2012 Newcastle Knights season

2012 Newcastle Knights season
NRL	12th
2012 record	Wins: 10; Draws: 0; Losses: 14
Points scored	For: 448; Against: 488
Team information
CEO	Matthew Gidley
Coach	Wayne Bennett
Captain	Kurt Gidley
Stadium	Hunter Stadium
Avg. Attend.	20,919
High. Attend.	29,482
Top scorers
Tries	Akuila Uate (18)
Goals	Tyrone Roberts (40)
Points	Tyrone Roberts (92)
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The 2012 Newcastle Knights season was the 25th in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Kurt Gidley, they competed in the NRL's 2012 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 12th (out of 16).

Milestones

• Round 1: Darius Boyd made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
• Round 1: Adam Cuthbertson made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
• Round 1: Alex McKinnon made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
• Round 4: Timana Tahu played his 100th game for the club.
• Round 6: Tyrone Roberts kicked his 1st career goal.
• Round 8: Kurt Gidley scored his 1000th career point.
• Round 8: Willie Mason made his debut for the club, after previously playing for RC Toulonnais.
• Round 10: Chris Adams made his NRL debut for the club.
• Round 10: James McManus played his 100th career game.
• Round 12: Tyrone Roberts scored his 1st career try.
• Round 13: Chris Houston played his 100th career game.
• Round 14: Dane Gagai made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Brisbane Broncos.
• Round 17: Kevin Naiqama scored his 1st career try.
• Round 18: Kyle O'Donnell made his NRL debut for the club.
• Round 19: Robbie Rochow made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Melbourne Storm.
• Round 19: Zeb Taia played his 100th career game.
• Round 21: Robbie Rochow scored his 1st career try.
• Round 25: Timana Tahu broke Adam MacDougall's record of 87 tries as the highest ever try-scorer for the Knights.
• Round 25: Zeb Taia played his 100th game for the club.
• Round 26: Neville Costigan played his 150th career game.

Squad

Newcastle Knights
2012 NRL premiership squad						Extended squad players		Coaching staff
103 Danny Buderus (vc) - HK 128 Timana Tahu - CE, WG 143 Kurt Gidley (c) - HB, FE (gk) 172 Kade Snowden - PR 179 Jarrod Mullen - FE, HB 186 James McManus - WG 198 Zeb Taia - SR, PR 200 Richard Fa'aoso - PR (Mid-season loss) 201 Matt Hilder - HK, FE (gk) 202 Chris Houston (vc) - SR 203 Wes Naiqama - CE (gk) 208 Junior Sa'u - CE 209 Akuila Uate - WG		217 Evarn Tuimavave - PR 218 Joel Edwards - LK, SR 220 Kevin Naiqama - WG, FB 221 Neville Costigan - LK, HK 223 Tyrone Roberts - HB, FB (gk) 225 Marvin Filipo - SR 226 Peter Mata'utia - FB 227 Ryan Stig - FE, HB 228 Zane Tetevano - PR 229 Siuatonga Likiliki - CE 230 Darius Boyd - FB 231 Adam Cuthbertson - PR, LK 232 Alex McKinnon - LK, SR, CE		233 Willie Mason - PR 234 Chris Adams - HK 235 Dane Gagai - CE 236 Kyle O'Donnell - PR 237 Robbie Rochow - SR, LK 000 Sam Anderson - PR, LK 000 Ethan Cook - LK, SR, FE 000 Rodney Mason - PR, SR 000 Warren Schillings - PR, LK 000 Korbin Sims - PR, SR 000 Mark Wade - SR, CE (Mid-season loss)		Adrian Davis - HB Albert Kelly - FE, HB, FB (Mid-season loss) Daine Laurie - PR Lorenzo Ma'afu - SR, LK (Mid-season loss) Chanel Mata'utia - WG, CE Maipele Morseau - FB, HB Tyler Randell - FE, LK, LK Chad Redman - HK, LK Simione Sawene - PR Will Smith - FE, CE, HB Watisoni Votu - WG (Mid-season loss)		Head coach Wayne Bennett Assistant coaches Rick Stone Rip Taylor - NSW Cup Coach Mick Crawley - NYC Coach Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain (gk) Goal kicker Updated: 31 December 2012 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profile, Rugby League Project

Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Length
Wayne Bennett (coach)	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2015
Darius Boyd	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2015
Danny Buderus	Leeds Rhinos	2012
Mick Crawley (coach)	North Queensland Cowboys	2014
Adam Cuthbertson	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2014
Daine Laurie	Macquarie Scorpions	2012
Alex McKinnon	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2014
Robbie Rochow	Melbourne Storm	2012
Simione Sawene	Fiji Under 20s Rugby Union team	2012
Kade Snowden	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2015
Timana Tahu	Penrith Panthers	2013
Watisoni Votu	Vuda Blues	2012
Mark Wade	Merewether Carlton	2012

Losses

Player	Club
Josh Ailaomai	Sydney Roosters
Garth Brennan (coach)	Penrith Panthers
Cameron Ciraldo	Penrith Panthers
Isaac De Gois	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Andrew Dunemann (coach)	Canberra Raiders
Beau Henry	Gold Coast Titans
Marvin Karawana	Hawke's Bay Rugby Union
Antonio Kaufusi	London Broncos
Keith Lulia	Bradford Bulls
Adam MacDougall	Retirement
Shannon McDonnell	Hull Kingston Rovers
Constantine Mika	Hull Kingston Rovers
Cory Paterson	North Queensland Cowboys
Ben Rogers	Retirement
Craig Sandercock (coach)	Hull Kingston Rovers
Steve Southern	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Mark Taufua	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Daniel Tolar	Retirement
Mitch Williams	Released
Simon Williams	Western Suburbs Rosellas

Re-signings

Player	Re-signed to
Danny Buderus	2013
Adrian Davis	2013
Marvin Filipo	2013
Chris Houston	2014
Siuatonga Likiliki	2013
Willie Mason	2014
Kevin Naiqama	2013
Tyler Randell	2015
Tyrone Roberts	2014
Robbie Rochow	2014
Will Smith	2013

Player contract situations

2012 (left)	2013	2014	2015	Unknown
Sam Anderson[1]	Chris Adams[2]	Adam Cuthbertson[3]	Darius Boyd[4]	Chad Redman
Ethan Cook[5]	Danny Buderus[6]	Dane Gagai[7]	Kurt Gidley[8]
Joel Edwards[9]	Neville Costigan[10]	Chris Houston[11]	Tyler Randell[12]
Richard Fa'aoso[13]	Adrian Davis[14]	Willie Mason[15]	Kade Snowden[16]
Albert Kelly[17]	Marvin Filipo[18]	Alex McKinnon[19]
Daine Laurie[20]	Matt Hilder[21]	Jarrod Mullen[22]
Lorenzo Ma'afu	Siuatonga Likiliki[23]	Tyrone Roberts[24]
Maipele Morseau	Rodney Mason[25]	Robbie Rochow[26]
Wes Naiqama[27]	Chanel Mata'utia[28]
Kyle O'Donnell[29]	Peter Mata'utia[30]
Junior Sa'u[31]	James McManus[32]
Simione Sawene	Kevin Naiqama[33]
Warren Schillings[34]	Korbin Sims[35]
Zeb Taia[36]	Will Smith[37]
Evarn Tuimavave[38]	Ryan Stig[39]
Watisoni Votu[40]	Timana Tahu[41]
Mark Wade[42]	Zane Tetevano[43]
	Akuila Uate[44]

Ladder

2012 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	18	0	6	2	568	369	+199	40
2	Melbourne Storm	24	17	0	7	2	579	361	+218	38
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	2	559	438	+121	36
4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	2	497	403	+94	36
5	North Queensland Cowboys	24	15	0	9	2	597	445	+152	34
6	Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	2	545	536	+9	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	12	1	11	2	445	441	+4	29
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	12	0	12	2	481	447	+34	28
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	11	0	13	2	405	438	-33	26
10	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	2	506	551	-45	26
11	Gold Coast Titans	24	10	0	14	2	449	477	-28	24
12	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	2	448	488	-40	24
13	Sydney Roosters	24	8	1	15	2	462	626	-164	21
14	New Zealand Warriors	24	8	0	16	2	497	609	-112	20
15	Penrith Panthers	24	8	0	16	2	409	575	-166	20
16	Parramatta Eels	24	6	0	18	2	431	674	-243	16

Jerseys and sponsors

In 2012, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was Hunter Ports.

2012 Home Jersey	2012 Away Jersey	2012 Heritage Jersey

Fixtures

Pre-season trials

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 11 February	Trial 1	Penrith Panthers	Regional Sports Centre, Port Macquarie	18 – 18	J.McManus, K.Naiqama, M.Hilder	K.Gidley (2/2), T.Roberts (1/1)	6,383
Saturday, 18 February	Trial 2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Olympic Park, Muswellbrook	22 – 18	A.Uate, J.McManus, K.Snowden, T.Tahu	K.Gidley (3/4)
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw

Regular season

2012 Regular season fixtures

Statistics

Name	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points	Captain	Age
Adams, ChrisChris Adams	3	0	0	0	0	0	26
Boyd, DariusDarius Boyd	22	3	0	0	12	0	25
Buderus, DannyDanny Buderus	22	2	0	0	8	17	34
Costigan, NevilleNeville Costigan	23	2	0	0	8	0	27
Cuthbertson, AdamAdam Cuthbertson	22	0	0	0	0	0	27
Edwards, JoelJoel Edwards	19	0	0	0	0	0	24
Fa'aoso, RichardRichard Fa'aoso	8	2	0	0	8	0	28
Filipo, MarvinMarvin Filipo	2	0	0	0	0	0	25
Gagai, DaneDane Gagai	12	5	0	0	20	0	21
Gidley, KurtKurt Gidley	5	1	14	0	32	5	30
Hilder, MattMatt Hilder	10	0	1	0	2	0	30
Houston, ChrisChris Houston	24	4	0	0	16	2	27
Mason, WillieWillie Mason	17	1	0	0	4	0	32
Mata'utia, PeterPeter Mata'utia	1	0	0	0	0	0	22
McKinnon, AlexAlex McKinnon	24	2	0	0	8	0	20
McManus, JamesJames McManus	19	10	0	0	40	0	26
Mullen, JarrodJarrod Mullen	24	8	0	0	32	0	25
Naiqama, KevinKevin Naiqama	8	7	0	0	28	0	23
Naiqama, WesWes Naiqama	6	1	9	0	22	0	30
O'Donnell, KyleKyle O'Donnell	1	0	0	0	0	0	22
Roberts, TyroneTyrone Roberts	18	3	40	0	92	0	21
Rochow, RobbieRobbie Rochow	8	1	0	0	4	0	22
Sa'u, JuniorJunior Sa'u	8	2	0	0	8	0	25
Snowden, KadeKade Snowden	19	0	0	0	0	0	26
Tahu, TimanaTimana Tahu	22	7	0	0	28	0	32
Taia, ZebZeb Taia	23	1	0	0	4	0	28
Tetevano, ZaneZane Tetevano	13	0	0	0	0	0	22
Tuimavave, EvarnEvarn Tuimavave	3	0	0	0	0	0	28
Uate, AkuilaAkuila Uate	22	18	0	0	72	0	25
Totals	-	80	64	0	448	24	Average: 26

29 players used.

Source: ^[45]

Representative honours

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2012.

Australia

• Darius Boyd
• Akuila Uate

Junior Kangaroos

• Alex McKinnon (Captain)
• Korbin Sims

Junior Kiwis

• Api Pewhairangi

New South Wales

• Akuila Uate

New South Wales Country

• James McManus
• Jarrod Mullen

New South Wales Residents

• Marvin Filipo
• Kyle O'Donnell

New South Wales Under 20s

• Chanel Mata'utia
• Alex McKinnon

NRL All Stars

• Wayne Bennett (Coach)
• Kade Snowden

Prime Minister's XIII

• Darius Boyd
• Akuila Uate

Queensland

• Darius Boyd

Individual honours

Teams and squads

2012 National Youth Competition (NYC) Team of the Year

• Korbin Sims

2012 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year

• Marvin Filipo
• Siuatonga Likiliki
• Josh Mantellato
• Rip Taylor (Coach)

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Dally M awards

2012 Dally M Winger of the Year

• Akuila Uate

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Newcastle Knights awards

Player of the Year

• 2012 National Rugby League (NRL) Player of the Year: Chris Houston
• 2012 National Youth Competition (NYC) Player of the Year: Adam Clydsdale

Players' Player

• 2012 National Rugby League (NRL) Players' Player: Danny Buderus
• 2012 National Youth Competition (NYC) Players' Player: Adam Clydsdale

References

Newcastle Knights Est. 1988 in Newcastle, New South Wales The Club History Records Honours Players Coaches 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 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

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