NRLW

[Burwood]

Sounds like she’s been wearing a Broncos’ jersey under her Newcastle one every match.

 

[PhilGould]

It's a disappointing situation but she carried us to 2 premierships so I don't really care what she was wearing under the Knights jersey

 

[Knight Tales]

We move on. This club has to stop looking back over its shoulder. And that goes for every part of it from the bottom to the top. Tamika Upton was given the world by this club. She chose to walk out. End of.

 

[Yosh]

We move on. This club has to stop looking back over its shoulder. And that goes for every part of it from the bottom to the top. Tamika Upton was given the world by this club. She chose to walk out. End of.

Are we gonna suck as much as the mens sucked after Joey retired?

 

[SamSepi0l]

The entitlement here is insane. The same people who have been begging the club to cut short the Saf or Brailey contracts are upset when it goes the other way?

Without Tamika we have 0 NRLW premierships. She gave everything while she was here and helped establish the club as a contender. The value someone like White would have gotten learning under Upton is huge, too.

Losing her sucks but the hyperbole is insufferable.

 

[Knight Tales]

The entitlement here is insane. The same people who have been begging the club to cut short the Saf or Brailey contracts are upset when it goes the other way?

Without Tamika we have 0 NRLW premierships. She gave everything while she was here and helped establish the club as a contender. The value someone like White would have gotten learning under Upton is huge, too.

Losing her sucks but the hyperbole is insufferable.

Ron won those titles through his coaching. And the other 16 girls put in big time. It is ok for people to be not ok with what has happened: especially given the Broncos having zero class at all. Millie Boyle, The Southwells etc. are not mugs.

 

[PhilGould]

2022 GF the Knights were just by far the better team and maybe could've won without her despite winning the Karyn Murphy Medal, but 2023 was as close to a one-person performance as it gets. Knights were outplayed in most aspects and had little right to win but Upton decided otherwise. This past season she once again carried the team and I think there's a very strong argument we wouldn't have even made the finals without her.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but from my view she showed up, was by far the biggest factor in us winning 2 premierships, and never looked like she was giving anything less than everything she had on the field. Sucks that she's gone, think the team might really struggle in the next few years, but I got to watch a Knights team win back-to-back premierships largely because of her which was the objective when we threw bags of money to poach her from Brisbane in the first place.

 

[Knight Tales]

It is disappointing we are forever allowing the narrative that one player rules all. Tinkler tried to remove it. Made the coach the centre piece. Good times.

 

[Apey]

2022 GF the Knights were just by far the better team and maybe could've won without her despite winning the Karyn Murphy Medal, but 2023 was as close to a one-person performance as it gets. Knights were outplayed in most aspects and had little right to win but Upton decided otherwise. This past season she once again carried the team and I think there's a very strong argument we wouldn't have even made the finals without her.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but from my view she showed up, was by far the biggest factor in us winning 2 premierships, and never looked like she was giving anything less than everything she had on the field. Sucks that she's gone, think the team might really struggle in the next few years, but I got to watch a Knights team win back-to-back premierships largely because of her which was the objective when we threw bags of money to poach her from Brisbane in the first place.

Yep, she always put in and we definitely don't win 2023 and probably not 2022 without her. She'll always be a Knight as they say.

I said earlier that I suspected her heart wasn't completely at the Knights for the past two seasons, but that had literally nothing to do with her on-field performances. She always put in. She did look frustrated in our semi against the Roosters, but who could blame her.

Still, fans have a right to be annoyed. She signed up for a further 5 years and ditched us after 2. What can you do. Players have the power really, once someone is unhappy, clubs generally don't want to keep them around. See Ben Hunt for how that eventuates. I would have liked us to get something from the last 3 years of her contract (we got plenty from her first 2) but I'm not sure how feasible that is these days.

You can't discount the fact she's gone to the Broncos of all teams too. It was always going to happen but that is definitely accounting for a lot of the bitterness, lol. Nobody wants to see them start winning comps again... which is exactly what's going to happen now.

 

[SamSepi0l]

It is disappointing we are forever allowing the narrative that one player rules all. Tinkler tried to remove it. Made the coach the centre piece. Good times.

That worked out just great. We all have such fond memories and love in our hearts for Bennett and what he did for this cl... Wait.

 

[SamSepi0l]

2022 GF the Knights were just by far the better team and maybe could've won without her despite winning the Karyn Murphy Medal, but 2023 was as close to a one-person performance as it gets. Knights were outplayed in most aspects and had little right to win but Upton decided otherwise. This past season she once again carried the team and I think there's a very strong argument we wouldn't have even made the finals without her.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but from my view she showed up, was by far the biggest factor in us winning 2 premierships, and never looked like she was giving anything less than everything she had on the field. Sucks that she's gone, think the team might really struggle in the next few years, but I got to watch a Knights team win back-to-back premierships largely because of her which was the objective when we threw bags of money to poach her from Brisbane in the first place.

2022 we maybe win without her but I don't know if we make it without her.
2023 agree. Think you just summed it all up perfectly. It sucks she's gone, especially to the Broncos, but we also poached the best player in the game when we got her, it's not like she was developed as a Knight. Bring on the reload.

 

[Knight Tales]

That worked out just great. We all have such fond memories and love in our hearts for Bennett and what he did for this cl... Wait.

LOL. Hindsight is really your best friend isn’t it.

 

[Jono078]

So.. Hannah Southwell has just been granted a release. Very odd..

 

[Haffa]

Hannah Southwell released.

Hannah Southwell to depart Knights

The nib Newcastle Knights have agreed to a request from Hannah Southwell, granting an immediate release from the remainder of her NRLW playing contract.

www.newcastleknights.com.au

 

[Yosh]

Wow... Isn't she supposed to be the ONE?

 

[Apey]

So 2 of the 3 we gave 5 year contracts to have asked for releases. And this one was a local and our captain. Hopefully Jesse isn't next.

This does put some stock into a rumour that was floating around, though.

 

[perverse]

This is a mutually beneficial outcome for both parties.

Eh? Both parties? Obviously I'm out of the loop on this one.

 

[macavity]

So 2 of the 3 we gave 5 year contracts to have asked for releases. And this one was a local and our captain. Hopefully Jesse isn't next.

This does put some stock into a rumour that was floating around, though.

what rumour

 

[Burwood]

What on earth is going on at the club? The coach is still there, so you’d have to think it isn’t to do with him- surely they’d move him on before agreeing to let go the two most important players in the team.

 

[SamSepi0l]

So 2 of the 3 we gave 5 year contracts to have asked for releases. And this one was a local and our captain. Hopefully Jesse isn't next.

This does put some stock into a rumour that was floating around, though.

Go on...?

Also, I can't believe AOB allowed this.