2013 Newcastle Knights season

2013 Newcastle Knights season
NRL	7th
Play-off result	Grand Final Qualifier Finalists
2013 record	Wins: 14; Draws: 1; Losses: 12
Points scored	For: 528; Against: 422
Team information
CEO	Matthew Gidley
Coach	Wayne Bennett
Captain	Kurt Gidley
Stadium	Hunter Stadium
Avg. Attend.	18,836
High. Attend.	26,822
Top scorers
Tries	James McManus (19)
Goals	Tyrone Roberts (48)
Points	Tyrone 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

• Round 1: Beau Scott made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
• Round 1: Jeremy Smith made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
• Round 1: Travis Waddell made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Canberra Raiders.
• Round 3: David Fa'alogo made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Huddersfield Giants.
• Round 3: Korbin Sims made his NRL debut for the club.
• Round 4: Adam Cuthbertson scored his 1st try for the club.
• Round 4: Chris Houston played his 100th game for the club.
• Round 5: Jarrod Mullen played his 150th game for the club, which was also his 150th career game.
• Round 6: Joseph Leilua made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Sydney Roosters.
• Round 7: David Fa'alogo scored his 1st try for the club.
• Round 7: James McManus scored his 50th try for the club, which was also his 50th career try.
• Round 9: Adam Clydsdale made his NRL debut for the club.
• Round 9: Kurt Gidley played his 200th game for the club, which was also his 200th career game.
• Round 10: David Fa'alogo played his 150th career game.
• Round 10: Joseph Leilua scored his 1st try for the club.
• Round 11: Akuila Uate played his 100th game for the club, which was also his 100th career game.
• Round 12: Josh Mantellato made his NRL debut for the club, scored his 1st try and kicked his 1st goal for the club, which were also his 1st career try and goal.
• Round 13: Wayne Bennett coached his 670th career game, becoming the most experienced coach ever in the NRL.
• Round 14: Craig Gower made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the London Broncos.
• Round 16: James McManus scored 4 tries, equalling Darren Albert, Adam MacDougall, Andrew Johns, Cooper Vuna and Akuila Uate's record of most tries scored in a match by 1 player for the Knights.
• Round 17: Jeremy Smith played his 150th career game.
• Round 19: Craig Gower scored his 1st try for the club.
• Round 19: Kade Snowden played his 50th game for the club and scored his 1st try for the club.
• Round 21: Neville Costigan played his 50th game for the club.
• Round 21: Beau Scott scored his 1st try for the club.
• Round 22: Danny Buderus played his 250th game for the club, which was also his 250th career game, breaking Andrew Johns' record of 249 games for most appearances for the Knights.
• Round 25: Kurt Gidley kicked his 400th try for the club, which was also his 400th career goal.
• Round 26: Danny Buderus kicked his 1st goal for the club, which was also his 1st career goal.
• Round 26: Jeremy Smith scored his 1st try for the club.
• Finals Week 1: Tyrone Roberts played his 50th game for the club, which was also his 50th career game.
• Finals Week 2: Matt Hilder played his 200th career game and 100th game for the club.
• Finals Week 2: Willie Mason played his 250th career game.

Squad

For the complete list of Newcastle Knights players, see List of Newcastle Knights players.

Newcastle Knights
2013 NRL premiership squad								Coaching staff
103 Danny Buderus - HK (gk) 128 Timana Tahu - CE 143 Kurt Gidley (c) - HK, HB, FE, FB (gk) 144 Anthony Quinn - CE 172 Kade Snowden - PR 179 Jarrod Mullen (vc) - FE 186 James McManus - WG 201 Matt Hilder - HK 202 Chris Houston (vc) - SR, LK, PR 209 Akuila Uate - WG 220 Kevin Naiqama - WG, FB 221 Neville Costigan - LK, HK 223 Tyrone Roberts - HB, HK (gk)		225 Marvin Filipo - SR (mid-season loss) 226 Peter Mata'utia - CE 227 Ryan Stig - FE, HB 228 Zane Tetevano - PR, LK 229 Siuatonga Likiliki - CE, WG 230 Darius Boyd - FB 231 Adam Cuthbertson - LK, PR 232 Alex McKinnon - SR, LK, CE 233 Willie Mason - PR 234 Chris Adams - HK 235 Dane Gagai - CE 237 Robbie Rochow - SR, PR 238 Beau Scott - SR		239 Jeremy Smith - LK 240 Travis Waddell - HK (mid-season loss) 241 David Fa'alogo - PR, LK 242 Korbin Sims - PR 243 Joseph Leilua - CE 244 Adam Clydsdale - HK 245 Josh Mantellato - WG (gk) 246 Craig Gower - HK, HB 000 Adrian Davis - HB 000 Mitchell Frei - PR 000 Toka Likiliki - PR 000 Rodney Mason - PR, SR 000 Chanel Mata'utia - WG, CE		000 Tyler Randell - FE, LK 000 Chad Redman - HK 000 Nathan Ross - WG (mid-season loss) 000 Will Smith - FE 000 Paterika Vaivai - PR Extended squad players Pat Mata'utia - CE Ben Roose - LK		Head coach Wayne Bennett Assistant coaches Rick Stone - NSW Cup coach Mick Crawley - NYC coach Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 31 December 2013 Source(s): Newcastle Knights Profiles, Rugby League Project

Transfers and Re-signings

Gains

Player/Coach	Previous Club	Length
Adam Clydsdale	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
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
Josh Mantellato	Newcastle Knights NSW Cup	Promoted
Pat Mata'utia	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
Anthony Quinn	Melbourne Storm	2013
Ben Roose	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
Nathan Ross	Newcastle Knights NSW Cup	Promoted
Beau Scott	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2016
Jeremy Smith	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2015
Rick Stone (assistant coach & NSW Cup coach)	Newcastle Knights Assistant Coach	2014
Paterika Vaivai	Newcastle Knights NYC	Promoted
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

Re-signings

Player	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	Adam Cuthbertson	Darius Boyd	Adam Clydsdale	Akuila Uate
Danny Buderus	David Fa'alogo	Dane Gagai	James McManus
Neville Costigan	Matt Hilder	Kurt Gidley	Robbie Rochow
Adrian Davis	Chris Houston	Pat Mata'utia	Beau Scott
Marvin Filipo	Joseph Leilua	Tyler Randell
Mitchell Frei	Toka Likiliki	Korbin Sims
Craig Gower	Josh Mantellato	Jeremy Smith
Siuatonga Likiliki	Willie Mason	Kade Snowden
Rodney Mason	Chanel Mata'utia	Zane Tetevano
Peter Mata'utia	Alex McKinnon
Kevin Naiqama	Jarrod Mullen
Ben Roose	Anthony Quinn
Nathan Ross	Chad Redman
Will Smith	Tyrone Roberts
Ryan Stig	Timana Tahu
	Travis Waddell
	Paterika Vaivai

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	File:North Queensland colours.svg 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
File:Newcastle Knights 2014 Home Jersey.png	File:Newcastle Knights away jersey 2013.png

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.

Source:

Representative honours

See also: List of Newcastle Knights representatives

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2013.

Australia

• Darius Boyd
• Kurt Gidley

Australian Schoolboys

• Sione Mata'utia

Cook Islands

• Zane Tetevano

Fiji

• Kevin Naiqama
• Korbin Sims
• Rick Stone (Coach)
• Akuila Uate

Indigenous All Stars

• Timana Tahu
• Travis Waddell

Italy

• Josh Mantellato
• Kade Snowden

Junior Kiwis

• Joseph Tapine

New South Wales

• James McManus

New South Wales City

• Adam Cuthbertson

New South Wales Country

• Willie Mason
• Alex McKinnon
• James McManus
• Akuila Uate

New South Wales Residents

• Adrian Davis
• Matt Hilder
• Josh Mantellato
• Peter Mata'utia
• Kevin Naiqama

NRL All Stars

• Wayne Bennett (Coach)
• Willie Mason
• Akuila Uate

Papua New Guinea

• Neville Costigan (Captain)

Queensland

• Darius Boyd

Samoa

• David Fa'alogo
• Joseph Leilua

Tonga

• Siuatonga Likiliki

Individual honours

Teams and squads

2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year

• Josh Mantellato
• Peter Mata'utia

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Dally M awards

2013 Top Try-scorer

• James McManus (19 tries)

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Newcastle Knights awards

Player of the Year

• 2013 National Rugby League (NRL) Player of the Year: Darius Boyd
• 2013 New South Wales Cup Player of the Year: Kevin Naiqama
• 2013 National Youth Competition (NYC) Player of the Year: Adam Clydsdale

Players' Player

• 2013 National Rugby League (NRL) Players' Player: Danny Buderus
• 2013 New South Wales Cup Players' Player: Matt Hilder
• 2013 National Youth Competition (NYC) Players' Player: Jake Mamo

Coach's Award

• 2013 National Rugby League (NRL) Coach's Award: Robbie Rochow
• 2013 New South Wales Cup Coach's Award: Mitchell Frei
• 2013 National Youth Competition (NYC) Coach's Award: Joseph Tapine

2013 Brian Carlson Club-Andrew Johns Medal

• Sione Mata'utia