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  • 4 days ago | nrl.com | Brett Keeble

    On face value, Newcastle’s 34-14 loss to Cronulla at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday looked a lot like their 20-4 defeat by Wests Tigers at the same ground seven days earlier. The out-of-sorts Knights had trouble holding the ball, struggled to score points until the game was gone, and never really looked like pulling back a double-figure deficit.

  • 4 days ago | nrl.com | Brett Keeble

    Sharks prop Oregon Kaufusi would prefer to let his actions speak for him. And if words are necessary, the 25-year-old Samoan international is happy to let Cronulla hooker Blayke Brailey, coach Craig Fitzgibbon or captain Cam McInnes be his mouthpiece. Kaufusi crashed over to score the first try in Cronulla’s 34-14 thumping of Newcastle at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday, then his sharp short pass helped set up their second for fellow front-rower Addin Fonua-Blake.

  • 1 week ago | nrl.com | Brett Keeble

    A sunny autumn Sunday afternoon in front of a sold-out crowd of adoring fans should have been the setting for the Newcastle Knights to bounce back from consecutive losses. Instead, the error-riddled Knights suffered an embarrassing 20-4 loss to Wests Tigers at McDonald Jones Stadium that left coach Adam O’Brien and captain Kalyn Ponga questioning their team’s attitude. “The honest answer is, it wasn’t good enough,” O’Brien said.

  • 1 week ago | nrl.com | Brett Keeble

    It was four years in the making, but Wests Tigers centre Starford To’a has finally tasted success against the club where he began his NRL career. Toa scored a try, set up another and even spent 10 minutes in the sin-bin after a squabble with Dane Gagai in his team’s comprehensive 20-4 victory over an under-strength and out-of-sorts Newcastle Knights at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday.

  • 1 month ago | nrl.com | Brett Keeble

    “Yesterday was our captain’s run, and I didn’t bring it up to them, because I didn’t talk about it,” O’Brien said. “I’m aware that they watch those things, so it was just trying to be respectful. The other thing is, we’re 12 months away from this happening. “We’ve got a team in there that, I think it was pretty clear, are going to fight hard all year this year. We want to achieve something special with the group that’s in there...

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Brett Keeble
Brett Keeble @BrettKeeble
7 Apr 25

RT @lono610: Easter basketball a tradition on the Southern Highlands and into the Shoalhaven. 3x3 tournament and a coaches clinic to rememb…

Brett Keeble
Brett Keeble @BrettKeeble
30 Mar 25

Something for @NRLKnights fans to ponder after news of Will Pryce’s immediate exit: Does it free up enough cap space to create an opportunity for Dylan Brown to switch now? Eels coach Jason Ryles said yesterday that an early release is not an option but the #NRL world moves fast.

Brett Keeble
Brett Keeble @BrettKeeble
30 Mar 25

And STILL the Wests Tigers. #NRLTigersWarriors