The Newcastle Jets Gazette
Squad26 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Will Kennedy at Newcastle Jets
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Will Kennedy is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
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.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Alex Badolato
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Newcastle Jets
Joe Shaughnessy 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.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
Graduation day at Newcastle Jets
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Lachlan Rose falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market26 Oct 2026
Newcastle Jets promote Tristan Fletcher from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tristan Fletcher has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market26 Oct 2026
Newcastle Jets promote Jarrod Hughes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jarrod Hughes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market26 Oct 2026
Peter Gallagher steps up from the Newcastle Jets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Gallagher has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Harrison Lee joins the Newcastle Jets first team
- Player ratings Francisco Borda takes the honours
- Player ratings A costly moment from Lachlan Rose