Jets

KOE NSW Cup Round 19

Saturday 12th July 2025

3pm

 HENSON PARK

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Throw Back Thursday – The Legend of Troy

Each week, thanks to Cryo, we look back at a significant moment in our rich history. Today we remember a legend of the club who played for both Newtown and Wentworthville.

THE LEGEND OF TROY

In one respect it’s pretty fitting that Jack Troy played for the Newtown Jets (then Bluebags) and Wentworthville Magpies, because when he got his speed up, the former Test winger really flew.

Born in 1928, John “Jack Troy” was an aspiring sprinter, who almost gave up football to qualify for the 1948 London Olympics as a sprinter. After controversially being omitted from the Australian Olympic team, Troy turned his full attention to football, scoring nine tries in his first 10 top grade appearances for Newtown in 1949.

He bettered that strike rate the next year, crossing 10 times in the opening eight games of the season and was rewarded with selections in the City, NSW and Australian sides. Selected in the Australian squad which faced Great Britain on home soil, Troy played in the first and third Tests and laid the foundation for the Ron Roberts try that ultimately sealed Australia’s 2-1 series victory and its first Ashes win in 30 years.

1950 also saw Troy set a Newtown club record for the most tries scored in an individual match, when he scored six times in the Bluebags’ 38-8 win over Eastern Suburbs at the Sydney Sports Ground. Only twice in the history of the premiership has a player crossed the line more times in a match. Remarkably, there is nobody since Jack Troy in 1950 who has managed to score six tries or more in a first-grade game.

Dogged by leg injuries during the latter stages of his career, Troy retired from grade in his mid-twenties, but continued to play an active role in rugby league administration. Rising to the role of Chairman of Selectors at the St George club in 1976, he was also a member of the first NSWRL Coaching panel and was very supportive of the Metropolitan Cup, the competition which facilitated Newtown’s return to big time footy in 1991.

Troy sadly passed away in 1995 aged 66, but his legacy continues to live on amongst the Henson Park and Ringrose Park faithful. So revered is he at Wentworthville that his portrait hangs in the sports bar of Wenty Leagues Club.

Jack Troy pushed into touch as he leaps for the corner during the 1950 interstate series.

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Newtown Jets Team List v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Sat 12th July, 2025

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TokyoTaco X Newtown Jets Meal – The Ultimate Footy Feast

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Newtown Jets Team List v North Sydney Bears Sat 5th July, 2025 (Frank Hyde Shield)

The class of defence that won Newtown this game ....
Sam McCulloch (left), Jontay-Junior Betham-Misa (top) and Josh Cook (below). (Photo: Mario Facchini, mafphotography)

Newtown Jets win one for the ages with a stirring second half performance

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Newtown Jets Team List v South Sydney Rabbitohs (Farrell Rayner Cup) Sun 29th July 2025

A fine image of Bruce Olive in his NSW playing jersey, superimposed over an image of him in a Newtown Bluebags photo.

Vale to Bruce Olive

Australian Mutual Bank
Front of Jersey

Petersham RSL
Back of Jersey

Deicorp
Back of Jersey, Training Gear, Socks

Eclectic 365
Chest

John Singleton Group
Sleeve

PHILTER
Shoulder blades, Brewing

Coverforce
Front of Shorts

VIC on the Park
Back of Shorts

Strive Fitness
Gym

Sports Medicine Institute
Medical Services & Rehabilitation

Henson Park Hotel
Back of Shorts

Arista Technologies
Technology Partner

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.