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Newcastle Thunder
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| Club information | |||
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| Full name | Newcastle Thunder Rugby League Football Club | ||
| Nickname(s) | Thunder | ||
| Short name | Newcastle | ||
| Colours |  | ||
| Founded | 2000 (as Gateshead Thunder) | ||
| Website | thunderrugby.co.uk | ||
| Current details | |||
| Ground(s) | |||
| Chairman | Keith Christie | ||
| Coach | Chris Thorman | ||
| Competition | League 1 | ||
| 2024 season | 9th | ||
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| Uniforms | |||
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| Records | |||
| Challenge Cups | Quarter finalists (2009) | ||
| League 1 | 1 (2008) | ||
| Most capped | 234 – Joe Brown | ||
| Highest points scorer | 449 – Benn Hardcastle | ||
The Newcastle Thunder is a professional rugby league club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was founded in 2000 as Gateshead Thunder, after the merger of the original Gateshead Thunder into Hull F.C. in 1999.[1][2] The Thunder were based in Gateshead until 2014. In 2015, the club relocated and changed its name to Newcastle Thunder. In 2024, the Newcastle Thunder made a return to Gateshead as their playing base. For 2025 they will play their home games at Crow Trees Ground in Swalwell, home of Blaydon RFC[3]. The club currently competes in League 1, the third tier of rugby league in the United Kingdom.
- ^ "Heritage - Newcastle Thunder". Newcastle Thunder Rugby.
- ^ Hall, Jane (28 March 2022). "Former Gateshead Thunder rugby star swaps sporting success for social work". Chronicle Live.
- ^ "League 1 club announce new ground for 2025 as third home in nine months confirmed". Love Rugby League. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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