Match Discussion: Round 2 vs Dolphins @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 2
Newcastle Knights v Dolphins
McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal (TICKETS)

Thursday 13 March 2025
Kickoff 8:00pm AEDT
Live on Nine, 9Now, Fox, Kayo

To be announced

To be announced

Referee: To be advised
Sideline Officials: To be advised
Video Referee: To be advised

HEAD TO HEAD - 2023 - 2024​

	TOTAL	NEW	DOL	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	4	3	1	0
MCD. JONES	2	1	1	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2023	Round 3	DOL 36-20	McD. Jones	20093
2023	Round 23	NEW 30-28	Optus Stadium	45814
2024	Round 8	NEW 18-14	Suncorp	18033
2024	Round 27	NEW 14-6	McD. Jones	29433

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2023	Round 3	DOL 36-20	McD. Jones	20093
2024	Round 27	NEW 14-6	McD. Jones	29433

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6
NEWCASTLE	GLD (A)	BYE	CBY (A)	WST (H)
DOLPHINS	WST (H)	BRI (H)	GLD (A)	PEN (H)

CURRENT FORM​

	Round 1
NEWCASTLE	WST	W 10-8
DOLPHINS	SOU	L 14-16

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
NEW	7th	1	0	1-0-0	10	8
DOL	10th	1	0	0-1-0	14	16

 

[Yosh]

I just want to see Jacob smash Dan in a tackle.

 

[Woody90]

Hoping we’ll improve enough to jag another win. We’re absolutely awful early in the year but need to bank as many wins as we can against beatable teams.

 

[ryan.a87]

Got to make a plan around what to do when dsaf knocks it on towards the end of the set coming out of their own end. Got to capitalise on what we know is going to happen

 

[Old dog]

Have gut feeling DSaf will make huge effort to show us what we let go and to impress his new team mates, may only last a game and it is at his old home ground

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Have gut feeling DSaf will make huge effort to show us what we let go and to impress his new team mates, may only last a game and it is at his old home ground

DSaf making a huge effort in anything is something I'd never bet on.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Dolphins were absolutely shocking v Souffs. How they lost i'll never know. I thought they'd do that easily based on roster alone.

We can't be that bad twice, surely. We should win well here.

 

[ryan.a87]

You must be new here

Knights “winning well” in a match where they are favourites is not something they do

 

[perverse]

Dolphins were absolutely shocking v Souffs. How they lost i'll never know. I thought they'd do that easily based on roster alone.

We can't be that bad twice, surely. We should win well here.

My thoughts as well, I can't imagine us being that bad twice in a row. It was diabolical. There's huge risk we "put the football away" and play hyper conservative again though, so look forward to that.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

You must be new here

Knights “winning well” in a match where they are favourites is not something they do

Not new. It's a symptom of the years upon years of mental and emotional torture imposed upon me by the Newcastle Knights that cause occasional delusions of hope.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

My thoughts as well, I can't imagine us being that bad twice in a row. It was diabolical. There's huge risk we "put the football away" and play hyper conservative again though, so look forward to that.

Fwiw I think the there are too many genuine footballers in the side now to go back to playing that dour style. Example, I can't see Sharpe, Ponga etc being on board with that idea.

I'm really huffing that hopium today aren't I?

 

[mozza91]

Hold onto the ball and we’ll win comfortably. It shouldn’t be too much to ask but knowing us it probably will be.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

...or...we could just go ahead and make Dan Saifiti look like prime Chief Harragon. We give at least one nuffy their career best game each season.

 

[perverse]

...or...we could just go ahead and make Dan Saifiti look like prime Chief Harragon. We give at least one nuffy their career best game each season.

This is way more the script I'm used to following. It's DSafs grand final this week.