Which of these was the biggest Newcastle sporting game-changer of 2024?

There were plenty of highs and lows, agony and ecstasy, and everything in between, in another year of sport. Login or signup to continue reading It was always going to be hard to top the media hype surrounding Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl in February. But, there were a number of captivating Newcastle sporting moments that made headlines in 2024 too.

Here are our top 10: For just the third time since the inception of the A-League, the Newcastle Jets' women's side made finals. They did it in emphatic fashion, beating Adelaide 8-0 in the competition's last round to clinch sixth spot by goal difference. It was the first time in six years, the club had featured in women's finals.

Then, in a marathon elimination final against Western United, which was decided in extra time and spanned almost three hours after the lights went out for 20 minutes, Newcastle claimed their first finals win in a 15-year history. Unfortunately, they could not back it up to make the grand final, but a venue record crowd of 6836 turned out at Maitland Regional Sportsground for their semi-final showdown with Melbourne City in April. Newcastle loves a sporting event but the Novocastrian faithful really turned it on when a women's State of Origin record crowd of 25,782 showed up in rain-soaked conditions for game II of a first-ever three-match series.

The game was sold out well before the rain hit. Queensland won the thrilling exchange 11-10 at McDonald Jones Stadium on June 6, but the host city proved the .