# 2024 Newcastle Rugby League Season

The 2024 Newcastle Rugby League was a competition to determine the best semi-professional rugby league team in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Season 2024 saw Maitland Pickers defeat Central Newcastle in the First Grade Grand Final, 24–4. This was Maitland's 15th premiership in the competition's history. Central Newcastle appeared in their first Grand Final since 1963, breaking a 49-year drought. The inaugural Women's Premiership was also contested in 2024, with Maitland Pickers Women's team claiming the title. The official Newcastle Rugby League commentary team consisted of Tony Delaney and Peter Jolly, delivering expert analysis and post-game interviews.

## First Grade (Newcastle Rugby League)

This season featured the same 11 teams as the 2023 season.

### Teams

| Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | St John Oval | Adam Bettridge |
| Cessnock Goannas | Baddeley Park | Harry Siejka |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Kurri Kurri Sports Ground | Rip Taylor |
| Lakes United Seagulls | Cahill Oval | Ian Bourke |
| Macquarie Scorpions | Lyall Peacock Field | Jye Bailey |
| Maitland Pickers | Maitland Sportsground | Matt Lantry |
| Northern Hawks | Tomaree Sports Ground | Brad Tighe |
| South Newcastle Lions | Townson Oval | Andrew Ryan |
| The Entrance Tigers | EDSACC Oval | Jamie Forbes |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | Harker Oval | Rick Stone |
| Wyong Roos | Morry Breen Oval | Mitch Williams |

### Team of the Year

The Newcastle Rugby League announced the official Team of the Year and Player of the Year.
* Fullback – Lewis Young
* Winger – Honeti Tuha
* Centre – Matt Soper-Lawler
* Five-Eighth – Ryan Glanville
* Halfback – Bayden Searle
* Prop – Jake Woods
* Hooker – Mitch Black
* Second Row – Henry Penn
* Lock – Sam Anderson
* Coach – Adam Bettridge
* Player of the Year – Mitch Black
Other category winners were also announced:
* Rookie of the Year - Beau Slade
* Try of the Year - James Bradley
* Representative Player of the Year - James Taylor
* Leading pointscorer - Mitch Black
* Leading tryscorer - Ty Fletcher
LeagueCastle provides official statistics for the Newcastle Rugby League competition.
* Most try assists - Ryan Glanville (21)
* Most line-break assists - Ryan Glanville (27)
* Most tackles - Connor Kirkwood (665)
* Most line breaks - Mapu Uasi (20)
* Most metres run - Connor Kirkwood (3596m)
* Most tackle breaks - Luke Sharpe (90)
Running a Dally-M Style voting competition based on best statistical performances (3/2/1 point votes per game), Leaguecastle announced their 2024 Newcastle Rugby League Team of the Year 1 and 2 as follows:

#### LeagueCastle Team of the Year

* Joint Player/Stat Man of the Year – Connor Kirkwood & Tony Pellow.
* Fullback – Tony Pellow
* Wingers – Honeti Tuha & Mapu Uasi
* Centres – Matt Soper-Lawler & Kain Anderson
* Five-Eighth – Ryan Glanville
* Halfback – Sam Clune
* Hooker – Mitch Black
* Props – Jayden Butterfield & Jake Woods
* Second Rows – Wyatt Shaw & Jack Welsh
* Lock – Connor Kirkwood
* Coach (most players to register at least 1 vote) – Matt Lantry
* Bench – Cameron Anderson, Reeve Howard, Luke Sharpe, Lewis Young, Alex Langbridge.

#### LeagueCastle Team of the Year 2

* Fullback – Matt Cooper
* Wingers – Ty Fletcher & Mao Uta
* Centres – Grant Nelson & Brayden Musgrove
* Five-Eighth – Ryan Potts
* Halfback – Nick Newman
* Props – David Fifita & James Taylor
* Hooker – Mitch Williams
* Second Rows – Malik Deyaolu & Ethan Campbell
* Lock – Ben Stone (Western Suburbs Rosellas)
* Bench - Logan Radzievic, Isaiah Olsen, Manu Alexander, Harvey Neville, Nick Glohe

### Ladder

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Maitland Pickers | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 500 | 190 | +310 | 33 |
| 2 | South Newcastle Lions | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 530 | 294 | +236 | 28 |
| 3 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 447 | 256 | +191 | 26 |
| 4 | The Entrance Tigers | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 484 | 304 | +180 | 26 |
| 5 | Cessnock Goannas | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 402 | 286 | +116 | 25 |
| 6 | Wyong Roos | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 371 | 332 | +39 | 22 |
| 7 | Western Suburbs Rosellas | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 388 | 344 | +44 | 19 |
| 8 | Lakes United Seagulls | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 406 | 383 | +23 | 15 |
| 9 | Northern Hawks | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 264 | 462 | –198 | 13 |
| 10 | Macquarie Scorpions | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 190 | 652 | -462 | 8 |
| 11 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 224 | 703 | –479 | 5 |

#### Round 1

Stat Definitions: LB (Line Breaks), TB (Tackle Breaks), LBA (LB Assists), TA (Try Assists), M (Metres), CAR (Carries), TCK (Tackles), OL (Offloads), FDO (Forced Drop Out), TC (Try Contribution), LBC (LB Contribution).
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| The Entrance Tigers | 28 – 24 | Lakes United | Saturday, 13 April | Newcastle No. 2 Sportsground | Cahleb Faulkner (3 Tries, 2 LB, 10 TB, 111m) |
| Wyong Roos | 25 – 24 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Saturday, 13 April | Newcastle No. 2 Sportsground | Connor Kirkwood (30 TCK, 29 CAR 235m) |
| Northern Hawks | 10 – 20 | Maitland Pickers | Saturday, 13 April | Newcastle No. 2 Sportsground | Sam Anderson (1 Try, 13 CAR, 120m, 20 TCK, 1 LB) |
| Macquarie Scorpions | 6 – 26 | Cessnock Goannas | Saturday, 13 April | Newcastle No. 2 Sportsground | Harvey Neville (1 Try, 106m, 1 TA, 1 LBA, 1 LB). |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | 8 – 22 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Saturday, 13th April | Newcastle No. 2 Sportsground | Brock Greacen (21 CAR, 179m, 2 TB, 24 TCK) |
| South Newcastle Lions | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 2

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Lakes United | 12 – 12 | Western Suburbs Rosellas | Saturday, 20 April | Cahill Oval | Heath Gibbs (181m, 19 CAR, 1 LB, 4 TB, 1 TA) |
| Maitland Pickers | 20 – 0 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Saturday, 20 April | Maitland No. 1 Sportsground | Brock Lamb (1 Try, 2 TA, 2 LBA, 5 FDO) |
| Wyong Roos | 0 – 6 | The Entrance Tigers | Saturday, 20 April | Morry Breen Oval | Jake Woods (169m, 21 CAR, 45 TCK, 4 TB) |
| Macquarie Scorpions | 34 – 20 | Northern Hawks | Sunday, 28 April | Lyall Peacock Field | Jake Self (1 TA, 1 LBA, 2 TC, 1 LBC, 1 FDO 90% D). |
| South Newcastle Lions | 24 – 6 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Sunday, 28th April | Townson Oval | Sam Clune (1 Try, 1 TC, 1 LBC, 2 LBA, 2 LB, 4 TB, 1 FDO, 25 TCK 100% D) |
| Cessnock Goannas | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 3

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 38 – 10 | Macquarie Scorpions | Thursday, 25 April | St. John Oval | Ty Fletcher (3 Tries, 2 LB, 2 TB, 91m) |
| South Newcastle Lions | 56 – 14 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Thursday, 25 April | Townson Oval | Mitch Black (2 Tries, 1 TA, 2 TC, 2 LBC, 1 LBA, 3 TB, 28 TCK 100% D) |
| Cessnock Goannas | 44 – 6 | Northern Hawks | Thursday, 25 April | Baddeley Park | Angus Ernst (2 TA, 2 TC, 2 LBA, 2 LBC, 1 FDO, 87% D) |
| Lakes United | 20 – 14 | Wyong Roos | Sunday, 28 April | Cahill Oval | Dylan Phythian (2 Tries, 1 TA, 1 TC, 1 LBA, 2 LB, 8 TB, 1 40/20, 100% D). |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | 36 – 30 | Maitland Pickers | Sunday, 28 April | Harker Oval | Luke Walsh (3 TA, 3 LBA) |
| The Entrance Tigers | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 4

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Cessnock Goannas | 12 – 12 | Maitland Pickers | Saturday, 4 May | Baddeley Park | Wyatt Shaw (55 Tackles, 96% D, 1 Forced Error, 12 CAR, 97m) |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | 18 – 30 | Lakes United | Saturday, 4 May | Kurri Kurri Sports Ground | Peter Mata'utia (2 LBA, 1 TA, 1 TC, 4 TB, 2 OL, 12 CAR, 124m, 24 TCK, 89% D) |
| Northern Hawks | 12 – 22 | Wyong Roos | Saturday, 4 May | Morry Breen Oval | Luke Sharpe (2 TC, 1 LBC, 1 LBA, 5 TB, 2 OL, 16 CAR, 151m) |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | 20 – 12 | The Entrance Tigers | Sunday, 5 May | Baddeley Park | Kiah Cooper (1 Try, 1 TA, 1 LBA, 1 LB, 7 TB, 115m). |
| Macquarie Scorpions | 8 – 24 | South Newcastle Lions | Sunday, 18 May | Lyall Peacock Field | Mitch Black (3 TA, 3 LBA, 1 LBC, 1 FDO, 3 TB, 39 TCK, 98% D) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 5

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | 34 – 4 | Northern Hawks | Saturday, 11 May | Lakeside Sporting Complex | Will Smith (2 FDO, 1 TA, 1 TC, 1 LBA, 1 LBC, 1 LB, 2 TB, 14.8m a run) |
| Maitland Pickers | 34 – 12 | Lakes United | Saturday, 11 May | Maitland No. 1 Sportsground | Matt Soper-Lawler (2 TA, 2 LBA, 3 TB, 10 CAR, 80m, 3 Forced Errors) |
| Wyong Roos | 16 – 18 | South Newcastle Lions | Saturday, 11 May | Morry Breen Oval | Frank-Paul Nu'uausala (1 Try, 3 OL, 1 LB, 3 TB, 170m, 18 CAR, 21 TCK, 91% D) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 16 – 26 | Cessnock Goannas | Sunday, 12 May | Baddeley Park | Honeti Huha (2 Tries, 2 LB, 11 TB, 219m, 18 CAR) |
| The Entrance Tigers | 62 – 10 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Sunday, 12 May | Maitland No. 1 Sportsground | Myles Lee-Taueli (2 Tries, 7 TB, 2 LB, 1 TA, 183m, 16 CAR, 21 TCK, 95% D) |
| Macquarie Scorpions | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 6

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | 28 – 28 | Cessnock Goannas | Saturday, 25 May | Kurri Kurri Sports Ground | Connor Kirkwood (30 CAR, 244m, 38 TCK 98% D, 1 FDO) |
| Maitland Pickers | 30 – 14 | Wyong Roos | Saturday, 25 May | Maitland No. 1 Sportsground | James Taylor (32 TCK, 19 CAR, 213m, 1 LB, 3 TB) |
| Northern Hawks | 6 – 16 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Saturday, 25 May | Tomaree Sports Ground | Tyrone Nean (2 Tries, 1 LB, 1 TA, 2 LBA, 101m, 94% D) |
| Macquarie Scorpions | 22 – 42 | Western Suburbs Rosellas | Sunday, 26 May | Lyall Peacock Field | Kiah Cooper (3 Tries, 7 TB, 3 LB, 1 LBA, 1 TC, 157m, 12 CAR) |
| The Entrance Tigers | 22 – 26 | South Newcastle Lions | Sunday, 26 May | EDSACC Oval North | Tony Pellow (3 TA, 1 TC, 3 LBA, 1 LBC, 6 TB, 1 FDO, 145m, 14 CAR) |
| Lakes United | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 7

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Cessnock Goannas | 30 – 12 | South Newcastle Lions | Saturday, 1 June | Baddeley Park | Lewis Young (1 Try, 1 TA, 1 LBA, 4 LB, 9 TB, 176M, 13 CAR) |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | 12 – 24 | Macquarie Scorpions | Saturday, 1 June | Kurri Kurri Sportsground | Connor Kirkwood (51 TCK, 93% D, 35 CAR, 287m) |
| The Entrance Tigers | 8 – 18 | Maitland Pickers | Tuesday, 4 June | EDSACC South | Luke Knight (2 Tries, 3 LB, 2 TB, 115m) |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | 16 – 22 | Wyong Roos | Thursday, 6 June | Morry Breen Oval | Isaac Blackhall (1 Try, 2 LB, 6 TB, 1 TA, 1 LBA, 1 TC, 141m, 13 CAR, 100% D) |
| Lakes United | 24 – 26 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Saturday, 10 August | Cahill Oval | Nick Glohe (2 Tries, 2 LB, 7 TB, 111m, 28 TCK, 93% D) |
| Northern Hawks | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 8

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Lakes United | 20 – 30 | The Entrance Tigers | Saturday, 8 June | Cahill Oval | Tony Pellow (4 Tries, 1 TA, 1 LBA, 5 LB, 8 TB, 315m, 12 CAR) |
| Maitland Pickers | 50 – 14 | Northern Hawks | Saturday, 8 June | Maitland No.1 Sportsground | Jackson Eckford (Debut) (3 Tries, 4 LB, 4 TB, 112m) |
| Cessnock Goannas | 20 – 18 | Macquarie Scorpions | Saturday, 8 June | Lakeside Sporting Complex | Honeti Tuha (2 Tries, 1 LB, 6 TB, 1 OL, 205m, 15 CAR) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 24 – 22 | South Newcastle Lions | Wednesday, 12 June | St. John Oval | Kain Anderson (1 Try, 1 LB, 5 TB, 1 LBA, 1 TA, 101m) |
| Northern Hawks | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Western Suburbs Rosellas | | BYE | |

#### Round 9

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Cessnock Goannas | 26 – 12 | Lakes United | Saturday, 15 June | Howe Park | Harvey Neville (1 Try, 1 LB, 4 TB, 1 TA, 162m, 15 CAR, 94% D) |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | 22 – 54 | The Entrance Tigers | Saturday, 15 June | Kurri Kurri Sportsground | Tony Pellow (2 Tries, 5 LBA, 5 TB, 1 TA, 1 TC, 117m, 9 CAR) |
| South Newcastle Lions | 38 – 8 | Wyong Roos | Saturday, 16 June | Townson Oval | Mapu Uasi (4 Tries, 4 LB, 6 TB, 1 TA, 133m) |
| Macquarie Scorpions | 0 – 50 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Tuesday, 18 June | St. John Oval | Cameron Anderson (2 Tries, 2 TA, 1 TC, 1 LBA, 1 LBC, 3 LB, 6 TB, 113m) |
| Northern Hawks | 14 – 12 | Western Suburbs Rosellas | Sunday, 11 August | Tomaree Sports Ground | Henry Penn (1 Try, 4 OL, 6 TB, 20 CAR, 173m, 24 TCK, 96% D) |
| Maitland Pickers | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 10

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| South Newcastle Lions | 62 – 10 | Macquarie Scorpions | Saturday, 22 June | Townson Oval | Reeve Howard (1 Try, 4 LB, 4 TB, 3 LBA, 3 TA, 1 TC, 195m) |
| Lakes United | 62 – 10 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Saturday, 22 June | Cahill Oval | Matt Cooper (2 Tries, 10 TB, 3 LB, 3 TA, 1 LBA, 171m) |
| Maitland Pickers | 44 – 6 | Cessnock Goannas | Saturday, 22 June | Maitland No. 1 Sportsground | Matt Soper-Lawler (1 Try, 4 TA, 3 LBA, 1 LB, 3 TB, 106m) |
| The Entrance Tigers | 30 – 16 | Western Suburbs Rosellas | Sunday, 23 June | EDSACC South | Nick Newman (2 Tries, 1 TA, 1 LBA, 3 LB, 8 TB, 15.8m a run) |
| Northern Hawks | 14 – 36 | Wyong Roos | Wednesday, 3 July | Tomaree Sports Ground | Bayden Searle (2 Tries, 3 TA, 1 LBA, 2 LB, 1 FDO) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 11

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Maitland Pickers | 20 – 8 | Western Suburbs Rosellas | Saturday, 29 June | Maitland No.1 Sportsground | Jayden Butterfield (1 LB, 6 TB, 188m, 17 CAR, 25 TCK, 93% D) |
| Northern Hawks | 24 – 46 | South Newcastle Lions | Saturday, 29 June | Tomaree Sports Ground | Ryan Glanville (1 Try, 4 TA, 1 TC, 3 LBA, 2 LBC, 5 TB) |
| Macquarie Scorpions | 16 – 28 | The Entrance Tigers | Sunday, 30 June | Lyall Peacock Field | Tony Pellow (1 Try, 1 TA, 2 LBA, 1 LBC, 2 LB, 5 TB, 116m, 10 CAR) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 34 – 4 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Sunday, 30 June | St. John Oval | Connor Kirkwood (35 CAR, 316m, 57 TCK, 98% D) |
| Cessnock Goannas | 4 – 12 | Wyong Roos | Wednesday, 3 July | Tomaree Sports Ground | Jake O'Meley (39 TCK, 93% D, 116m, 12 CAR) |
| Lakes United | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 12

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| The Entrance Tigers | 44 – 26 | Wyong Roos | Saturday, 31 August | EDSAAC South | David Fifita (2 Tries, 2 LB, 9 TB, 1 LBA, 1 OL, 161m, 16 CAR, 100% D) |
| Macquarie Scorpions | 0 – 32 | Maitland Pickers | Saturday, 31 August | Lyall Peacock Field | Macquarie Scorpions Forfeit |
| South Newcastle Lions | 24 – 32 | Cessnock Goannas | Saturday, 31 August | Townson Oval | Hayden Regan (1 Try, 2 LB, 3 TB, 1 TA, 25 TCK, 93% D) |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | 28 – 24 | Lakes United | Saturday, 31 August | Harker Oval | Liam Wiscombe (1 TC, 1 LBC, 122m, 12 CAR, 19 TCK, 100% D) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 44 – 6 | Northern Hawks | Saturday, 31 August | St. John Oval | Kain Anderson (2 Tries, 3 LB, 7 TB, 2 LBA, 2 TA, 138m, 11 CAR) |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 13

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| South Newcastle Lions | 38 – 18 | Lakes United | Saturday, 13 July | Townson Oval | Reeve Howard (1 Try, 3 LB, 7 TB, 3 TA, 1 TC, 2 LBA, 1 LBC, 181m, 12 CAR) |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | 20 – 36 | Northern Hawks | Saturday, 13 July | Kurri Kurri Sportsground | Liam Walsh (1 Try, 1 TA, 1 TC, 1 LBA, 1 LBC, 2 LB, 3 TB, 2 OL, 129m, 32 TCK, 100% D) |
| Maitland Pickers | 26 – 24 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Saturday, 13 July | Maitland No. 1 Sportsground | Matt Soper-Lawler (1 TA, 1 LB, 7 TB, 196m, 13 CAR) |
| Wyong Roos | 38 – 10 | Macquarie Scorpions | Saturday, 13 July | Morry Breen Oval | Tarnae Mahon (2 Tries, 2 LB, 4 TB, 2 LBA, 1 TC, 23 TCK, 96%) |
| The Entrance Tigers | 20 – 20 | Cessnock Goannas | Sunday, 14 July | EDSAAC South | Brayden Musgrove (13 TB, 2 LBA, 1 LB, 1 TA, 5 OL, 181m, 14 CAR) |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 14

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Cessnock Goannas | 68 – 10 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Saturday, 20 July | Baddeley Park | Lewis Young (3 Tries, 6 LB, 12 TB, 1 TA, 1 TC, 1 LBA, 296m, 10 CAR) |
| Wyong Roos | 10 – 16 | Maitland Pickers | Saturday, 20 July | Morry Breen Oval | Jayden Butterfield (21 CAR, 193m, 38 TCK, 100% D) |
| Lakes United | 82 – 6 | Macquarie Scorpions | Sunday, 21 July | Cahill Oval | Dylan Phythian (1 Try, 3 TA, 5 LBA, 1 TC, 1 LB, 100% D) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 38 – 14 | Western Suburbs Rosellas | Sunday, 21 July | St. John Oval | Isaiah Olsen (2 Tries, 2 LB, 7 TB) |
| Northern Hawks | South Newcastle Lions | The Entrance Tigers | | BYE | |

#### Round 15

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | 8 – 56 | South Newcastle Lions | Saturday, 27 July | Kurri Kurri Sportsground | Ryan Glanville (1 Try, 3 TA, 3 LBA, 1 LBC, 1 FDO, 2 LB, 5 TB, 100% D) |
| Maitland Pickers | 50 – 0 | Macquarie Scorpions | Saturday, 27 July | Maitland No. 1 Sportsground | Matt Soper-Lawler (3 Tries, 1 TA, 3 LBA, 2 LB, 8 TB, 230m, 12 CAR) |
| Northern Hawks | 28 – 18 | Lakes United | Saturday, 27 July | Tomaree Sports Ground | Floyd Tighe (1 Try, 1 LB, 1 FDO, 10.9m a run, 26 TCK, 93% D) |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | 20 – 12 | Cessnock Goannas | Sunday, 28 July | Harker Oval | Nathan Ross (1 Try, 2 LB, 10 TB, 171m, 17 CAR) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 26 – 36 | The Entrance Tigers | Sunday, 28 July | St. John Oval | Tony Pellow (1 Try, 2 TA, 1 TC, 3 LBA, 1 LB, 6 TB, 1 OL, 186m, 19 CAR) |
| Wyong Roos | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 16

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Lakes United | 32 – 8 | Cessnock Goannas | Saturday, 3 August | Cahill Oval | Aaron McGrady (1 Try, 2 LB, 8 TB, 1 TA, 1 TC, 119m, 2 forced errors) |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | 16 – 40 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Saturday, 3 August | Kurri Kurri Sportsground | Cameron Anderson (2 Tries, 4 LB, 9 TB, 3 OL, 1 TA, 1 TC, 1 LBA, 1 LBC, 210m, 14 CAR) |
| Northern Hawks | 20 – 20 | The Entrance Tigers | Saturday, 3 August | Tomaree Sports Ground | Manu Alexander (1 Try, 2 LB, 10 TB, 1 LBA, 1 TA, 152m) |
| Wyong Roos | 36 – 32 | Western Suburbs Rosellas | Saturday, 3 August | Morry Breen Oval | Ben Stone (2 Tries, 2 LB, 5 TB, 1 LBC, 53 TCK, 96% D) |
| South Newcastle Lions | 20 – 42 | Maitland Pickers | Saturday, 10 August | Townson Oval | Jayden Butterfield (1 Try, 2 LB, 6 TB, 2 TA, 2 LBA, 180m, 26 TCK, 96% D) |
| Macquarie Scorpions | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 17

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| Cessnock Goannas | 40 – 14 | The Entrance Tigers | Saturday, 17 August | Baddeley Park | Sam Apthorpe (2 Tries, 2 LB, 3 TB, 98m, 23 TCK, 92% D) |
| Western Suburbs Rosellas | 26 – 30 | South Newcastle Lions | Saturday, 17 August | Harker Oval | Ryan Glanville (1 Try, 1 LB, 6 TB, 1 TA, 1 TC, 2 LBA, 2 LBC, 3 OL, 94m, 92% D) |
| Macquarie Scorpions | 26 – 58 | Wyong Roos | Saturday, 17 August | Lyall Peacock Field | Mitch Williams (2 Tries, 1 LB, 2 TB, 6 TA, 1 TC, 7 LBA, 2 LBC, 93% D) |
| Northern Hawks | 44 – 12 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | Saturday, 17 August | Tomaree Sportsground | Callan Briggs (1 Try, 4 LB, 5 TB, 2 TA, 1 LBA, 2 OL, 168m) |
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 21 – 0 | Lakes United | Tuesday, 27 August | St. John Oval | Match Abandoned due to serious injury in 2nd half. Central awarded points (Lakes Forfeit). LeagueCastle awarded player of game to Logan Radzievic (1 TA, 1 TC, 1 FDO, 1 LBA, 1 LBC, 3 TB, 90% D). |
| Maitland Pickers | | BYE | | | |

#### Round 18

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue | LeagueCastle's Man of the Match (and Stats) |
| South Newcastle Lions | 34 – 6 | Northern Hawks | Saturday, 24 August | Townson Oval | Jack Welsh (2 LB, 6 TB, 1 LBA, 1 TC, 1 OL, 153m, 14 CAR, 25 TCK, 96% D) |
| Lakes United | 16 – 56 | Maitland Pickers | Saturday, 24 August | Cahill Oval | Reid Alchin (2 Tries, 4 LB, 4 TB, 2 OL, 2 TA, 1 TC, 1 LBA, 106m) |
| Kurri Kurri Bulldogs | 16 – 64 | Western Suburbs Rosellas | Saturday, 24 August | Kurri Kurri Sportsground | Aidan Storrie (1 Try, 3 TA, 2 TC, 6 LBA, 1 LBC, 2 OL, 124m) |
| Wyong Roos | 34 – 22 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Saturday, 24 August | Morry Breen Oval | Lathan Hutchinson-Walters (2 Tries, 2 LB, 7 TB, 156m, 14 CAR) |
| The Entrance Tigers | 70 – 0 | Macquarie Scorpions | Sunday, 25 August | EDSAAC South | Nick Newman (3 Tries, 1 LB, 4 TB, 2 TA, 1 TC, 3 LBA, 1 LBC, 106m, 100% D). |
| Cessnock Goannas | | BYE | | | |

### Finals Series

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date | Venue |
| Qualifying & Elimination Finals ||||||
| South Newcastle Lions | 10 – 26 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Saturday, 7th September | Townson Oval |
| The Entrance Tigers | 16 – 6 | Cessnock Goannas | Sunday, 8 September | EDSAAC South |
| Minor & Major Semi-Finals ||||||
| Maitland Pickers | 40 – 12 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Saturday, 14 September | Maitland Sportsground |
| South Newcastle Lions | 10 – 28 | The Entrance Tigers | Sunday, 15 September | Baddeley Park |
| Preliminary Final ||||||
| Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | 30 – 20 | The Entrance Tigers | Sunday, 22 September | St. John Oval |
| Grand Final ||||||
| Maitland Pickers | 24 – 4 | Central Newcastle Butcher Boys | Sunday, 29 September | McDonald Jones Stadium |