The Newcastle Jets Gazette
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Tate Hughes could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.33
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.33, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Joe Lolley runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Alex Nunes at Newcastle Jets
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Alex Nunes is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
1 academy players handed senior numbers at Newcastle Jets
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Lachlan Rose signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lachlan Rose and Newcastle Jets agree another 4 years.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Newcastle Jets training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joe Lolley is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Newcastle Jets
Daniel Wilmering was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Jamie Marshall joins the Newcastle Jets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jamie Marshall is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Brandon Walsh: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Ben van Dorssen
- The dugout No hiding place for Will Dobson
- Match Newcastle Jets draw a blank against Melbourne City