Match Discussion: Round 13 vs St Geo Illa @ Jubilee Stadium, Carlton / Bidjigal

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 13
St George Illawarra Dragons v Newcastle Knights
Jubilee Stadium, Carlton / Bidjigal (TICKETS)

Friday 30 May 2025
NRL kickoff 8:00pm.
Live on Fox, Kayo, Nine, 9Now.

1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Tyrell Sloan 3. Moses Suli 4. Valentine Holmes 5. Christian Tuipulotu 6. Lyhkan King-Togia 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Jack de Belin 9. Damien Cook 10. David Klemmer 11. Luciano Leilua 12. Jaydn Su'A 13. Hamish Stewart 14. Jacob Liddle 15. Toby Couchman 16. Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga 17. Blake Lawrie 18. Emre Guler 19. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 20. Lachlan Ilias 21. Nathan Lawson 22. Hame Sele

Out: Corey Allan (wing), Dylan Egan (second row)
In: Christian Tuipulotu (wing), Toby Couchman (bench)
Changes: Kyle Flanagan (five-eighth to halfback), Lyhkan King-Togia (halfback to five-eighth), Blake Lawrie (front row to bench), Jack De Belin (bench to front row), Luciano Leilua (bench to second row)

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. James Schiller 3. Dane Gagai 4. Kyle McCarthy 5. Fletcher Hunt 6. Fletcher Sharpe 7. Tyson Gamble 8. Tyson Frizell 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Leo Thompson 11. Dylan Lucas 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Mathew Croker 14. Jayden Brailey 15. Jack Hetherington 16. Brodie Jones 17. Thomas Cant 18. Jack Cogger 19. Jermaine McEwen 20. Matthew Arthur 21. Connor Votano 22. Elijah Leaumoana

Out: Adam Elliott (lock), Paul Bryan (bench), Jack Cogger (halfback to reserve)
In: Kalyn Ponga (fullback), Leo Thompson (front row), Jack Hetherington (bench)
Changes: Fletcher Sharpe (fullback to five-eighth), Tyson Gamble (five-eighth to halfback), Brodie Jones (front row to bench), Mat Croker (bench to lock)

Referee: Grant Atkins
Sideline Officials: Drew Oultram, Kasey Badger
Video Referee: Adam Gee

HEAD TO HEAD - 1999 - 2024​

	TOTAL	ST GEO ILLA	NEWCASTLE	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	44	29	15	0
JUBILEE	10	6	4	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2020	Round 19	NEWCASTLE 42-18	McD. Jones	6659
2021	Round 4	ST GEO ILLA 22-13	McD. Jones	21770
2022	Round 6	ST GEO ILLA 21-16	WIN	11113
2023	Round 27	NEWCASTLE 32-12	Netstrata	10137
2024	Round 5	NEWCASTLE 30-10	McD. Jones	9448

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2004	Round 4	ST GEO ILLA 48-2	WIN	9362
2006	Round 5	NEWCASTLE 54-6	WIN	17467

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 14	Round 15	Round 16	Round 17
ST GEO ILLA	DOLPHINS (A)	CRONULLA (A)	(BYE)	PARRAMATTA (H)
NEWCASTLE	MANLY (H)	SYDNEY (H)	DOLPHINS (A)	CANBERRA (H)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 10		Round 11		Round 12
ST GEO ILLA	WARRIORS	L 14-15	BRISBANE	W 30-26	(BYE)
NEWCASTLE	GOLD COAST	L 20-24	PARRAMATTA	L 6-28	PENRITH	W 25-6

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
ST GEO ILLA	10th	10	2	4-6-0	228	239
NEWCASTLE	14th	11	1	4-7-0	153	208

LOWER GRADES

NSW Cup: ST GEO ILLA v NEWCASTLE, Jubilee Stadium, Friday, 5:40pm

Jersey Flegg: ST GEO ILLA v NEWCASTLE, Collegians Sports Complex, Saturday, 1:00pm

 

[Old dog]

Could we be advised on all three, 1sts, Cup and Flegg, locations, time, day and opposition as all three grades are not played at same venuue or on same day, tks

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Could we be advised on all three, 1sts, Cup and Flegg, locations, time, day and opposition as all three grades are not played at same venuue or on same day, tks

Let me google that for you...

 

[SamSepi0l]

Interesting game. Winnable, they suck. But so do we.

 

[ryan.a87]

Off the top of my head, their only origin players is Holmes?

they will be close to full strength depending if they rest him

 

[SamSepi0l]

Off the top of my head, their only origin players is Holmes?

they will be close to full strength depending if they rest him

Counterpoint: They will have Kyle Flanagan. No one is full strength when you have to name him.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Counterpoint: They will have Kyle Flanagan. No one is full strength when you have to name him.

Ah but we have Cogger

 

[Apey]

Ah, Dragons. The only team that have worse halves than us. Let's see if we took any confidence out of winning this week.

 

[ryan.a87]

Ah but we have Cogger

Was thinking ponga will back up, but our game is Friday night

no way they are giving him a 2 day turnaround, especially if he is playing through rib pain or whatever he has atm

 

[Zoidberg]

We really need to win this game. Like, really.

 

[Yosh]

We really need to win this game. Like, really.

Sounds like a AOB half time team talk!

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

We really need to win this game. Like, really.

Like, really really?

 

[Zoidberg]

Like, really really?

Like, really really!

 

[League Unlimited News]

Could we be advised on all three, 1sts, Cup and Flegg, locations, time, day and opposition as all three grades are not played at same venuue or on same day, tks

Limitations of the system unfortunately.

You can always check the NSW Cup draw here https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/draw/?competition=113

And Flegg U21s here https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/draw/?competition=159

This weekend - Cup is at Kogarah, 5:40pm prior to NRL on Friday; Flegg is at Collegians complex in Figtree at 1pm on Saturday.

 

[League Unlimited News]

NEWCASTLE: 1. Kalyn Ponga 2. James Schiller 3. Dane Gagai 4. Kyle McCarthy 5. Fletcher Hunt 6. Fletcher Sharpe 7. Tyson Gamble 8. Tyson Frizell 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Leo Thompson 11. Dylan Lucas 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Mathew Croker

Interchange: 14. Jayden Brailey 15. Jack Hetherington 16. Brodie Jones 17. Thomas Cant

Reserves: 18. Jack Cogger 19. Jermaine McEwen 20. Matthew Arthur 21. Connor Votano 22. Elijah Leaumoana

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Out: Adam Elliott (lock), Paul Bryan (bench), Jack Cogger (halfback to reserve)
In: Kalyn Ponga (fullback), Leo Thompson (front row), Jack Hetherington (bench)
Changes: Fletcher Sharpe (fullback to five-eighth), Tyson Gamble (five-eighth to halfback), Brodie Jones (front row to bench), Mat Croker (bench to lock)

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[Apey]

I'm surprised Cogger didn't get the 7 just because.

 

[Old dog]

Would have meant dropping Gamble who was in top 5 last week
I think it will still be 7 Cogger, 6 Gamble, Ponga rested

 

[Yosh]

Really playing Ponga?

 

[Zoidberg]

I’m sure it will be Ponga’s call if he plays. I’ve heard other players say it’s easier to back up a couple of days after origin than 3 or 4 days after.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Ponga rested well during SOO.