Season 2023

The Newtown Jets are still in third place on the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup competition table, despite losing to the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 28-12 in the match played at Henson Park on Saturday. The massive attendance at the popular Beer, Footy and Food Festival promotion may well have been the biggest crowd at a…

The Newtown Jets lost another game to a team well beneath them on the NSW Cup competition table, when they were beaten 24-22 by Western Suburbs at Henson Park on Saturday. This was Newtown’s sixth loss for the season and puts the Jets in third place on the NSW Cup competition table, with several matches…

Newtown retained the Frank Hyde Shield for 2023 and gained two precious competition points after beating North Sydney 36-20 at North Sydney Oval on Sunday afternoon. The Jets led 18-10 at half-time but trailed by 20-18 with just over ten minutes remaining to play. Three converted tries in the last eleven minutes, including a try…

In a game of contrasting fortunes, Newtown and the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles drew 22-all after the Jets had run up a 16-0 lead after only eight minutes of play. Newtown led 22-10 at halftime and then didn’t score another point in the entire second half. The match ended on a frantic note, with the…

The Newtown Jets gave an impressive performance in defeating the 2022 NSW Cup premiers Penrith by 29-16 in the match played at Blacktown on Sunday. Newtown had led 12-0 at halftime and had to stave off a fightback by the Panthers when Penrith trailed 24-16 with eleven minutes left to play. The match was played…

Fortune dealt Newtown a double blow last Saturday – the Jets lost 29-28 to North Sydney after having led the Bears 22-6 at half-time; and the rainy weather wrought havoc on what is usually one of the Newtown club’s best crowd-drawing days. The game itself bore an uncanny resemblance to the recent Canterbury versus Newtown…

The Canterbury Bulldogs won a hard-fought 16-6 victory over the Newtown Jets in the top-of-the-competition-table 5th round NSW Cup match played at Henson Park on Saturday afternoon. This match was played in persistent rain and slippery conditions, with the inclement weather unfortunately limiting the attendance at the Ken Wilson tribute day staged by the Newtown…

Jets had to overhaul the Dragons second half points surge. Newtown had been the dominant team in the first half of Sunday’s NSW Cup match at the Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, but the Jets only led 12-4 at half-time. After conceding the first try of the match to the Dragons, Tommy Hazelton broke through the St…

The Newtown Jets lost their first game of the season on Sunday, going down 28-20 to the Canberra Raiders in a match that was played in abnormally hot conditions at the GIO Stadium. The Jets had started strongly, scoring two tries in the first ten minutes. Fullback Mawene Hiroti scored the first try and long-striding…

Margie McDonald, NSWRL, 16th March 2023. The texts and phone calls have slowed to a crawl, signalling the intensity around twin brothers Niwhai and Hohepa Puru facing each other in round three of The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup on Sunday (19 March). Being on opposing sides hasn’t happened since their U16s representative days, when Hohepa…