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Grand Final Week

Every development from the biggest week this town has seen in a quarter of a century.

Screenshot of an Instagram comment reading "Can confirm the old man cannot get tickets."

Grand Final Week

OI! SORT IT OUT BOYS, NOW.

Yesterday
  • A bearded man in a grey t-shirt, set between a 1997 Knights player and a long queue outside a stadium.

    Grand Final Week

    Local bloke ticketless even though his Dad played to 1997 Grand Final Victory

    Yesterday
  • Two photos of a property investor laid over an aerial view of Newcastle.

    Grand Final Week

    Guy who owns 1,000 local houses or something yet to paint one red and blue

    Yesterday
  • A bulk carrier lit up red and blue at night, with an inset of a packed dance floor.

    Grand Final Week

    PASH BASH 2026: Kinga’s announced as partner venue for floating Knight club

    2 days ago
  • Side-by-side selfies of a DJ making a heart with her hands, first with red hair, then with red and blue hair.

    Grand Final Week

    Locals seek urgent update about when icon & DJ @just.bonnie.anne will make the only acceptable choice

    2 days ago
  • Tap Dogs and Bootmen posters either side of a line of tap dancers on stage.

    Grand Final Week

    WOOF: iconic Tap Dogs said to be in emergency talks to step in as Grand Final entertainment, V’Landy’s quotes Bootmen (2000) “When you don’t know your next step... improvise.”

    2 days ago
  • A paraglider under a red and blue Knights canopy giving a thumbs up above the Singapore skyline.

    Grand Final Week

    Conditions, turbulence in Lord Mayor’s Singapore departure blamed for delay in Newcastle Grand Final ‘live site’ reveal

    2 days ago
  • A cartoon chicken in a knight's helmet painted on the base of a white lighthouse.

    Grand Final Week

    BREAKING: K-foot, f.k.a H-foot resurfaces, authorities at Nobbys Lighthouse

    3 days ago
  • A hissing black kitten beside two men, with a row of snapped matchsticks in front of them.

    Grand Final Week

    Of course nicest bloke on the field who didn’t mean to hurt prodigal son nepo kitten allowed to play first Knights grand final in quarter century, instead of being sentenced to a 4 game ban for snapped match stick ankles

    3 days ago
  • Rugby league players training on a field beneath a swirling cloud of moths.

    Grand Final Week

    Sydney’s Bogong Moth cyclone final nail in the coffin for Roosters Trophy

    3 days ago
  • The Obelisk in Newcastle dressed in a Knights jersey at sunset, with a person kneeling at its base.

    Grand Final Week

    HOLY GRAIL: kneel before the crown, hallowed be thy Knights

    3 days ago
  • A man in a Knights jersey on the beach with Nobbys headland behind him.

    Grand Final Week

    PILGRIMAGE: Secret Novocastrian’s spotted coming home for honour

    4 days ago
  • A red bulk carrier flying Knights flags pushing through heavy surf.

    Grand Final Week

    MY HEART WILL GO ON: Tickets on sale for ride on the Pasha to the Grand Final

    4 days ago
  • Dozens of full plastic cups of beer piled together.

    Grand Final Week

    1 MILLION BEERS: announced as city’s official grand final sponsor

    4 days ago
  • A seismograph reading and a rain radar map beside a photo of a Knights merchandise store.

    Grand Final Week

    Geoscience Australia investigating Seismic activity after Knah fans staunch store

    5 days ago
  • A bear mascot in red overalls flexing both arms.

    Grand Final Week

    PAGING MISS KIM: Big Dog takes night shift, gives urgent warning

    5 days ago
  • A blue and white seaplane skimming across the water.

    Grand Final Week

    Locals demand return of the Seaplane to Sydney in honour of the Grand Final

    5 days ago

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