Renee Valentine
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Knights pause amid grand final fever to crown 2026 NRLW award winners (opens the original)
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Cross-code talent Tenika Willison has been named Knights NRLW player of the year for 2026. Amid the hype of the Knights' NRL grand final mania this week, the club paused to celebrate their women's season on Thursday night. Willison took her game to another level in her third NRLW campaign. The explosive centre, an Olympic gold medallist in rugby sevens with New Zealand, joined the Knights mid-season in 2024 and is contracted at the club until at least the end of 2027. This year the 28-year-old e
'A few tears came out': Man of the moment and how a region helped carry him over the line (opens the original)
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Sandon Smith started the season playing off the bench in Las Vegas. The 23-year-old will finish the same campaign as the Knights starting halfback in an NRL grand final against his former club. And it comes following an epic performance, featuring a match-winning double and moments respected NRL commentator Phil Gould reckons will reach "legendary status" in Newcastle. Smith's intercept at the death with history in the balance was clutch, as minor premiers Penrith desperately attacked late and t
Red and blue invasion: Knights fans out in force at Olympic Park (opens the original)
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The rain did not dampen the spirits of Knights fans, who were out in force for Newcastle's preliminary final against Penrith on Sunday. Newcastle supporters had waited 13 years since their team had last made it this far in an NRL season and invaded Sydney Olympic Park. The Brewery Bar and Kitchen below the Novotel was full to the brim of Knights fans pre-match, daring to dream a fairytale season could continue. They poured out onto the boulevard one hour before kick-off, numbering in their thous
'Footy for fun': over-35s lace up for national masters carnival (opens the original)
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Newcastle lord mayor Gavin Morris is happy to be a keen spectator as the AFL Masters National Carnival plays out across the region in the next week. Newcastle and Lake Macquarie are hosting the eight-day carnival, which begins on Sunday and was launched at the Newcastle Ocean Baths on Friday by Cr Morris. "I played a bit of AFL," Cr Morris said. "I never really got through the final quarter without the jelly legs collapsing underneath me. "It's an awesome sport. You've got to be fit as, and it's
The pain driving the Knights as they eye an elusive grand final victory (opens the original)
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The focus might be on Sunday afternoon and the Knights' hopes of securing their first NRL grand final appearance in 25 years, but Newcastle fans could have something to celebrate before that. The club is hoping it's third time lucky for its NSW Women's Premiership team, who face the Mounties in this year's grand final at CommBank Stadium on Saturday afternoon after losing the past two. Ben Hagan, who was elevated to head coach after two years in the assistant role, said the heartbreak of back-to
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