Match Discussion: Round 6 vs Newcastle @ Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Leumeah / Dharawal

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NRL 2026 - Round 6
Wests Tigers v Newcastle Knights
Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Leumeah / Dharawal (TICKETS)

Sunday 12 April 2026
NRL kickoff 4:05pm AEST
Live on Nine Network, 9Now, Fox League, Kayo Sports

1. Jahream Bula 2. Faaletino Tavana 3. Sunia Turuva 4. Heamasi Makasini 5. Jeral Skelton 6. Jock Madden 7. Adam Doueihi 8. Terrell May 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. Fonua Pole 11. Samuela Fainu 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Alex Twal 14. Latu Fainu 15. Sione Fainu 16. Royce Hunt 17. Alex Seyfarth 18. Tristan Hope 19. Patrick Herbert 20. Bunty Afoa 21. Tony Sukkar 22. Charlie Murray

1. Fletcher Hunt 2. Dominic Young 3. Dane Gagai 4. Wilson De Courcey 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Fletcher Sharpe 7. Sandon Smith 8. Jacob Saifiti 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Trey Mooney 11. Dylan Lucas 12. Jermaine McEwen 13. Mathew Croker 14. Harrison Graham 15. Tyson Frizell 16. Pasami Saulo 17. Thomas Cant 18. Tyson Gamble 19. Cody Hopwood 20. Francis Manuleleua 21. Elijah Leaumoana 22. James Schiller

Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Sideline Officials: Daniel Luttringer, Phil Henderson
Video Referee: Ashley Klein

HEAD TO HEAD - 2000 - 2025​

	TOTAL	WESTS TIGERS	NEWCASTLE	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	40	18	22	0
CAMPBELLTOWN	11	6	5	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2023	Round 20	NEWCASTLE 34-18	McD. Jones	18470
2024	Round 10	NEWCASTLE 20-14	Scully	10107
2024	Round 23	NEWCASTLE 34-18	McD. Jones	22183
2025	Round 1	NEWCASTLE 10-8	Campbelltown	13160
2025	Round 6	WESTS TIGERS 20-4	McD. Jones	25960

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2001	Round 10	NEWCASTLE 56-6	Marathon	15105
2019	Round 23	WESTS TIGERS 46-4	Campbelltown	11107

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9	Round 10
WESTS TIGERS	BRISBANE (H)	CANBERRA (H)	CRONULLA (A)	MELBOURNE (A)
NEWCASTLE	SYDNEY (A)	PENRITH (H)	SOUTH SYDNEY (H)	ST GEO ILLA (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 3		Round 4		Round 5
WESTS TIGERS	SOUTH SYDNEY	L 16-20	WARRIORS	W 32-14	PARRAMATTA	W 22-20
NEWCASTLE	WARRIORS	L 12-38	CANTERBURY	W 24-16	CANBERRA	W 32-12

STATE OF PLAY: 2026 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
WESTS TIGERS	2nd	4	1	3-1-0	114	70
NEWCASTLE	3rd	5	0	4-1-0	132	100

 

[Fordy20]

This will be a good measure of where we are at. Holbrook has the Knights flying high and playing good footy. I'd love to snag three in a row, but I reckon the Knights will be too good unless we can get better support play through the middle.

 

[Tiger05]

This will be a good measure of where we are at. Holbrook has the Knights flying high and playing good footy. I'd love to snag three in a row, but I reckon the Knights will be too good unless we can get better support play through the middle.

I think we have to win this game. They are without Brown, Ponga and maybe Best. It's also at home for us.

 

[TheDefinitionOfMadness]

They'll still be formidable. They're in great form playing an expansive brand of footy. It will be a good test of our defence.

If we contain the 2 mullets that'll go a long way towards winning.

 

[Tigerm]

Whether we win or lose, I think what Benji says repeatedly, is true, we are a different team this year, I think it's hard for us to realise this, as we've had so many false dawns in the past.
But we certainly have the bones to make the finals this year, at a minimum.

 

[Tiger05]

They'll still be formidable.

They will be tough to beat but so is every team. We need wins and more wins.

 

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NRL TEAMS & OFFICIALS - 2026 Round 6 » League Unlimited

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1. Jahream Bula 2. Faaletino Tavana 3. Sunia Turuva 4. Heamasi Makasini 5. Jeral Skelton
6. Jock Madden 7. Adam Doueihi
8. Terrell May 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. Fonua Pole 11. Samuela Fainu 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Alex Twal

14. Latu Fainu 15. Sione Fainu 16. Royce Hunt 17. Alex Seyfarth
18. Tristan Hope 19. Patrick Herbert
20. Bunty Afoa 21. Tony Sukkar 22. Charlie Murray

 

[Tigerm]

Good team, considering who's not available.
Skelton should've been there all along, imo.
Despite the game being at Campbelltown, we don't have a good record there, I believe.
Us by 8 with Skelton getting a double and Doueihi MoM.

 

[AKA Das Hassler]

Every game's a must win and this one will be as tough as the Eels....Best is out which helps our cause muchly!

 

[Tigerm]

Records are made to be broken, no pressure, hahaha

 

[TheDefinitionOfMadness]

Records are made to be broken, no pressure, hahaha

Normally I'll talk about breaking the streak and the number of days etc but this year I'm doing things differently.

I'm treating the streak like rule 1 of fight club.

 

[Tigerm]

Normally I'll talk about breaking the streak and the number of days etc but this year I'm doing things differently.

I'm treating the streak like rule 1 of fight club.

What's rule 1?

 

[Tigerm]

The maths for this game is simple:
Beat them by 108 pts.
The pennies lose by 1 pt.
And we go to the top of the table.
No pressure hahaha

 

[TheDefinitionOfMadness]

What's rule 1?

Rule 1 of fight club is don't talk about fight club. So therefore, I won't mention the streak.

Fight club is a bloody good movie if you haven't seen it

 

[Tigerm]

Rule 1 of fight club is don't talk about fight club. So therefore, I won't mention the streak.

Fight club is a bloody good movie if you haven't seen it

It's OK, I crossed my fingers when I wrote it.

 

[Tiger Ted]

Imo this will be our biggest test thus far this season.Knights are in great form & a pleasure to watch.There attack is outstanding.It beggars belief that they paid a fortune for Dylan Brown when they have a local junior in Fletcher Sharpe who is way better than him.If we win this I might start believing that we’ve turned the corner

 

[Ned Kelly]

Rule 1 of fight club is don't talk about fight club. So therefore, I won't mention the streak.

Fight club is a bloody good movie if you haven't seen it

OK I won't either but next week we play the drongoes who have some good players out so who knows we might be .......
That was close I almost mentioned the s word.

 

[simmo1]

Records are made to be broken, no pressure, hahaha

The most unbelievable things about this stat is that we have somehow managed to win 2 games in a row 17 times since 2018.

 

[Tigers1986]

Going to be close to if not a sell out. Tigers brass should check all the bandwagoners stealing seats rocking up when we're up high on the table as opposed to those who've swum through the river of faeces the last 5 years.

 

[AKA Das Hassler]

Imo this will be our biggest test thus far this season.Knights are in great form & a pleasure to watch.There attack is outstanding.It beggars belief that they paid a fortune for Dylan Brown when they have a local junior in Fletcher Sharpe who is way better than him.If we win this I might start believing that we’ve turned the corner

Yeah but previously it was our biggest test / validation against the very inform warriors ....that they played like shit was because we made them.play like shit...that counts! If we beat the knights it won't be credited as passing any marker because they'll be excused for having key players out. Everytime we beat someone...anyone...its always because they had an off day. For me the key marker is consistent week to week 80 minute
..hungry to win effort... so far its been right up there