A perfect sunny winter’s day; a good crowd was in attendance; the refurbished Henson Park crowd amenities looked resplendent; the playing surface was excellent; and most of all, the Newtown Jets and St George-Illawarra Dragons turned on a thrilling, high standard contest.

The Newtown Jets claimed two valuable competition points when they defeated Manly-Warringah by 34-20 at Henson Park on Saturday afternoon.

On Saturday at North Sydney Oval the Jets were well beaten by the Newcastle Knights, who trounced Newtown by 44-22 after leading 28-0 at half-time and by 38-0 after 49 minutes. .

In the wake of the previous weekend’s lacklustre performance against the Western Suburbs Magpies, the Newtown Jets travelled to Coogee Oval to take on the third-placed South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Wests Magpies took possession of the Tom Raudonikis Cup for 2026 by defeating the Newtown Jets 28-4 in the 9th round NSW Cup match played at Henson Park on Saturday afternoon.

The Newtown Jets played their first night game at Henson Park for nearly ten years last Saturday, in defeating Canterbury-Bankstown 25-10 in what was an impressive display.