2015 Newcastle Knights season

2015 Newcastle Knights season
Team information
CEO	Matthew Gidley
Coach	Rick Stone
Captain	Kurt Gidley
Stadium	Hunter Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Akuila Uate (5)
Goals	Tyrone Roberts (22)
Points	Tyrone Roberts (44)
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The 2015 Newcastle Knights season is the 28th in the club's history. Coached by Rick Stone and captained by Kurt Gidley, they compete in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership.

Milestones

• Round 1: James McManus played his 150th career game.
• Round 1: Tyler Randell scored his 1st career try and kicked his 1st career goal.
• Round 1: Beau Scott captained his 1st game for the club.
• Round 1: Jack Stockwell made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
• Round 2: Tyrone Roberts scored his 300th career point.
• Round 3: Chris Houston scored his 100th career point.
• Round 5: Tariq Sims made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the North Queensland Cowboys.
• Round 6: Akuila Uate scored his 100th career try, becoming the first Knight to do so.
• Round 7: Kurt Gidley surpassed Andrew Johns in most games captained for the club with 107 games.

Squad

Newcastle Knights
2015 NRL premiership squad						Extended squad players		Coaching staff
139 Clint Newton - SR, LK 143 Kurt Gidley (c) - FB, HB, FE, HK 172 Kade Snowden - PR 179 Jarrod Mullen - FE, HB 186 James McManus - WG, CE 202 Chris Houston - SR, LK, PR 209 Akuila Uate - WG 223 Tyrone Roberts - HB, FE, HK (gk) 225 Marvin Filipo - SR, CE 235 Dane Gagai - FB, CE, WG 237 Robbie Rochow - SR, LK 238 Beau Scott (vc) - SR, CE 239 Jeremy Smith - LK, SR		241 David Fa'alogo - PR, LK 242 Korbin Sims - PR, LK, SR 243 Joseph Leilua - CE, WG 244 Adam Clydsdale - HK 249 Jake Mamo - FB, WG 250 Joseph Tapine - SR 251 Paterika Vaivai - PR 252 Chanel Mata'utia - CE, WG 253 Sione Mata'utia - CE, FB 254 Tyler Randell - FE, LK, HK, HB (gk) 255 Jack Stockwell - PR, SR 256 Tariq Sims - SR, LK 000 James Elias - SR, CE, LK		000 Jaelen Feeney - FE, HB 000 Lachlan Fitzgibbon - SR 000 Sam Mataora - PR, SR 000 Pat Mata'utia - CE, FB 000 Jah Pakau - PR 000 Chad Redman - HK 000 Nathan Ross - FB, WG 000 Michael Steele - PR 000 James Taylor - PR 000 Tuiala Togiatasi - PR 000 Carlos Tuimavave - FE, FB, CE		Joshua Birch - CE, WG Jack Cogger - HB Bryce Donovan - FB, WG Jake Finn - PR Sam Keenan - FE Brody Lam - WG, CE Brock Lamb - FE, HB Danny Levi - HK Pride Petterson-Robati - LK (Mid-season loss) Braden Robson - CE, WG Honeti Tuha - FB Noel Underwood - SR (Mid-season loss) Luke Yates - LK, PR		Head coach Rick Stone Assistant coaches Danny Buderus Craig Sandercock Matt Lantry - NSW Cup Coach Troy Pezet - NYC Coach Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 3 November 2014 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles, Rugby League Project

Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Length
Matt Lantry (coach)	Central Newcastle Butcher Boys	?
Craig Sandercock (coach)	Hull Kingston Rovers	?
Tariq Sims	North Queensland Cowboys	2016
Jack Stockwell	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2017
Carlos Tuimavave	New Zealand Warriors	2016

Losses

Player	Club
Wayne Bennett (coach)	Brisbane Broncos
Joe Boyce	Brisbane Broncos
Darius Boyd	Brisbane Broncos
Mick Crawley (coach)	Canberra Raiders
Adam Cuthbertson	Leeds Rhinos
Michael Dobson	Salford Red Devils
Matt Hilder	Retirement
Brenton Horwood	Eastern Suburbs Tigers
Toka Likiliki	Released
Josh Mantellato	Hull Kingston Rovers
Willie Mason	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Alex McKinnon	Retirement
Matt Minto	Central Queensland Capras
Russell Packer	Sacked
Chance Peni	Wests Tigers
Anthony Quinn	Retirement
Timana Tahu	Retirement
Zane Tetevano	Sacked
Travis Waddell	Brisbane Broncos
Brayden Wiliame	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

Re-signings

Player	Re-signed to
Jack Cogger	2016
Dane Gagai	2017
Brock Lamb	2017
Chanel Mata'utia	2018
Pat Mata'utia	2018
Sione Mata'utia	2018
Tyler Randell	2017
Korbin Sims	2017

Player contract situations

2015 (leaving)	2015 (off-contract)	2016	2017	2018	Unknown
Pride Petterson-Robati[1]	David Fa'alogo[2]	Adam Clydsdale[3]	Dane Gagai[4]	Chanel Mata'utia[5]	Joshua Birch
Beau Scott[6]	Marvin Filipo[7]	Jack Cogger[8]	Brock Lamb[9]	Pat Mata'utia[10]	Bryce Donovan
Noel Underwood[11]	Kurt Gidley[12]	Chris Houston[13]	Danny Levi[14]	Sione Mata'utia[15]	James Elias
	Jake Mamo[16]	Joseph Leilua[17]	Sam Mataora[18]	Jarrod Mullen[19]	Jaelen Feeney
	Jeremy Smith[20]	James McManus[21]	Tyler Randell[22]		Jake Finn
	Kade Snowden[23]	Tyrone Roberts[24]	Korbin Sims[25]		Lachlan Fitzgibbon
		Robbie Rochow[26]	Jack Stockwell[27]		Sam Keenan
		Nathan Ross[28]	Akuila Uate[29]		Brody Lam
		Tariq Sims[30]			Clint Newton
		Joseph Tapine[31]			Jah Pakau
		James Taylor[32]			Chad Redman
		Carlos Tuimavave[33]			Braden Robson
		Paterika Vaivai[34]			Michael Steele
					Tuiala Togiatasi
					Honeti Tuha
					Luke Yates

Ladder

2015 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane Broncos	8	6	0	2	0	170	138	+32	12
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	8	6	0	2	0	112	86	+26	12
3	Melbourne Storm	8	5	0	3	0	158	116	+42	10
4	North Queensland Cowboys	8	5	0	3	0	172	175	-3	10
5	Wests Tigers	8	4	0	4	0	175	149	+26	8
6	South Sydney Rabbitohs	8	4	0	4	0	168	162	+6	8
7	Gold Coast Titans	8	4	0	4	0	178	177	+1	8
8	Penrith Panthers	8	4	0	4	0	154	156	-2	8
9	Newcastle Knights	8	4	0	4	0	138	149	-11	8
10	Canberra Raiders	8	4	0	4	0	155	168	-13	8
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	8	4	0	4	0	156	175	-19	8
12	Sydney Roosters	8	3	0	5	0	166	129	+37	6
13	New Zealand Warriors	8	3	0	5	0	175	182	-7	6
14	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	8	3	0	5	0	140	148	-8	6
15	Parramatta Eels	8	3	0	5	0	165	199	-34	6
16	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	8	2	0	6	0	108	181	-73	4

Jerseys and sponsors

In 2015, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was Newpave Asphalt.

2015 Home Jersey	2015 Away Jersey	2015 ANZAC Jersey	2015 Heritage Jersey	2015 NSW Mining Jersey

Fixtures

Auckland Nines

Squad: 1. Sione Mata'utia 2. Jake Mamo 3. Dane Gagai 4. Chanel Mata'utia 5. Carlos Tuimavave 6. Jarrod Mullen (c) 7. Tyrone Roberts 8. Pat Mata'utia 9. Adam Clydsdale 10. Paterika Vaivai 11. Tyler Randell 12. Chris Houston 13. Robbie Rochow 14. Nathan Ross 15. Korbin Sims 16. Joseph Tapine 17. Jack Stockwell 18. Danny Levi

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Drop Goal Conversions	Attendance
Saturday, 31 January	Auckland Nines Game 2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Eden Park	18 – 7	J.Mamo (3), D.Gagai	J.Mullen (1/4)
Saturday, 31 January	Auckland Nines Game 9	Parramatta Eels	Eden Park	15 – 21	N.Ross, C.Houston, J.Tapine	T.Roberts (1/3)
Sunday, 1 February	Auckland Nines Game 18	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Eden Park	20 – 17	T.Randell, T.Roberts, S.Mata'utia, A.Clydsdale	T.Roberts (1/2), J.Mullen (1/2)
Sunday, 1 February	Auckland Nines Game 26	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Eden Park	6 – 30	J.Mamo	J.Mullen (1/1)
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw

Pre-season trials

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 14 February	Trial 1	Port Macquarie Sharks/Wauchope Blues	Lank Bain Sporting Complex, Wauchope	86 – 0	T.Randell (2), P.Mata'utia (2), J.Feeney (2), J.Mamo (2), J.Elias (2), S.Mataora, N.Ross, J.Leilua, S.Keenan, M.Filipo, J.Finn	T.Randell (7/9), H.Tuha (2/5), D.Levi (1/1)
Saturday, 21 February	Trial 2	Canberra Raiders	Seiffert Oval	26 – 4	A.Uate (3), J.Leilua, A.Clydsdale	T.Roberts (3/3), K.Gidley (0/2)	6,350
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw

Regular season

To be updated.

Statistics

Name	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points	Captain	Age
Clydsdale, AdamAdam Clydsdale	8	1	0	0	4	0	22
Fa'alogo, DavidDavid Fa'alogo	8	0	0	0	0	0	35
Gagai, DaneDane Gagai	8	4	0	0	16	0	24
Gidley, KurtKurt Gidley	7	1	0	0	4	7	33
Houston, ChrisChris Houston	8	3	0	0	12	0	30
Leilua, JosephJoseph Leilua	8	3	0	0	12	0	24
Mata'utia, SioneSione Mata'utia	7	1	0	0	4	0	19
McManus, JamesJames McManus	7	1	0	0	4	0	29
Mullen, JarrodJarrod Mullen	8	0	0	0	0	0	28
Randell, TylerTyler Randell	5	1	1	0	6	0	23
Roberts, TyroneTyrone Roberts	8	0	22	0	44	0	24
Rochow, RobbieRobbie Rochow	3	1	0	0	4	0	25
Scott, BeauBeau Scott	5	1	0	0	4	1	31
Sims, KorbinKorbin Sims	6	0	0	0	0	0	23
Sims, TariqTariq Sims	4	0	0	0	0	0	25
Smith, JeremyJeremy Smith	8	1	0	0	4	0	35
Snowden, KadeKade Snowden	8	0	0	0	0	0	29
Stockwell, JackJack Stockwell	8	0	0	0	0	0	23
Tapine, JosephJoseph Tapine	3	0	0	0	0	0	21
Uate, AkuilaAkuila Uate	8	5	0	0	20	0	28
Vaivai, PaterikaPaterika Vaivai	1	0	0	0	0	0	23
Totals	-	23	23	0	138	8	Average: 26

21 players used.

Source:^[35]

Representative honours

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2015.

Fiji

• Daniel Saifiti
• Jacob Saifiti
• Korbin Sims
• Rick Stone (Coach)

Indigenous All Stars

• Dane Gagai
• Tyrone Roberts

Junior Kiwis

• Danny Levi

New South Wales Country

• James McManus
• Jarrod Mullen (Squad member)
• Tariq Sims
• Kade Snowden
• Akuila Uate

New South Wales Residents

• Chanel Mata'utia
• Nathan Ross (Squad member)

NRL All Stars

• Beau Scott (Captain)
• Jeremy Smith

Samoa

• Joseph Leilua
• Pat Mata'utia (Squad member)
• Carlos Tuimavave

Individual honours

Teams and squads

2015 Qeensland Academy of Sport Emerging Origin Squad

• Dane Gagai
• Korbin Sims

2015 New South Wales Under-20s Origin Pathways Camp

• Bryce Donovan
• Bradie Smith
• Luke Yates

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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