mata'utia 22 3 0 0 12 15 21
Mickey Paea 5 0 0 0 0 0 31
Dylan Phythian 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
Tyler Randell 5 0 0 0 0 0 25
Nathan Ross 20 10 0 0 40 0 29
Daniel Saifiti 23 2 0 0 8 0 21
Jacob Saifiti 21 1 0 0 4 0 21
Ken Sio 21 5 0 0 20 0 27
Josh Starling 13 0 0 0 0 0 27
Jack Stockwell 10 2 0 0 8 0 25
Sam Stone 16 2 0 0 8 0 20
Anthony Tupou 4 0 0 0 0 0 34
Joe Wardle 17 4 0 0 16 0 26
Luke Yates 19 0 0 0 0 0 22
Totals 24 72 69 2 418 - Average: 25

31 players used.

Source:[42]

Representative honours

See also: List of Newcastle Knights representatives

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2017.

Australia

Australian Schoolboys

Cook Islands

Fiji

Indigenous All Stars

Italy

Junior Kangaroos

New South Wales City

New South Wales Residents

New South Wales under-20s

New Zealand

Prime Minister's XIII

Queensland

Samoa

Scotland

World All Stars

Individual honours

Teams and squads

Intrust Super Premiership New South Wales Team of the Year

Newcastle Knights awards

Player of the Year

  • National Rugby League (NRL) Player of the Year: Mitchell Barnett
  • Intrust Super Premiership NSW Player of the Year: Nick Meaney
  • National Youth Competition (NYC) Player of the Year: Zac Hosking

Players' Player

  • National Rugby League (NRL) Players' Player: Daniel Saifiti
  • Intrust Super Premiership NSW Players' Player: Tom Hughes
  • National Youth Competition (NYC) Players' Player: Matt Cooper

Coach's Award

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