Season 2018

The Newtown Jets acknowledged their 110th birthday on Monday, 8th January, and then “celebrated” with a tough pre-season training session. Newtown’s club birthday fell on the same day that the Jets resumed their pre-season program after a short break for Xmas and New Year. The Newtown RLFC had been officially established on the evening of…

The Newtown RLFC was established at a meeting held on the evening of the 8th January 1908 at the Newtown Town Hall. The Newtown Town Hall still stands at 1 Bedford Street, Newtown – directly opposite the Newtown railway station. The room in which the foundation meeting was held still exists, and the club held…

The Newtown Jets are likely to be seen live on television more frequently in 2018, in line with a press release from the NSW Rugby League yesterday. The NSWRL announced that: “ The NSWRL’s premier competition, the Intrust Super Premiership NSW, will be broadcast live on Channel Nine in 2018 for the first time, in…

January 8th 2018 will be a most significant day for the Newtown RLFC, with the Jets celebrating their 110th birthday on that date. While the club isn’t holding any official function with respect to the club’s 110th birthday, we ask club members and supporters to spread the word all around about what is an interesting…

After a somewhat underwhelming rugby league season in 2017, the Newtown Jets are determined to bolster their own playing ranks as they head into the 2018 NSWRL Intrust Super Premiership (ISP). Long-serving Director and financial benefactor Terry Rowney says the Jets are looking to strengthen their own playing roster, while being aware they will receive…

Newtown Jets commenced training on Monday evening, 13th November, for the 2018 rugby league season. The first club in Australian rugby league will celebrate its 110th birthday on 8th January 2018. Jets head coach Greg Matterson welcomed a group of 24 players to Newtown’s gymnasium where he outlined the upcoming summer training program and what…

The Newtown Jets will be 110 years old in 2018, and they are in the process of forming an alliance with another club that was there in rugby league’s foundation year back in 1908. The Glebe Dirty Reds went out of existence in late 1929, but the club made an amazing comeback to the rugby…

The Newtown Jets and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks have reached agreement for a new rugby league partnership in 2018. The Jets will be playing again in the NSWRL Intrust Super Premiership competition, and will be reinforced on a weekly basis by Cronulla NRL squad members who have not been selected in that week’s Sharks NRL team. The…