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Thunder had been scheduled to play Doncaster as the Saturday opener at Magic Weekend 2020 then along came COVID

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Newcastle Thunder finally release their 2025 kits https://x.com/ThunderRugby/status/1900957216263282834

The Bulldog's were pushing for it last month https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/news-2025-canterbury-bulldogs-player-names-back-of-jerseys-las-vegas-20250204-p5l9i7.html

Yeah sounds like he over heard the same conversation

Quick story from my trip to Vegas. My son overheard some Allegiant Stadium staff talking, by the end of the Wigan vs Warrington game the Stadium had already sold more alcohol than they had ever sold before including all Raiders games and the Super Bowl and this with the stadium only two thirds full at best at this point. With pint cans of beer costing £15 they must have made a mint and I'm sure that they must have seen the day as a great success!

Me and the eldest currently sat in Heathrow waiting for flight 2 of 3 today to LA, already seen about a half dozen people wearing Wigan tops but not seen any Warrington yet.

Yeah it's Summerlin way on the way to Red Rock Canyon, but we've got a car for the weekend so won't be a problem getting out there if we go. Shame the stadium they're building for the Athletic's where the Tropicana used to be on the strip isn't complete till 2028 would have been a lot easier to get to!

Yep ... having a sports weekender with the rugby on Saturday followed by Ice Hockey on the Sunday night with Vegas Golden Knights vs New jersey Devils and the possibility of some Baseball on either the Friday or the Sunday afternoon with the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic on across the weekend.

Printed the tickets for him so he probably is but god knows what else they'll get up to

My eldest and his mate, aren't even Hull KR or York fans, are heading across for it. Jumping on the overnight ferry from North Shields tomorrow then coming back Monday.

Another 2 here as well, me and my eldest heading out. We were actually out in Vegas back in August and were sat in Allegiant watching the Raiders play the 49'ers in a pre-season game. He said to me he'd quite fancy coming back for the Rugby League, I said (as a former Ice Hockey player) if the Golden Knights are playing at home we'll do it. Turns out they're at home on the Sunday against New Jersey Devils so we're heading out for a weekend of sport!

So is this how the numbering is going to appear on the back

Newcastle Thunder's home and away kits announced at tonight's fan meeting

The blame for the rejig of the seating being put on the the TV broadcast production requirements

My son is just back from the meeting announced last week, quick headlines. They need 100-120k to commit to season, currently have about half Looking to sell memberships, possibly tiered, where member commit to paying 10, 20, 30 quid a month or something like that. Possibly moving to Northumbria university coach lane facilities

Back in the mid 90's Sir John Hall, then Newcastle United owner, tried to create a Newcastle sporting club a bit like what exists at Barcelona but it all fell apart after a handful of years. At its height he owned Newcastle United, Newcastle Falcons RU (formerly Newcastle/Gosforth), Newcastle Cobras Ice hockey club (formerly Durham Wasps) and Newcastle Eagles basketball. Unfortunately the dream was all falling apart before Gateshead Thunders year in super league otherwise he may have swooped in and bought them and the merger with Hull might never have happened. Another sliding doors moment there.

Hearing that there are people involved with the club fighting to salvage something, the pulling out of 2024 part of the statement yesterday could be significant

Got to say gutted today. Eldest was playing for the academy this season and we knew that it looked like that was disappearing but didn't think it was going to be this bad. Genuine concerns for community game now since Thunder staff were heavily involved in the administration of NERL.

My eldest and his mate will be going regardless after I won 2 tickets through Sky VIP

My eldest has just started the second year of his A levels so has been looking at what Uni's to apply to for the past few months and his most import criteria when looking after the course has been whether they have a league team. Currently looks like his first choice is going to be Leeds but will also be applying to Newcastle and Northumbria.

Some game at thunder. Thunder were 18 - 6 up then Swinton came back and leveled it with 4 mins to go and went into a 18 - 19 lead with 2 to go. Thunder then leveled almost straight away before getting a converted try in the 80th minute to win it!

More images of the thunder home shirt from Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNoTcSNeoD/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= And the away https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNt3EwNrOg/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Exact same thoughts on the Newcastle shirts but then the wife likes the away one more

Couple more pics