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The 2025 Newcastle Knights season will be the 38th in the club's history. Coached by Adam O'Brien and captained by Kalyn Ponga, they will compete in the NRL's 2025 Telstra Premiership.

Squad

Transfers and re-signings

Gains

Losses

Promoted juniors

Player contract situations

Pre-season

Newcastle will play the Parramatta Eels in Newcastle and the Sydney Roosters in Gosford as their pre-season fixtures. Both matches were part of the third edition of the NRL Pre-season Challenge.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Round 1: 14 February 2025	Newcastle Knights	v	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
18:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 2: 23 February 2025	Sydney Roosters	v	Newcastle Knights	Gosford
16:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Industree Group Stadium

Regular season

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Broncos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to finals series
2	Canberra Raiders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Dolphins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Gold Coast Titans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Melbourne Storm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Newcastle Knights	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	New Zealand Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	North Queensland Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Parramatta Eels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Penrith Panthers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Sydney Roosters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Wests Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Round 1: 7 March 2025	Wests Tigers	v	Newcastle Knights	Campbelltown
18:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium

Round 2: 13 March 2025	Newcastle Knights	v	Dolphins	Newcastle
20:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 3: 22 March 2025	Gold Coast Titans	v	Newcastle Knights	Gold Coast
19:35 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium

Round 9: 3 May 2025	South Sydney Rabbitohs	v	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 11: 16 May 2025	Newcastle Knights	v	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 27: 7 September 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Newcastle Knights	Parramatta
16:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

NRL Women's team

The 2025 Newcastle Knights Women's season will be the 5th in the club's history. Coached by Ben Jeffries and captained by Hannah Southwell, they will compete in the NRLW's 2025 NRL Women's Premiership.

Player gains and losses

Player contract situations

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