2013 Newcastle Knights season

2013 Newcastle Knights season
NRL Rank7th
Play-off resultPreliminary Finalists (Week 3)
2013 recordWins: 12; draws: 1; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 528; against: 422
Team information
CEOMatthew Gidley
CoachWayne Bennett
Captain
StadiumHunter Stadium
Avg. attendance18,836
High attendance26,822
Top scorers
TriesJames McManus (19)
GoalsTyrone Roberts (48)
PointsTyrone Roberts (120)
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The 2013 Newcastle Knights season was the 26th in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Kurt Gidley, they competed in the NRL's 2013 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 7th place (out of 16), thus reaching the finals. The Knights then came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by eventual premiers, the Sydney Roosters.

Milestones

Squad

For the complete list of Newcastle Knights players, see List of Newcastle Knights players.
Newcastle Knights
2013 NRL premiership squad Coaching staff

Extended squad players

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 31 December 2013
Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles,
Rugby League Project


Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

Player/Coach Previous Club Length
David Fa'alogo Huddersfield Giants 2013
Mitchell Frei Brisbane Broncos 2013
Craig Gower London Broncos 2013
Joseph Leilua Sydney Roosters 2014
Toka Likiliki New Zealand Warriors 2014
Anthony Quinn Melbourne Storm 2013
Beau Scott St. George Illawarra Dragons 2016
Jeremy Smith Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2015
Travis Waddell Canberra Raiders 2014

Losses

Player/Coach Club
Sam Anderson Penrith Panthers
Ethan Cook Penrith Panthers
Joel Edwards Canberra Raiders
Richard Fa'aoso Melbourne Storm
Albert Kelly Contract terminated
Daine Laurie Wyong Roos
Lorenzo Ma'afu Parramatta Eels
Kurt Mann Melbourne Storm
Maipele Morseau Released
Wes Naiqama Penrith Panthers
Kyle O'Donnell Penrith Panthers
Api Pewhairangi Parramatta Eels
Junior Sa'u Melbourne Storm
Simione Sawene Released
Warren Schillings Western Suburbs Rosellas
Zeb Taia Catalans Dragons
Rip Taylor (NSW Cup coach) Wyong Roos
Evarn Tuimavave Hull Kingston Rovers
Watisoni Votu Fiji Rugby Union
Mark Wade Merewether Carlton Rugby Club
Player Junior side
Adam Clydsdale Knights National Youth Competition
Josh Mantellato Knights New South Wales Cup
Pat Mata'utia Knights National Youth Competition
Ben Roose Knights National Youth Competition
Nathan Ross Knights New South Wales Cup
Paterika Vaivai Knights National Youth Competition

Change of role

Player/Coach New role
Rick Stone (assistant coach) Knights assistant coach & New South Wales Cup coach

Re-signings

Player/Coach Re-signed to
Adam Clydsdale 2016
David Fa'alogo 2014
Dane Gagai 2015
Matt Hilder 2014
Josh Mantellato 2014
Chanel Mata'utia 2014
Pat Mata'utia 2015
Sione Mata'utia 2015
James McManus 2016
Anthony Quinn 2014
Chad Redman 2014
Robbie Rochow 2016
Korbin Sims 2015
Timana Tahu 2014
Zane Tetevano 2015
Akuila Uate 2017
Paterika Vaivai 2014

Player contract situations

2013 (left) 2014 2015 2016 2017
Chris Adams[1] Adam Cuthbertson[2] Darius Boyd[3] Adam Clydsdale[4] Akuila Uate[5]
Danny Buderus[6] David Fa'alogo[7] Dane Gagai[8] James McManus[9]
Neville Costigan[10] Matt Hilder[11] Kurt Gidley[12] Robbie Rochow[13]
Adrian Davis[14] Chris Houston[15] Pat Mata'utia[16] Beau Scott[17]
Marvin Filipo[18] Joseph Leilua[19] Tyler Randell[20]
Mitchell Frei[21] Toka Likiliki[22] Korbin Sims[23]
Craig Gower[24] Josh Mantellato[25] Jeremy Smith[26]
Siuatonga Likiliki[27] Willie Mason[28] Kade Snowden[29]
Rodney Mason[30] Chanel Mata'utia[16] Zane Tetevano[16]
Peter Mata'utia[31] Alex McKinnon[32]
Kevin Naiqama[33] Jarrod Mullen[34]
Ben Roose[35] Anthony Quinn[11]
Nathan Ross[36] Chad Redman[37]
Will Smith[38] Tyrone Roberts[20]
Ryan Stig[39] Timana Tahu[11]
Travis Waddell[40]
Paterika Vaivai[41]

Ladder

2013 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters (P) 24 18 0 6 2 640 325 +315 40
2 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 18 0 6 2 588 384 +204 40
3 Melbourne Storm 24 16 1 7 2 589 373 +216 37
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 15 1 8 2 588 366 +222 35
5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 2 468 460 +8 32
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 2 529 463 +66 30
7 Newcastle Knights 24 12 1 11 2 528 422 +106 29
8 North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 0 12 2 507 431 +76 28
9 Gold Coast Titans 24 11 0 13 2 500 518 −18 26
10 Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 2 495 532 −37 26
11 New Zealand Warriors 24 11 0 13 2 495 554 −59 26
12 Brisbane Broncos 24 10 1 13 2 434 477 −43 25
13 Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 2 434 624 −190 24
14 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 7 0 17 2 379 530 −151 18
15 Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 386 687 −301 18
16 Parramatta Eels 24 5 0 19 2 326 740 −414 14

Jerseys and sponsors

In 2013, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was Hunter Ports.

2013 Home Jersey 2013 Away Jersey

Fixtures

Pre-season trials

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 16 February Trial 1 South Sydney Rabbitohs BCU International Stadium 18 – 6 T.Roberts (2), M.Hilder K.Gidley (1/1), T.Roberts (1/1), P.Mata'utia (1/1)
Saturday, 23 February Trial 2 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Scully Park 16 – 22 K.Naiqama, A.Uate, P.Mata'utia K.Gidley (1/2), T.Roberts (1/1)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

2013 Regular season fixtures

Statistics

Name Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Points Captain Age
Darius Boyd 26 11 0 0 42 0 26
Danny Buderus 15 1 1 0 6 0 35
Adam Clydsdale 2 0 0 0 0 0 20
Neville Costigan 19 1 0 0 4 0 28
Adam Cuthbertson 13 2 0 0 8 0 28
David Fa'alogo 22 2 0 0 8 0 33
Dane Gagai 23 5 0 0 20 0 22
Kurt Gidley 14 2 38 0 84 11 31
Craig Gower 6 1 0 0 4 0 35
Matt Hilder 6 1 0 0 4 0 31
Chris Houston 24 3 0 0 12 1 28
Joseph Leilua 19 13 0 0 52 0 22
Josh Mantellato 1 1 3 0 10 0 26
Willie Mason 22 0 0 0 0 0 33
Alex McKinnon 19 2 0 0 8 0 21
James McManus 24 19 0 0 76 0 27
Jarrod Mullen 26 2 0 0 8 15 26
Kevin Naiqama 6 2 0 0 8 0 24
Anthony Quinn 4 1 0 0 4 0 30
Tyrone Roberts 27 6 48 0 120 0 22
Robbie Rochow 27 2 0 0 8 0 23
Beau Scott 16 2 0 0 8 0 29
Korbin Sims 12 0 0 0 0 0 21
Jeremy Smith 19 2 0 0 8 0 33
Kade Snowden 20 1 0 0 4 0 27
Timana Tahu 5 2 0 0 8 0 33
Zane Tetevano 8 1 0 0 4 0 23
Akuila Uate 24 15 0 0 60 0 26
Travis Waddell 10 0 0 0 0 0 24
Totals 27 100 91 0 582 - Average: 27

29 players used.

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Representative honours

See also: List of Newcastle Knights representatives

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2013.

Australia

Australian Schoolboys

Cook Islands

Fiji

Indigenous All Stars

Italy

Junior Kiwis

New South Wales

New South Wales City

New South Wales Country

New South Wales Residents

New South Wales under-16s

New South Wales under-18s

NRL All Stars

Papua New Guinea

Queensland

Samoa

Tonga

Individual honours

Teams and squads

New South Wales Cup Team of the Year

Dally M awards

Top Try-scorer

Newcastle Knights awards

Player of the Year

Players' Player

  • National Rugby League (NRL) Players' Player: Danny Buderus
  • New South Wales Cup Players' Player: Matt Hilder
  • National Youth Competition (NYC) Players' Player: Jake Mamo

Coach's Award

Brian Carlson Club-Andrew Johns Medal

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