The NRL Touch Premiership has already kicked off. We'll see our men's and women's squads play their first match on Sunday, 19th May at Mudgee against the Parramatta Eels.
Meet our women's team and check out their profiles!
Knights women's team
Angel Barber
Age: 19
Nickname: Angie, angle
Position: Wing
Local club: Newcastle City Touch Association
Best touch memory: Winning the youth world cup in Malaysia 2018 as part of the U20s mixed Australian team
Favourite saying: There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain on improving and that's your own self - Aldous Huxley
Favourite Knights player: Edrick Lee
Favourite Newcastle hangs: Merewether baths and around Honeysuckle
Sophie Broadhead
Sophie Crouch
Age: 18
Nickname: Crouchy
Position: Wing
Best touch move: Quick sprints (especially down the wing)
Why do you love touch?: I love how social touch football is, always meeting new people and making new friends in different parts of the country
Favourite Knights player: Kalyn Ponga
Favourite food: Lamb cutlets with vegies and gravy
Favourite song: Wagon wheel by Darius Rucker
Madi Crowe
Age: 21
Nickname: Madi
Position: Link
Local club: Central Coast Dolphins
Advice to youngsters playing touch: Work hard, train hard and believe in yourself. Dreams do come true no matter how long they take
Favourite saying: Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn
Favourite Knights player: Saifiti brothers
Go to movie: Harry Potter
Amy Dufour
Age: 19
Nickname: Doof
Position: Middle
Bets touch memory: Winning youth world cup 2018
Why do you love touch?: Fast game that involved many skills, all the friends you make
Favourite food: Chocolate
Best relax mode: Watching Netflix
Favourite Newcastle hangs: On the water fishing
Sian Filipo
Age: 20
Nickname: Sis
Position: Link
Best touch move: Running the latch
Best touch memory: National youth champs grand final win 2017/ youth world cup grand final win 2018
Advice to youngsters playing touch: Be the player that other players want to play alongside with NOT against, it's the 1%ers that put points on the board, so keep striving and always win the ruck, and if all else fails just make the meters
Favourite Knights player: Sione Mata'utia
Favourite Newcastle hangs: The Kent
Amelia Hughes
Age: 20
Nickname: MIlly, Milz
Position: Utility
Best touch movie: Static sweepers
Why do you love touch: Playing with my closest friends and making new ones. Keeps me fit
Favourite saying: In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure
Favourite Knights player: Daniel Saifiti
Best relax mode: Staying in your pyjamas all day
Rachel Jeffs
Age: 20
Nickname: Rachie/Jeffsy
Position: Middle
Best touch move: Quickie boy with Pottsy
Best touch memory: Winning 2018 World Youth Cup as captain
Favourite player: Kalyn Ponga
Go to movie: Fast and furious franchise
One quirky thing about you: I put tomato sauce on cucumber
Taryn Love
Age: 21
Nickname: Taz
Position: Wing
Best touch memory: Playing for Knights and defeating Parramatta Eels last year
Advice to youngsters playing touch: Be confident in your abilities and never doubt yourself. You can achieve what you put your mind to
Favourite Knights player: Kalyn Ponga
Favourite food: Chicken schnitzel and gravy
One quirky thing about you: I have double jointed elbows
Jessica McCall
Age: 29
Nickname: McCall
Position: Link
Best touch memory: Running out as Australian captain for the first time
Why do you love touch: Making lifelong friends and just being active
Favourite saying: Be the player everyone wants to play with
Favourite player: Aidan Guerra, Andrew Johns
One quirky thing about you: I have been playing touch longer than some of my team mates have been alive
Rhiannon Podmore
Age: 19
Nickname: Rhi
Position: Link/wing
Best touch memory: Winning world cup
Favourite saying: Hard work beats talent
Favourite Knights player: Kalyn Ponga
Go to movie: The Notebook
Best relax mode: Yoga
Jessica Potts
Age: 19
Nickname: Pottsy
Position: Middle
Local club: Newcastle City
Advice to youngsters playing touch: Enjoy every experience and opportunity that comes your way. At the end of the day, as long as you're having fun, that's all that matters because that's what touch football is all about
Favourite Knights player: Kalyn Ponga
Favourite food: Hot chips
Favourite song: Fergalicious by Fergie
Amy Regal
Age: 29
Nickname: Regz
Position: Link
Best touch moment: Making it through to the state cup semis for the first time
Advice to youngsters playing touch: Do your role in your team. Every role is valuable and without each player teams won't succeed
Favourite Knights player: Kalyn Ponga
Go to movie: Harry Potter
Favourite song: ACDC Thunderstruck
Shannon Rose
Age: 21
Nickname: Shan
Position: Middle
Best touch move: Love a good rucking set
Favourite saying: Buggah
Favourite Knights player: Kalyn Ponga
Favourite food: Avo - so versatile
Favourite song: Khe Sanh, Cold Chisel
Lauren Thorne
Age: 33
Nickname: Loz
Position: Middle
Best touch move: Hard to beat a good sweeper play
Why do you love touch?: So many reasons but most of all the people I have met, including my husband, and the friendships I have made
Favourite saying: The body achieves what the mind believes
Favourite Knights player: Paul 'the chief' Harragon
One quirky thing about you: I played my first game of rugby as a 30 while living in Canada. Absolutely loved it, but it was a short career with all the injuries I sustained
