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Max Mckinney

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Max McKinney

    'So proud of you all': 30+ Knights old boys share heartfelt messages of support (opens the original)

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    They are the old boys who still bleed red and blue, ready to ride the team home in Sunday's grand final. Former players still living in the Hunter, some now spread far and wide. A few from the club's early years and others who have more recently hung up the boots. The Newcastle Herald approached as many Newcastle old boys as possible to get their messages of support for the Justin Holbrook-coached Knights ahead of their clash with the Sydney Roosters. Here's what more than 30 of them had to say:

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Max McKinney

    Revealed: the time and route of Knights' team bus departure ahead of NRL grand final (opens the original)

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    The Knights have confirmed what time the NRL side's bus will depart Newcastle on Saturday. The club has also published the full route of how the players will leave town. The highly sought-after details will allow fans to line the streets and farewell the team before Sunday's grand final in Sydney. The bus will depart the Knights' centre of excellence in Broadmeadow at 9.30am. It will head west along Lambton Road, turn right onto Turton Road and head past the club's home ground, McDonald Jones St

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Max McKinney

    Why Chief expects fans to line roads like '97 when Knights' bus departs for grand final (opens the original)

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    Paul Harragon remembers it being "mesmerising". "The Chief", who captained Newcastle to their inaugural premiership in 1997, recalls the departing farewell Knights players received that year as one of his fondest career memories. Thousands of supporters, if not tens of thousands, lined the streets and main road out of town as the team bus made its way from the stadium out through Wallsend and onto the highway. "There must have been 10,000 people when we were leaving. "You'd see one Knights playe

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Max McKinney

    Uncapped Knight in line for shock NRL call-up, Graham ready to step up (opens the original)

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    Uncapped Knights rookie Diesel Hagan could become the first player in 90 years to make his debut in a grand final. The 19-year-old, a Denman Devils junior, has been named in Newcastle's 22-man match squad ahead of Sunday's clash with the Sydney Roosters. A dummy-half, Hagan sat on the bench for a couple of games earlier this season, going unused, but is now on the cusp of shock promotion for the biggest match of the year. The Knights named Phoenix Crossland in their No.9 jersey but the hooker wa

  5. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Max McKinney

    Why ex-Knight shed tears just like Matty and Joey after the Knights made grand final (opens the original)

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    Owen Craigie says Newcastle's finals run has given "the city hope" and anyone "struggling or battling demons, it doesn't matter ... this week, everyone gets to experience happiness". Craigie, who played 76 games for the Knights across 1995-99, has drawn strength and inspiration from the Justin Holbrook-coached NRL side himself this year after suffering a life-threatening stroke in April. The 48-year-old spent about a month in hospital and couldn't walk for several days. "Six months ago I was fig

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