North Sydney Bears v Newcastle Knights — SG Ball Cup 2026

North Sydney Bears

4 – 38

Newcastle Knights

Competition: SG Ball Cup 2026, Round 9
Date: 2026-04-04
Kick off: 3:00pm (local time)
Venue: Hills Grammar School, Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia
Referee: Balunn Simon

North Sydney Bears

North Sydney Bears team list
No.	Pos	Player	Role
1	Position: Fullback	Joseph WESSER	Start
2	Position: Wing	Cody FIELD	Start
3	Position: Centre	Riley AVERY	Start
4	Position: Centre	Leon BURNS	Start
5	Position: Wing	Will VELLA	Start
6	Position: Five-eighth	Dylan PRYOR	Start
7	Position: Halfback	Hayden MOYNIHAN	Start
8	Position: Prop	Kane EPERE	Start
9	Position: Hooker	Noah SUTCLIFFE	Start
10	Position: Prop	Strantz SCHAUMKEL	Start
11	Position: Second Row	Kody PICKERSGILL	Start
12	Position: Second Row	Dante FORD-TUVEVE	Start
13	Position: Lock	Archie MORRIS (c)	Start
14	Position: Interchange	Angus AOUTAL	Interchange
15	Position: Interchange	George PEACOCK	Interchange
16	Position: Interchange	Ryan BATH	Interchange
18	Position: Interchange	Lachlan HAILS	Interchange

Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights team list
No.	Pos	Player	Role
2	Position: Wing	Melchizedek NONU	Start
3	Position: Centre	Callum ELSLEY	Start
4	Position: Centre	William MANNING	Start
5	Position: Wing	Archie McILWAIN	Start
6	Position: Five-eighth	Jaylan BISHOP	Start
7	Position: Halfback	Chase BUTLER	Start
8	Position: Prop	Devante HURRELL-EPATI	Start
10	Position: Prop	Caleb McRAE (c)	Start
11	Position: Second Row	Curtis MULHERIN	Start
13	Position: Lock	Beau HILL	Start
14	Position: Interchange	Tom PERKINS	Interchange
14	Position: Fullback	Cooper McKENZIE	Start
15	Position: Interchange	Ashton ALLEN	Interchange
15	Position: Second Row	Cooper TOWNSEND	Start
16	Position: Interchange	Riley WELLS	Interchange
18	Position: Interchange	Fletcher SOMMERVILLE	Interchange
22	Position: Hooker	Jayden SECKOLD	Start

Tries

Tries recorded for this match
Team	Player	Detail
North Sydney Bears	Cody FIELD	—
Newcastle Knights	Archie McILWAIN	2
Newcastle Knights	Cooper McKENZIE	2
Newcastle Knights	Melchizedek NONU	2
Newcastle Knights	Caleb McRAE	—
Newcastle Knights	Curtis MULHERIN	—
Newcastle Knights	Riley WELLS	—

Goals

Goals recorded for this match
Team	Player	Detail
North Sydney Bears	Cody FIELD	0/1
Newcastle Knights	Chase BUTLER	1/6
Newcastle Knights	Callum ELSLEY	0/2
Newcastle Knights	William MANNING	0/1

Sources & coverage

Parse status: CLEAN
Source record: Open source match record