Season 2025

Fielding what appeared to be an understrength team, the Newtown Jets defeated North Sydney 24-12 at North Sydney Oval on Sunday afternoon, after trailing 12-10 at halftime. The Jets centre Chris Vea’ila was sent off in controversial circumstances two minutes before the halftime break, with Norths taking the lead in the 39th minute. Newtown’s prospects…

The Newtown Jets kept the NSW Cup competition leaders, the New Zealand Warriors, scoreless in the second half in what was a spirited performance by the Jets The Warriors won 22-16 after leading 22-12 at half-time. The Wahs had scored four tries to two in the first half, with three of their tries being scored…

The Newtown Jets laid on a disappointing performance in losing 32-22 to the 12th placed Western Suburbs at Henson Park last Saturday, in the 13th round of the NSW Cup competition. Following the previous week’s 54-0 demolition of the Sydney Roosters, Newtown looked to be a completely different team when they trailed Wests by 20-6…

The Newtown Jets broke the shackles of a three-match losing streak in handing out a 54-0 thrashing to the Sydney Roosters, in the 12th round NSW Cup fixture played at the Industree Group Stadium in Gosford on Saturday evening. The game was an even contest for the first fifteen minutes when the Roosters had more…

Fine weather drew a good crowd to Henson Park last Saturday for the Newtown-Raiders round eleven NSW Cup match. The Jets were determined to make amends for their defeat against Canberra back in round five, and to improve on their disappointing display in their 34-4 loss to St George-Illawarra in Tamworth on the previous Sunday. In…

There were several NRL teams that overcame big points deficits on the weekend, but the Newtown Jets did not have such good fortune. Newtown was thrashed 34-4 by the St George-Illawarra Dragons in the NSWRL Regional Magic Weekend match played at Scully Park, Tamworth with an 11.00am kick-off. (The Captain Thunderbolt referred to in the…

Last Saturday’s splendid Autumn weather brought out a big crowd for the second versus third place showdown between the Jets and the Eels. The buzzing atmosphere at Henson Park should have inspired the Jets to a standout performance – instead it was Parramatta who seized the moment to run out 28-18 winners. Parra came to…

Saturday’s match at Lidcombe Oval saw the second-placed Newtown Jets up against the twelfth-placed Western Suburbs Magpies – but the different positions on the competition table clearly didn’t influence the flinty Wests players approach to this game. There was to be no doubt that the Magpies turned up ready to compete and to stake their…

After Newtown’s one-point victory against the Newcastle Knights in this season’s second round match at Henson Park, the Jets had no reasons to expect any favours in the return encounter up on the Hunter, The first half was a tight contest, with the Jets leading 14-6 at halftime. Newtown took control in the second half…

Newtown’s unbeaten record in the 2025 NSW Cup competition ended last Saturday, when they were decisively beaten by the Canberra Raiders 42-14, after the Raiders had led 18-8 at the break. The match was played at the Raiders Belconnen Stadium, with Newtown missing quality players such as Billy Burns, Mawene Hiroti and Brad Fearnley who…