The Latest Breaking News from Adam OBrien

More than 10 players from the club's top-30 roster sat out the game.

The Knights take on the Sharks at Industree Group Stadium.

"I'm not looking at a long-term thing."

"If I had a dollar for every interview request the Herald has had rejected over the past few months, I'd be as rich as Nathan Tinkler allegedly once was."

"We've trained a number of guys back there."

Whether the Knights will be any better this year is anyone's guess.

Never before in Newcastle's history had they lost so many successive games so heavily on home turf.

"I've definitely worked on my technique, bending my back and dipping late, that sort of stuff."

MIDWAY through last NRL season, amid mounting media speculation about the prospect of Kalyn Ponga switching to five-eighth, Newcastle Knights coach Adam O'Brien raised the subject with me during a telephone conversation. Kalyn Ponga and Adam O'Brien. It was clear O'Brien was no fan of the idea. He didn't want…

"I know people want them here right now, but they will be a better product when they get out here."

The club has signed Hastings, but do they need a fullback to switch Ponga to five-eighth?