The salvation of the Newcastle Knights lies in the hands of 120,000 Wests Group members.

They started together and wanted to finish together. They would have preferred that to trying to belt the living daylights out of one another. But Mitchell Aubusson won't hear of Shaun Kenny-Dowall's legacy at the Roosters being ruined before he meets his old club.

Kurri Kurri High School reportedly brought the formal forward so that Hannah could attend.

Shaun Kenny-Dowall has a distinctive tattoo on the inside of his right forearm.

Brisbane have been forced to overcome a half-time deficit to survive a scare against Newcastle, as they held off the struggling Knights 34-22.

Newcastle has won the race for the signature of Connor Watson after granting the Roosters utility his wish of playing in the halves.

Knights playmaker Trent Hodkinson says he is back for the long haul after regaining form and confidence during his recent stint in reserve grade.

​The family of Jarrod Mullen has reached out to NRL boss Todd Greenberg, urging him to consider reducing the former Newcastle star's four-year doping ban.

IN-form centre Peter Mata'utia appears in danger of being squeezed out of his home-town club for the second time after Newcastle's decision to bolster their backline with big-name reinforcements.

Josh Reynolds will certainly never forget his final game at Belmore Sportsground.

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Knights coach Nathan Brown has dismissed criticism from chairman Brian McGuigan, insisting he has full support of "the right people" inside the embattled club.

Nathan Brown has nine games to prove he should be retained as Knights coach after a loss Newcastle chairman Brian McGuigan has labelled "a catastrophe".

Peter Mata'utia has been sledged before but this was different.

The Wests Tigers insist they didn't think about trying to avoid their first wooden spoon since becoming a merged club before beating Newcastle 33-12 on Sunday.

The Dragons responded well to being booed off at halftime by their fans – with 22 unanswered points and a comeback win.

James McManus has parted company with the Newcastle Knights, thereby ending the awkward situation of working for the club while proceeding with legal action against it.

James McManus claims Newcastle should have forced him into retirement in 2013 but their failure to do so resulted in him suffering up to 10 concussions and permanent brain injury.

NRL Bunker official Jared Maxwell faces censure for skirting video review protocols and telling Ashley Klein to award a controversial try to Manly – against the advice of a sideline official – in the Sea Eagles' narrow win over the Knights.