Newcastle Knights NRL Competition
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Allan McMahon 1988-1991 Date of Birth: 09/08/1954 Place of Birth: Joined Club: 1988 Left Club: 1991 Player Balmain Tigers 1975-81 Newtown Jets 1982 Canberra Raiders 1983 Rep Honours: 1978 Kangaroo Tour Coached 1985 Raiders 2nd Grade 1988-91 Newcastle Knights The inaugural Coach of the Newcastle Knights |
David Waite 1991-1994 Date of Birth: 1951 Place of Birth: Joined Club: 1988 Left Club: 1994 Player Sharks 1974-75 Western Suburbs Magpies 1978 Rep Honours: Country 1973 NSW State of Origin 1973-74 Australia 1973-74 Coached 1984 Australia School Boys 1985-87 Bulldogs U23s 1988-91 Knights Reserve Grade 1991-94 Knights 1st Grade |
Malcom Reilly 1995-1998 Date of Birth: 19/01/1948 Place of Birth: Barkston Ash district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Joined Club: 1995 Left Club: 1999 Player Castleford Tigers 1967-71 Manly Sea Eagles 1971-73 Rep Honours: Great Britian 1968, 70,77 Coached 1974-87 Castleford 1987-94 Great Britain 1993-94 Halifax 1995-99 Newcastle Knights Was coach when they won their first premiership in 1997. |
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Michael Hagan 2001-2006 Date of Birth: 12/08//1964 Place of Birth: Queensland Joined Club: 1989 Player, 2000 Coach Left Club: 1993 Player, 2006 Coach Player 1983-88 Canterbury 1989-93 Knights 1993-95 Halifax Rep Honours: Coached 1997 Mariners U19s 1997 Mariners 1st Grade Assist 1998-99 Raiders 1st Div 2000 Knights 1st Div 2001-6 Knights 1st Grade Was coach when they won their 2nd premiership in 2001. |
Brian Smith 2007- 2009 Date of Birth: 14/03/1954 Place of Birth: Maclean, New South Wales, Joined Club: 2007 Left Club: August 2009 Player 1973-74 St George 1975-6 &79 Souths Rep Honours: Coached 1984-87 Illawarra Steelers 1988-90 Hull England 1990-95 St George 1996 Bradford England 1997-2006 Parramatta 2007-09 Newcastle Knights Coach of the Year 2001 |
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Rick Stone 2009-2011 Date of Birth: 14/02/1967 Place of Birth: Joined Club: 2006 Left Club: Player Lakes United Newcastle 1986-87 1988-90 South Sydney 1992-93 Player Coach Nambucca Heads First Grade Debut: 1989 Rep Honours: Coached 1994-2005 Burleigh Bears 2006-9 Ass Coach Knights 2008 Central Newcastle Knights 2009-11 Newcastle Knights |
Wayne Bennett 2012-2014 Date of Birth: 01/01/1950 Place of Birth: Allora Queensland Joined Club: 2012 Left Club: end 2014 Player Warwick, Toowooba, Brothers, Ipswich Captain-Coach First Grade Debut: Rep Honours: Coach Qld Origin 1986-88,98,2001-3 Australia 1988, 2004-5 Coached 1976 Ipswitch 1977-79 Brisbane South 1980-82 Brothers 1984-85 Brisbane South 1987 Canberra Raiders 1988-2008 Brisbane Broncos 2009-11 St George Illawarra Dragons 2012-15 Newcastle Knights |
Rick Stone 2015 Date of Birth: 14/02/1967 Place of Birth: Joined Club: 2006 Left Club: July 2015 Player Lakes United Newcastle 1986-87 1988-90 South Sydney 1992-93 Player Coach Nambucca Heads First Grade Debut: 1989 Rep Honours: Coached 1994-2005 Burleigh Bears 2006-9 Ass Coach Knights 2008 Central Newcastle Knights 2009-11 Newcastle Knights NRL 2012-2014 Newcastle Knights Reserve Grade 2012-2014 Ass Coach Newcastle Knights NRL |
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Danny Buderus 2015 Date of Birth: 06/02/1978 Place of Birth: Taree Joined Club: Player 1995, 2012 Assistant Coach 2015 Left Club: Player Newcastle Knights 1997-2008 Leeds Rhinos 2009-2011 Newcastle Knights 2012-2013 Rep Honours: Country Origin 2001,03,05,07,08 Kangaroo Tour 2001,2004 3 Games for NSW 2002,03,04,05,06 7 Tests 2001-2002 Australia 2001,03,04,05,06 1st Test 2004 Captain State of Origin 2004 NSW 1, 2,3 2005 NSW 1,2 2006 NSW 1,2,3 2007 NSW 1, 2008 NSW 1, Captain Game 3 Kangaroo Tour Captain Country Origin 2005 & 2007,2008 Exiles 2011 Coached Assistant Newcastle Knights 2014-2015 Coached Newcastle Knights July 2015 |
Nathan Brown 2016- August 2019 Date of Birth: 31/07/1973 Place of Birth: Maclean, New South Wales Joined Club: Coach 2016 Left Club: late August 2019 Player 1993–98 St George Dragons 1999–00 St George Illawarra Rep Honours: Coached 2003–08 St George Illawarra 2009–12 Huddersfield Giants 2013–14 St Helens Newcastle Knights |
Kristian Woolf , August 2019 Date of Birth: 06/07/1975 Place of Birth: Mount Isa, Queensland Joined Club: 2019 Left Club: Player 1996-97 Souths Logan Magpies Rep Honours: 2014 Tonga Coached 2009 North Queensland Cowboys NYC 2012 Brisbane Broncos Ass coach 2015-2018 North Queenslnd Townsville Blackhawks. 2014-2019 Tonga 2019 Ass Coach Newcastle Knights |
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Adam O’Brien 2020-2022 Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Goulburn Joined Club: 2020 Left Club: Player Batemans Bay Tigers Rep Honours: Coached Assistant Coach Melbourne Storm NYC, Assistant Coach Melbourne Storm NRL , Assistant Coach Sydney Roosters |
Justin Holbrook 2026-2028 Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Joined Club: 2026 Left Club: Player Rep Honours: Coached |
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