Season 2016

Jets and the Bears turn on a useful pre-season trial match. Newtown beat North Sydney 8-4 in what was a low-scoring but reasonable standard NSW Cup trial game at Henson Park last Saturday. There is no trial game set down for the Jets this weekend, but five Newtown players have been called upon to play…

Report on the NSW Cup Rugby League trial match between Newtown and North Sydney, played at Henson Park on Saturday, 6th February 2016 by Glen ‘Bumper’ Dwyer. The Newtown Jets and North Sydney Bears turned on a good standard NSW Cup Rugby League trial match at Henson Park last Saturday. The game was played in…

The Newtown Jets will play their first trial game for 2016 at Henson Park this Saturday, 6th February, against North Sydney at 4.00pm. The Jets pre-season training squad has been put through a rigorous summer training program that began back in early November. Saturday’s trial against the Bears gives the young Jets trialists the chance…

The Newtown Jets play their first trial game for 2016 against North Sydney on Saturday, 6th February, with the match timed for kick-off at 4.00pm. It is anticipated that the game will be played over four twenty-minute quarters. The Jets pre-season squad has been put through a tough summer training program which commenced in early…

Glen ‘Bumper’ Dwyer Your correspondent attended the Newtown Jets training session on Thursday, 14th January. You would recall that this was a ferociously hot day, with the temperature reaching 39.5C in the Sydney CBD, 40.5C at Sydney Airport and 41.5C at Penrith. Mercifully for our intrepid pre-season training squad, a very strong Southerly Buster arrived…

The Jets will be 108 not out on Friday, 8th January – and they are now in the second year of their “Inner West Side Story” partnership with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. As the Jets enter their 109th season of Rugby League football, we should pay special tribute to those who kept the club alive during…

The Jets resume training on the 4th January, and the greatest New Year gesture you could make to this old club would be to take out a 2016 Newtown Jets membership package. There are deals to suit differing budgets and personal circumstances. Check out the wide range of 2016 membership packages that are now available…

Newtown RLFC Director Terry Rowney and General Manager Stuart McCarthy attended the NSWRL pathways working group meeting held at Homebush with Mr Shane Richardson (NRL Head of Strategy) on Thursday, 17th December 2015. Arising from the proceedings of that meeting, the Newtown RLFC welcomes an increased focus on pathways at junior and senior level, particularly…

The Newtown RLFC and the NSW Rugby League have voiced their concerns about the second-tier restructure proposal put forward recently by the NRL’s Head of Strategy Shane Richardson. The NSW Rugby League issued this statement on Tuesday morning, 1st December. Pathways Proposal Concerns: – CUP’S RUNNETH OVER: The management of the NSWRL and the CRL,…

The Newtown Jets 2016 NSW Cup pre-season squad is now into the third week of their training program. The Jets coaching staff have been impressed with the number of youngsters who have reported to training fit and ready for more intensive work. Others have also taken on extra weights training since Newtown’s last competition game…