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The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home ground is Henson Park, and their team colours are blue (traditionally royal blue) and white.
Established in 1908, Newtown were one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League. They competed continuously in the NSWRFL premiership until their departure in 1983, the first reduction in the League since 1937. Over this period they won the competition three times.
The club was founded on 8 January 1908 at a public meeting held at Newtown Town Hall that had been convened by the prominent Sydney sportsman James J. Giltinan (after whom the NSW Rugby League Premiership shield is named), local MP Henry Hoyle, and Harry Hamill (1879-1947), who was to be the fledgling club's first captain.
This made Newtown the second rugby league football club in Australia and the oldest now in existence. The second club, Glebe, was formed on 9 January 1908. When the 'Dirty Reds' (Glebe) were controversially excluded from the NSWRL Premiership in 1929, Newtown became the oldest Australian club.
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A Grand final is a game that decides a sports league's championship (or premiership) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North American sports, grand finals have become a significant part of Australian culture. The earliest competitions to feature a Grand final were Australia's AFL (Australian rules football) and NRL (rugby league football). They influenced other competitions such as soccer's A-League, the National Basketball League, netball's ANZ Championship and European rugby league's Super League to adopt grand finals as well. Most grand finals involve a prestigious award for the player voted best on field.
The Anglo-Norman term "grand" to describe a sporting event, documented in England as "grand match" in 1836, was used in Australia from the 1850s. A steeplechase in England has been called the "Grand National Steeple Chase" ("Grand National" alone for short) since at least 1839.
Use of the term in Australian Football dates back to the first organised and widely publicised match between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College on August 7, 1858 at Yarra Park, Melbourne (formerly Richmond Park). The game was advertised as the "grand football match" in the Melbourne Morning Herald and several other local newspapers.
2016 for the Newtown Jets was a real positive season with some fantastic performances, Players stepping up to first grade and Thrilling comebacks. Time to relive a fantastic season and look forward to 2017.
Whilst 2015 was a frustrating season for the Newtown Jets who failed to make the NSW Cup finals for the second year running, they still managed to score some fantastic tries! This highlights package was compiled by Jason Pritchard.
The old team, Newtown Jets from the NSWRL competition. There theme song in karaoke style. There song was recorded in early 1970s for every-time they ran out onto the field to play the game before they left the competition in 1983. Premierships: 3 - (1910, 1933, 1943)
Newtown Rugby League Club feature on The Game Plan (2013)
1981 Semi-Final Newtown and Manly all in all brawl. Newtown 20 (Ryan 2, Gould, Blacklock, Sigsworth tries, Sigsworth 2 goals, Wilson field goal) defeated Manly-Warringah 15 (Booth 2, Davis tries, Eadie 3 goals) Played on Sun Sep 13, 1981 3pm at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Referee: John Gocher, Crowd: 22,440. Manly-Warringah (Graham Eadie, Tom Mooney, John Dorahy, Simon Booth, Sturt Davis, Alan Thompson, John Gibbs, Bruce Walker, Les Boyd, Terry Randall, Mark Broadhurst, Max Krilich (c), Geoff Gerard, Reserves: Martin, Ray Brown, Coach: Ray Ritchie) Newtown (Phil Sigsworth, John Ferguson, Mick Ryan, Brian Hetherington, Ray Blacklock, Paul Morris, Tom Raudonikis (c), Graham O'Grady, Mick Pitman, Phil Gould, Steve Blyth, Jim Walters, Steve Bowden, Reverses: Brian Jensen, Ken Wilson, Craig ...
Full highlights of the Parramatta Eels Vs Newtown Jets 1981 Winfield Cup Grand Final.
Alby Talarico and the Steele Sports team catch up with Newtown Jets head coach Greg Matterson and chat to him about the Jets 2 point win over the Wests Tigers.