Happy 112th birthday to the Newtown Jets

On our club’s foundation day, 8^th 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 20^th 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, 6^th 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, 15^th 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.