Category: Newcastle Sport

Gosford is aiming for a fifth straight Hunter Coast Premier Hockey title when it battles Norths on Saturday. The decider is expected to be tight – with little separating the two teams throughout the season.

Warners Bay’s quest for an elusive football double begins on Sunday afternoon, when it hosts the NPL Women’s major semi. The premiers boast the league’s top three scorers, and they’ll need to be firing to make the decider.

Maitland has hit pause on its Newcastle Rugby League premiership celebrations, to focus on defending its Presidents Cup crown. The Pickers will head west to take on the Forbes Magpies on Saturday, for a spot in the grand final.

The Maitland Mustangs’ Billy Parsons has set himself the goal of playing basketball overseas, after being named MVP of the statewide Waratah Youth League competition. It could’ve been a different story for the 21-year-old… if he’d tried to follow in the footsteps of his famous father.

Maitland will start the 2023 Newcastle Rugby League season as favourites, having already re-signed almost all of the squad that won yesterday’s grand final. The Pickers produced one of the most dominant displays in recent years to beat the Scorpions.

It’s been a bruising finals series for the Macquarie Scorpions, but they’re ready to leave it all out on the field in Sunday’s Newcastle Rugby League Grand Final.

Maitland will be out to ruin the Higgins’ family celebration when they face the Scorpions. The Pickers will start as favourites, having smashed Macquarie in the semi-final.