Newtown Jets
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| Full name | Newtown District Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | Bluebags |
| Website | newtownjets.com |
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| Founded | 8 January 1908 (foundation club) |
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| Coach(s) | Greg Matterson |
| Competition | New South Wales Cup |
| 2014 Season | 9th |
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| Records | |
| Premierships | 3 (1910, 1933, 1943) |
| Runners-up | 7 (1913, 1914, 1929, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1981) |
| Minor premiership | 6 (1910, 1933, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1955) |
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home ground is Henson Park, and their team colours are blue (traditionally royal blue) and white.
Established in 1908, Newtown were one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League. They competed continuously in the NSWRFL premiership until their departure in 1983, the first reduction in the League since 1937. Over this period they won the competition three times.
The club was founded on 8 January 1908 at a public meeting held at Newtown Town Hall that had been convened by the prominent Sydney sportsman James J. Giltinan (after whom the NSW Rugby League Premiership shield is named), local MP Henry Hoyle, and Harry Hamill (1879-1947), who was to be the fledgling club's first captain.
This made Newtown the second rugby league football club in Australia and the oldest now in existence. The second club, Glebe, was formed on 9 January 1908. When the 'Dirty Reds' (Glebe) were controversially excluded from the NSWRL Premiership in 1929, Newtown became the oldest Australian club.
There is some argument however over whether or not Newtown was actually the first Rugby league club in Australia, formed on 8 January 1908 (one day earlier than Glebe). The club's website stands by this claim, however other sources, most notably Terry Williams' book Out of the Blue: The History of Newtown RLFC, dispute this claim. Rugby league historian Sean Fagan similarly holds that the date of 14 January 1908 is the correct foundation day. The minutes of the original meeting held by Newtown's Board shows the date as 8 January.
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