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

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

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).

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Finals Series

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