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2026 Telstra NRL Premiership

Round 1

Newcastle Knights 28 def. North Queensland Cowboys 18

2026 Telstra NRL Premiership
Round 1
Newcastle
Knights		 28
–
18 North Queensland
Cowboys
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/120009
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 28th February, 2026
Kick Off 6:15pm (local time)
Referee Ashley Klein (Bathurst)
Touch Judges David Munro, Belinda Sharpe
Sr. Review Chris Butler
Venue Allegiant (Las Vegas)
Crowd 45,719
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 – 12
Penalties 4 – 4
Newcastle Scoresheet North Qld
Bradman BEST T 2 Murray TAULAGI
Greg MARZHEW   Heilum LUKI
Trey MOONEY      
Fletcher SHARPE      
Dominic YOUNG      
 
Kalyn PONGA 4/5 G 3/3 Jake CLIFFORD
 
    BIN Braidon BURNS
Newcastle Teams North Qld
Kalyn PONGA (c) 1 FB 1 Scott DRINKWATER
Dominic YOUNG 2 W 2 Braidon BURNS
Dane GAGAI 3 C 3 Jaxon PURDUE
Bradman BEST 4 C 4 Tom CHESTER
Greg MARZHEW 5 W 5 Murray TAULAGI
 
Fletcher SHARPE 6 FE 6 Jake CLIFFORD
Dylan BROWN 7 HB 7 Tom DEARDEN (c)
 
Jacob SAIFITI 8 FR 8 Coen HESS
Phoenix CROSSLAND 9 HK 9 Reed MAHONEY
Trey MOONEY 10 FR 10 Jason TAUMALOLO
Dylan LUCAS 11 2R 11 Heilum LUKI
Jermaine McEWEN 12 2R 12 Sam McINTYRE
Mat CROKER 15 L 13 Reuben COTTER
 
Tyson FRIZELL 13 B 15 Thomas MIKAELE
Sandon SMITH 14 B 17 Kai O'DONNELL
Thomas CANT 16 B 18 Griffin NEAME
Pasami SAULO 17 B 21 Matt LODGE
 
Justin HOLBROOK   HC   Todd PAYTEN
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle

Previous Game:
2026 Witzer NRL Pre-Season Challenge - Round 2 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Manly
Out:
Fletcher Hunt (fullback), Wilson De Courcey (centre), Tyson Gamble (bench), Elijah Salesa Leaumoana (bench), Brodie Jones (bench), James Schiller (bench), Kyle McCarthy (reserve), Francis Manuleleua (reserve), Connor Votano (reserve), Lachlan Crouch (reserve)
In:
Kalyn Ponga (fullback), Dane Gagai (centre), Fletcher Sharpe (five-eighth), Trey Mooney (front row)
Changes:
Dylan Brown (five-eighth to halfback), Sandon Smith (halfback to bench), Tyson Frizell (front row to bench), Thomas Cant (second row to bench), Jermaine McEwen (bench to second row)

North Qld

Previous Game:
2026 Witzer NRL Pre-Season Challenge - Round 2 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Wests Tigers
Out:
Zac Laybutt (centre), Soni Luke (bench), Liam Sutton (bench), Mason Barber (bench), Harrison Edwards (reserve), Jaxson Paulo (reserve), Robert Derby (reserve), Ethan King (reserve)
In:
Tom Chester (centre), Griffin Neame (bench)

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