2016 Newcastle Knights season

2016 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEO	Matthew Gidley
Coach	Nathan Brown
Captain	Trent Hodkinson, Tariq Sims & Jeremy Smith;
Stadium	Hunter Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Nathan Ross (4)
Goals	Trent Hodkinson (19)
Points	Trent Hodkinson (42)

The 2016 Newcastle Knights season is the 29th in the club's history. Coached by Nathan Brown and captained by Trent Hodkinson, Tariq Sims and Jeremy Smith, they compete in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership.

Milestones

Round 1: David Bhana made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 1: Jaelen Feeney made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 1: Trent Hodkinson made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown, captained his 1st game for the club and kicked his 1st goal for the club.
Round 1: Pat Mata'utia made his NRL debut for the club and scored his 1st try for the club, which was also his 1st career try.
Round 1: Pauli Pauli made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Parramatta Eels.
Round 1: Daniel Saifiti made his NRL debut for the club and scored his 1st try for the club, which was also his 1st career try.
Round 1: Jacob Saifiti made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 1: Jeremy Smith captained his 1st game for the club.
Round 3: Cory Denniss made his NRL debut for the club and scored his 1st try for the club, which was also his 1st career try.
Round 3: Sam Mataora scored his 1st try for the club.
Round 3: Jarrod Mullen played his 200th for the club, which was also his 200th career game.
Round 3: Mickey Paea made his debut for the club, after previously playing for Hull F.C..
Round 5: Jacob Saifiti scored his 1st try for the club, which was also his 1st career try.
Round 6: The Knights won their 200th game at Hunter Stadium.
Round 6: Will Pearsall made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 7: Josh King made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 7: Jack Stockwell played his 50th career game.
Round 8: Sam Mataora played his 50th career game.
Round 8: Jeremy Smith played his 200th career game.
Round 9: Brock Lamb made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 10: Jack Cogger made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 11: Dane Gagai played his 100th career game.
Round 11: Trent Hodkinson scored his 1st try for the club.

Squad

Newcastle Knights

2016 NRL premiership squad

Extended squad players

Coaching staff

158 Todd Lowrie - LK (mid-season loss)
172 Kade Snowden - PR
179 Jarrod Mullen - FE
209 Akuila Uate - WG
226 Peter Mata'utia - CE
235 Dane Gagai - FB, CE
237 Robbie Rochow - SR, LK, CE, PR
239 Jeremy Smith (c) - LK
242 Korbin Sims - SR, PR, LK
249 Jake Mamo - WG, FB
250 Joseph Tapine - SR (mid-season loss)
252 Chanel Mata'utia - WG
253 Sione Mata'utia - CE, FE

254 Tyler Randell - HK, LK, CE, FE
255 Jack Stockwell - LK, PR
256 Tariq Sims (c) - SR, CE
258 Sam Mataora - PR
260 Danny Levi - HK
261 Lachlan Fitzgibbon - SR, PR
262 Nathan Ross - WG, CE
263 David Bhana - LK, HK, PR
264 Jaelen Feeney - FB, CE, FE
265 Trent Hodkinson (c) - HB (gk)
266 Pat Mata'utia - CE, WG
267 Pauli Pauli - PR, SR
268 Daniel Saifiti - PR

000 Luke Yates - LK

Extended squad players

Braden Robson - SR
Ken Tofilau - WG

Head coach

Nathan Brown

Assistant coaches

Danny Buderus
Michael Potter
Matt Lantry - NSW Cup coach
Todd Lowrie - NYC coach

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain

Updated: 15 April 2016
Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles,
Rugby League Project

Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Length
David Bhana	New Zealand Warriors	2017
Nathan Brown (head coach)	Melbourne Storm	2018
Cory Denniss	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
Krys Freeman	Norths Devils	2016
Trent Hodkinson	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2018
Tama Koopu	Newcastle Knights NSW Cup	Promoted
Todd Lowrie (NYC coach)	Brisbane Broncos	2016
Peter Mata'utia	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2017
Mickey Paea	Hull F.C.	2017
Pauli Pauli	Parramatta Eels	2017
Will Pearsall	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2017
Michael Potter (assistant coach)	Fiji under-20s team	2016
Braden Robson	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
Daniel Saifiti	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
Jacob Saifiti	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
Bradie Smith	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
Ken Tofilau	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
Tekina Vailea	Illawarra Cutters	2016

Losses

Player	Club
Adam Clydsdale	Canberra Raiders
James Elias	Demoted
David Fa'alogo	Ipswich Jets
Marvin Filipo	Cessnock Goannas
Jake Finn	Western Suburbs Rosellas
Jacob Gagai	Demoted
Kurt Gidley	Warrington Wolves
Kerrod Holland	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Chris Houston	Widnes Vikings
Sam Keenan	Released
Joseph Leilua	Canberra Raiders
James McManus	Indefinite Injury
Clint Newton	Retirement
Jah Pakau	Released
Pride Petterson-Robati	Casey Warriors
Troy Pezet (NYC coach)	Demoted
Chad Redman	Gold Coast Titans
Tyrone Roberts	Gold Coast Titans
Craig Sandercock (assistant coach)	Wests Tigers
Beau Scott	Parramatta Eels
Damian Sironen	Illawarra Cutters
Michael Steele	Demoted
Rick Stone (head coach)	Contract Terminated
Tuiala Togiatasi	Tweed Heads Seagulls
Honeti Tuha	Parramatta Eels
Carlos Tuimavave	Hull F.C.
Noel Underwood	Townsville Blackhawks
Paterika Vaivai	Burleigh Bears

Re-signings

Player	Re-signed to
Daniel Saifiti	2018
Jacob Saifiti	2018

Player contract situations

2016 (leaving)	2016 (off-contract)	2017	2018
Todd Lowrie^[1]	Cory Denniss^[2]	David Bhana^[3]	Jack Cogger^[4]
Tariq Sims^[5]	Bryce Donovan^[6]	Jaelen Feeney^[7]	Trent Hodkinson^[8]
Jeremy Smith^[9]	Krys Freeman^[10]	Lachlan Fitzgibbon^[11]	Danny Levi^[12]
Joseph Tapine^[13]	Josh King^[14]	Dane Gagai^[15]	Chanel Mata'utia^[16]
	Tama Koopu^[17]	Brock Lamb^[18]	Pat Mata'utia^[19]
	Braden Robson^[20]	Jake Mamo^[21]	Sione Mata'utia^[22]
	Robbie Rochow^[23]	Sam Mataora^[24]	Jarrod Mullen^[25]
	Nathan Ross^[26]	Peter Mata'utia^[27]	Daniel Saifiti^[28]
	Bradie Smith^[29]	Mickey Paea^[30]	Jacob Saifiti^[31]
	James Taylor^[32]	Pauli Pauli^[33]
	Ken Tofilau^[34]	Will Pearsall^[35]
	Tekina Vailea^[36]	Tyler Randell^[37]
		Korbin Sims^[38]
		Kade Snowden^[39]
		Jack Stockwell^[40]
		Akuila Uate^[41]
		Luke Yates^[42]

Ladder

2016 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	11	9	0	2	1	301	170	+131	20
2	Melbourne Storm	11	9	0	2	1	241	130	+111	20
3	Brisbane Broncos	12	8	0	4	0	312	155	+157	16
4	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	12	8	0	4	0	308	172	+136	16
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	12	7	0	5	0	261	208	+53	14
6	Canberra Raiders	12	6	1	5	0	299	247	+52	13
7	Penrith Panthers	11	5	0	6	1	222	225	−3	12
8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	11	5	0	6	1	238	243	−5	12
9	Gold Coast Titans	11	5	0	6	1	224	241	−17	12
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	12	6	0	6	0	143	242	−99	12
11	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	11	4	0	7	1	190	246	−56	10
12	Wests Tigers	12	5	0	7	0	227	305	−78	10
13	New Zealand Warriors	11	4	0	7	1	220	300	−80	10
14	Sydney Roosters	11	2	0	9	1	193	265	−72	6
15	Newcastle Knights	12	1	1	10	0	132	395	−263	3
16	Parramatta Eels	12	7	0	5	0	210	177	+33	2¹

¹ Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

Jerseys and sponsors

In 2016, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was Newpave Asphalt.

2016 Home Jersey	2016 Away Jersey	2015 ANZAC Jersey	2015 NSW Mining Jersey
File:Newcastle Knights Home Jersey 2015.png	File:Newcastle Knights away jersey 2000.svg

Fixtures

Auckland Nines

Squad: 1. Jake Mamo 2. Nathan Ross 3. Jaelen Feeney 4. Akuila Uate 6. Brock Lamb 7. Will Pearsall 8. Pauli Pauli 9. Tyler Randell (c) 10. Daniel Saifiti 11. Korbin Sims 12. Robbie Rochow (c) 13. Jacob Saifiti 14. Sione Mata'utia 15. Joseph Tapine 16. Tariq Sims (c) 17. Chanel Mata'utia 18. Danny Levi 19. Pat Mata'utia

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Drop Goal Conversions
Saturday, 6 February	Auckland Nines Game 3	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	Eden Park	12-28	B.Lamb, D.Levi	B.Lamb (2/2)
Saturday, 6 February	Auckland Nines Game 11	Penrith Panthers	Eden Park	15-14	J.Mamo (2), C.Mata'utia	D.Levi (1/3)
Sunday, 7 February	Auckland Nines Game 19	Wests Tigers	Eden Park	21-16	D.Levi, R.Rochow, A.Uate, J.Mamo	B.Lamb (2/4)
Sunday, 7 February	Auckland Nines Quarter-Final 1	Parramatta Eels	Eden Park	8-12	J.Mamo, J.Feeney	B.Lamb (0/2)
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Pre-season trials

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 20 February	Trial 1	Canberra Raiders	Wade Park	28 – 34	J.Feeney, L.Fitzgibbon, A.Uate, C.Mata'utia, B.Lamb	T.Hodkinson (3/3), T.Randell (0/1), B.Lamb (1/1)
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Regular season

Source:^[43]

FG – Field Goal
GP – Golden Point extra time

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals/Field Goals	Attendance
3 March	1	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium, Robina	Lost	12-30	Pat Mata'utia, Daniel Saifiti	Trent Hodkinson (2/2)	8,313
12 March	2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Lost	6-48	Nathan Ross	Trent Hodkinson (1/1)	13,364
19 March	3	Canberra Raiders	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	Draw	24-24	Cory Denniss 2, Pat Mata'utia, Sam Mataora	Trent Hodkinson (4/4)	13,745
28 March	4	New Zealand Warriors	Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland	Lost	18-40	Sam Mataora, Dane Gagai, Nathan Ross	Trent Hodkinson (3/3)	13,895
2 April	5	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Lost	14-18	Jacob Saifiti, Korbin Sims	Trent Hodkinson (3/3)	11,443
10 April	6	Wests Tigers	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	Won	18-16	Akuila Uate, Korbin Sims, Nathan Ross	Trent Hodkinson (3/3)	21,653
16 April	7	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	Lost	0-53			30,394
25 April	8	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	Lost	10-26	Tyler Randell, Nathan Ross	Trent Hodkinson (1/2)	19,072
30 April	9	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	Lost	0-38			9,502
15 May	10	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	Lost	0-62			16,150
21 May	11	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown	Lost	12-20	Trent Hodkinson, Dane Gagai	Trent Hodkinson (2/2)	8,658
30 May	12	Parramatta Eels	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
4 June	13	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville
11 June	14	New Zealand Warriors	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
16-20 June	15	Bye
25 June	16	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
3 July	17	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium, Canberra
7-11 July	18	Bye
17 July	19	Melbourne Storm	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
24 July	20	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Cronulla
TBC	21	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Manly
TBC	22	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
TBC	23	Penrith Panthers	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
TBC	24	Gold Coast Titans	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
TBC	25	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
TBC	26	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Jubilee Oval, Kogarah
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Statistics

Name	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Points	Captain	Age
David Bhana	6	0	0	0	0	23
Jack Cogger	1	0	0	0	0	19
Cory Denniss	4	2	0	8	0	19
Jaelen Feeney	4	0	0	0	0	22
Lachlan Fitzgibbon	4	0	0	0	0	22
Dane Gagai	11	2	0	8	0	25
Trent Hodkinson	11	1	22	48	11	28
Josh King	4	0	0	0	0	21
Brock Lamb	3	0	0	0	0	19
Danny Levi	9	0	0	0	0	21
Jake Mamo	3	0	0	0	0	22
Sam Mataora	9	2	0	8	0	26
Chanel Mata'utia	1	0	0	0	0	24
Pat Mata'utia	9	2	0	8	0	23
Peter Mata'utia	1	0	0	0	0	26
Sione Mata'utia	8	1	0	4	0	20
Jarrod Mullen	8	0	0	0	0	29
Mickey Paea	7	0	0	0	0	30
Pauli Pauli	9	1	0	4	0	22
Will Pearsall	2	0	0	0	0	21
Tyler Randell	11	1	0	4	0	24
Robbie Rochow	5	0	0	0	0	26
Nathan Ross	10	5	0	20	0	28
Daniel Saifiti	9	1	0	4	0	20
Jacob Saifiti	9	1	0	4	0	20
Korbin Sims	12	2	0	8	0	24
Tariq Sims	7	0	0	0	7	26
Jeremy Smith	10	0	0	0	10	36
Kade Snowden	1	0	0	0	0	30
Jack Stockwell	6	0	0	0	0	24
Akuila Uate	10	1	0	4	0	29
Totals	12	22	22	132	-	Average: 24

31 players used.

Source:^[44]

Representative honours

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2016.

Fiji

Indigenous All Stars

Dane Gagai

Junior Kiwis

Ken Tofilau

New South Wales Country

Tariq Sims

New South Wales Residents

Matt Lantry (Assistant coach)

New Zealand

Danny Levi (19th man)

Tonga

Mickey Paea (18th man)

World All Stars

Trent Hodkinson (Squad member)
Jeremy Smith

Individual honours

Teams and squads

2016 Emerging Blues Camp

Tariq Sims

2016 New South Wales Under-20s Origin Pathways Camp

Jack Cogger

2016 Qeensland Academy of Sport Emerging Origin Squad

Korbin Sims

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v t e Newcastle Knights
Est. 1988 in Newcastle, New South Wales
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Home grounds	Hunter Stadium
Important figures	Danny Buderus Paul Harragon Michael Hagan Johns brothers Gidley brothers MacDougall brothers Mal Reilly Mark Sargent
League	NSWRL ARL NRL
Premierships (2)	1997 2001
Seasons (25)	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Other competitions	Present National Youth Competition Auckland Nines New South Wales Cup S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup Jersey Flegg Cup
Affiliations	Current (as of 2012) Newcastle Rugby League New York Knights Past/Minor Central Coast Centurions The Entrance Tigers

2016 Newcastle Knights season

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Milestones

Squad

Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

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Re-signings

Player contract situations

Ladder

Jerseys and sponsors

Fixtures

Auckland Nines

Pre-season trials

Regular season

Statistics

Representative honours

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