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• Newcastle Knights CEO Matt Gidley pleads for ...

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Knights hammered by Sharks Valentine Holmes scores four tries as the Cronulla Sharks thump the Newcastle Knights by 62 points. Vision courtesy ABC News 24. PT0M40S 620 349 Newcastle chief executive Matt Gidley has appealed for understanding in an open letter to fans in the wake of the NRL club's alarming decline in form over the past month.With the Knights conceding 179 points in their past four games - including Sunday's 62-0 thumping by Cronul..

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• Mullen: The enforcer topping Knights wishlist

  

  INJURED Knights playmaker Jarrod Mullen says Newcastle needs an enforcer in the mould of Roosters hard man Jared Waerea-Hargreaves to accelerate the club’s painstaking rebuild.The Knights are firming faster than quick dry cement to pick up their second consecutive wooden spoon in 2016, with club legend Andrew Johns ominously predicting it could take up to a decade for Newcastle to dig themselves out of the mire.In the short term Mullen revealed an honesty session took place where “we did a bit o..

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• The sabbatical plan to fight rugby raids

  

  FRESH threats from cashed up European rugby and a potentially damaging flow on effect have prompted Melbourne football director Frank Ponissi to push for off-season rugby sabbaticals to prevent NRL playing stocks being raided.Catch all the latest NRL news in Media Watch!GO PLAY UNION, BUT THEN COME BACKFrench rugby is cashed up and on the hunt for quality talent following a landmark broadcasting deal, while star Wallaby Kurtley Beale last week inked one of the most lucrative deals seen in either..

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• Mitrovic: Forget Madrid and Barca, I want to become a Newcastle ...

  

  Relegation from the Premier League could see a number of Newcastle United's key players leave for top-flight football.Despite Newcastle United's relegation from the Premier League, striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has no intention of leaving as he aims to become a club legend. Newcastle were consigned to Championship football for the second time since 2009 after finishing two points adrift of arch-rivals Sunderland in 18th position. Mitrovic's future, along with a number of team-mates, has been thro..

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• Maitland juniors step up for depleted Newcastle

  

  Maitland juniors are stepping into the breach as the Newcastle Knights continues to battle a growing injury list. GREAT FUTURE: Newcastle Knights coach Nathan Brown has been glowing in his praise for Maitland junior Brock Lamb before and after his entry into the Knights NRL side.Maitland juniors are stepping into the breach as the Newcastle Knights continues to battle a growing injury list.Brock Lamb, who is still eligible to play in the NYC under-20 competition, has been named fo..

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• Search for missing skipper suspended

  

  Police found the boat Firefly on Tuesday and combed the surrounding waters on Wednesday. HOPES FADE: Police say it is unlikely the 48-year-old man missing from the FireFly (pictured) has survived. Photo: NSW PoliceA SEARCH for a missing sailor off Port Stephens has officially moved from rescue to recovery, police say.Authorities on Wednesday night called off a search that combed the water from Nelson Bay to Stockton beach following the discovery of abandoned yacht FireFly.  Police..

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• Tariq Sims Slams Member Of The Crowd As "Ugly" And "Disrespectful"

  Tariq Sims of Newcastle Photo: Getty Images Tariq Sims could not hide his anger over allegations that Newcastle's Dane Gagai was the subject of racist taunts during the Knights' last-round loss to Cronulla. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE: Hear all the NRL action live on Triple M. “Unfortunately this is still happening in our game. It’s very ugly. It's disrespectful,” Sims told Triple M's sister station KOFM in Newcastle. “I hope they found these people and ban them for life.” Listen to the audi..

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• SFF's Travelling Film Festival returns to Newcastle with eight films

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• 76ers line up Simmons

  

  Newcastle junior looms as No.1 priority in NBA draft FORMER Newcastle Hunters junior Ben Simmons appears headed to the Philadelphia 76ers –  where he would team-up with one of the NBA's brightest young cores and former Boomers coach Brett Brown.IN DEMAND: Australian teenager Ben Simmons is expected to be one of the top two picks in the NBA draft.The 76ers won the NBA Draft Lottery in New York on Tuesday, giving them first pick in the June 23 Draft. The Los Angeles Lakers have the ..

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• Rebirth only the start

  

  Newcastle's FACEplant are back, but it's only the beginning. LIFT OFF: Newcastle grunge band FACEplant made a triumphant return after 20 years last Saturday at the Cambridge. Picture: Craig Wilson, Swamphouse Photography.FACEPLANT have been reborn and now the focus has turned to expansion.The Novocastrian grunge rockers made a triumphant return after 20 years on Saturday night at the Cambridge Hotel. The set entirely featured songs written between 1994 and 1996 that either featur..

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