Newcastle Football Club

The Newcastle Football Club, nicknamed the Venom, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. The club was founded in 2023 and plays in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). It is the third team based in New South Wales to compete in the AFL as well as the fourth team based in the state to compete in the NEAFL.
The club currently plays at Woolworths Stadium (Wallsend Cricket Ground) and their training ground and headquarters being based at the Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground. It is the first team in to join the AFL since the Greater Western Sydney Giants joined in 2012. Their first inaugural season was in 2024.
== Rivalries ==
=== Gold Coast Suns ===
The Venom and the Suns have developed a rivalry with the Suns defeating the Venom in their first three matches between them. Newcastle ended up winning their fourth match against Gold Coast by 19 points. The rivalry is known as the Newcastle-Gold Coast Brawl.
== Membership base ==
Year	Members	Change from
previous season	Average home crowd	Ladder position
2024	10,502 	— 	15,670 	18/19
2025	12,594 	+2,092	14,031 	19/19
2026	14,003 	+1,409	14,564 	18/19
2027	17,945 	+3,942	15,712 	14/19
2028	20,329 	+2,384	13,946 	15/19
2029	20,842 	+513 	14,012 	17/19
2030	20,537 	-305 	13,572 	16/19
== Current squad ==
Senior list
Number	Name 	Captain/Vice captain
2 	Patrick Windeyer 	
3 	Caleb Duckworth 	
5 	Brayden Purcell 	
6 	Alexander Robey 	
7 	Marcus Dransfield 	
8 	Archie Biraban 	
9 	Beau Colbourne 	
10 	Noah Snook 	
11 	Edward Petersen 	Captain
13 	Joshua Mueller 	
14 	Callum Lambe 	
15 	Caleb Hurley 	
16 	Aidan Steinfeld 	
18 	William Lamington 	Vice captain
19 	George Truchanas 	
20 	Henry Teague 	
21 	Christian Gourgaud 	
22 	Logan Dalley-Scarlett	
23 	Darcy Game 	
25 	Christian Ethel 	
26 	Jonathan Schreiber 	
27 	Ryan Adair 	
28 	Jayden Marconi 	
29 	Spencer Callaway 	
30 	Jack Gether 	
32 	Kai Salmond 	Captain
34 	John Dulhunty 	
35 	Sean Cleary 	
36 	Justin Halligan 	
38 	Hunter Board 	
39 	Xavier Moonlight 	
40 	Angus Carmichael 	
41 	Hudson Raven 	
43 	Dylan Grimstone 	
44 	Matthew McSharry 	
45 	Toby Reinhold 	
46 	Isaac Faunce 	
48 	Alexander Bonython 	
49 	Samuel David 	
— 	Lachlan Mei 	
— 	Owen Reid 	
— 	Dominic Loch 	
— 	Mitchell Shillito 	
Rookie list
Number	Name 	Category B rookie
4 	Oscar Mills 	
12 	Dean Zimin 	Category B rookie
17 	Jake Rolando 	
31 	Nicholas Tauchert	
33 	Matthew Kellow 	
37 	Christopher Hely 	Category B rookie
42 	Nate Rowley 	
47 	Andrew Hoddle 	
50 	Declan Humble 	
55 	Levi Piper 	
— 	Beau Leary 	
— 	Blake Charleston 	
Coaching staff
Name 	Position
Jack Clibborn 	Head coach
Jayden Wilfred 	Assistant coach
Tyson O'Bryan 	Assistant coach
Ryan Parry-Okeden	Assistant coach
Julian Snodgrass 	Assistant coach
Hudson Hilliard 	Assistant coach
Nathan McArthur 	Assistant coach
== Stadiums ==
=== Wallsend Cricket Ground (Woolworths Stadium) ===
Main article: Wallsend Cricket Ground
Wallsend Cricket Ground, or Woolworths Stadium from a naming rights agreement, is the home of the Newcastle Football Club since their inaugural season since 2024. The capacity of the venue is 21,750.
=== Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground ===
The Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground is the training ground and the base of the headquarters for the club. It has a capacity of 20,000.
== See also ==
* Wallsend Cricket Ground
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