
Happy 112th birthday to the Newtown Jets
On our club’s foundation day, 8th January, let us salute the Newtown RLFC pioneers of 1908. They are pictured here prior to their first match for the inaugural 1908 season, played against Eastern Suburbs on the 20th April 1908 at Wentworth Park.
The names in this photo are as follows: –
Back row: G. Gross, J. Edwards, J. McFarlane, J. D. Scott, E. Hooper (referee), T. McIntosh, E. Hurford, H. Powell, A. Buckland.
Middle row: A. Green (trainer), J. E. Williams, C. Powell, H. Hammill, W.S. Noble, E. Courtney, R. Hoenger, A. Yager.
Front row: C. Manton, F. B. Cheadle, L. Fairbairn.
The Newtown Jets of 2020 are back in training and resumed their pre-season program on Monday, 6th January.
The Canterbury Cup NSW 2020 draw is available for perusal on this link: https://www.nswrl.com.au/draw/
Newtown’s first competition game is against our near-neighbours South Sydney at the Metricon High Performance Centre (the former Redfern Oval) on Sunday, 15th March 2020 at 1.05pm. This match will be televised live on Channel 9.
Newtown’s trial match program for 2020 will be announced as soon as possible.

Newtown’s first NSW Cup trial game for 2025 is against Penrith at Henson Park on Saturday, 8th February at 4.00pm

The Newtown Jets celebrate what was a magnificent year in the history of Australia’s oldest rugby league club

Henson Park Hotel
Chest
Newtown Jets respect and honour the Traditional Custodians of the Land and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on and that the land area encompassing Henson Park traditionally belonged to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.