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Newcastle Thunder
Club information
Full name
Newcastle Thunder Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)
Thunder
Short name
Newcastle
Colours
Founded
1999 (1999) (as Gateshead Thunder)
Website
thunderrugby.co.uk
Current details
Ground(s)
Gateshead International Stadium (1999–2014)
Kingston Park (2015–2023)
Gateshead International Stadium (2024-) (11,800)
Chairman
Semore Kurdi
Coach
Chris Thorman
Captain
Alex Foster
2023 season
14th (relegated)
Uniforms
Home colours
Away colours
Records
Challenge Cups
Quarter finalists (2009)
League 1
1 (2008)
Most capped
234 – Joe Brown
Highest points scorer
449 – Benn Hardcastle
The Newcastle Thunder is a professional rugby league club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Founded in 1999 as Gateshead Thunder after the merger of the original Gateshead Thunder with Hull F.C., the club currently competes in League 1, the third tier of rugby league in the United Kingdom. In 2015 the club changed its name to Newcastle Thunder. They play home matches at Gateshead International Stadium, also home to Gateshead F.C.
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the Betfred Super League having previously played Workington Town, NewcastleThunder and Barrow Raiders. Ritson has also appeared for Swinton Lions in...
the Knights and scoring 8 tries. He scored a brace in games against NewcastleThunder, Whitehaven RLFC and London Broncos, but it was his acrobatic try...
League 1 clubs play at home in fixtures against Championship teams. NewcastleThunder were included in the competition even though at that date the club's...
Broncos in the Betfred Super League. He has previously played for the NewcastleThunder in the Betfred Championship as well as previously playing for the...
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status for the next season. Dixon played one game on loan for the NewcastleThunder in RFL League 1, scoring a try against the London Skolars in May 2016...
International Stadium. In January 2015 Gateshead Thunder were officially renamed NewcastleThunder and relocated to Kingston Park. Keith Christie told...
regular season 12 points ahead of their nearest rivals, Toulouse. NewcastleThunder and Keighley Cougars were relegated to League One. The following teams...
the aborted 2020 season, the number of clubs was reduced to 10 as NewcastleThunder were appointed to the Championship and the planned entry of Ottawa...
He spent the majority of the year on loan with RFL Championship side Newcastle playing ten games. In round 6 of the 2024 Super League season, Hanley...
in the Super League and has spent time on loan from Wigan at the NewcastleThunder in the Betfred Championship. Halsall played his amateur rugby league...
fringe players' releases. Grundy then went on to play for the Gateshead Thunder, Lancashire Lynx and the Rochdale Hornets in the Northern Ford Premiership...
had signed for the NewcastleThunder on season-long loan. On 10 November 2021, it was reported that he had signed for NewcastleThunder in the RFL Championship...
in a 36-18 defeat at the DW Stadium. Lewis spent time on loan at NewcastleThunder in 2019, Lewis made 7 appearances in total, scoring 7 tries and adding...
needed] On 25 October 2021 it was reported that he had signed for NewcastleThunder in the RFL Championship On 5 January 2022, it was reported that he...
On 20 December 2020, it was announced that Kibula would join the NewcastleThunder in the Championship on a season-long loan. However, in March, he suffered...
In September 2013 Gene was appointed head coach of Gateshead Thunder (now NewcastleThunder) for the 2014 season. Gene lives in Yorkshire, Gene has two...
for the Dewsbury Rams in the Championship, the Hemel Stags and the NewcastleThunder in League 1, and the Salford Red Devils in the Super League. Olpherts...