Our own Elo rating at the end of each season. The shaded band is that season's high and low, and the dashed line is 1500, where every club starts. Compare every club, 1908 to 2026.
1385
Final rating, 1983
1692
All-time peak
13 Aug 1955
1677
Best season-end
1955
1248
Weakest season-end
1977
Best seasons, by rating at season end
#
Season
Elo
Result
1
1955
1677
Lost GFLost the Grand Final
2
1954
1661
Lost GFLost the Grand Final
3
1945
1644
FinalsFinals
4
1944
1632
Lost GFLost the Grand Final
5
1914
1616
MissedMissed finals
Weakest seasons, by rating at season end
#
Season
Elo
Result
1
1977
1248
MissedMissed finals
2
1978
1252
MissedMissed finals
3
1976
1292
MissedMissed finals
4
1968
1304
MissedMissed finals
5
1979
1353
MissedMissed finals
Season-by-season
1983
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 13 · W7
—
16 pts
1982
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 7 · W13
—
28 pts
1981
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 2 · W14
Runner-up
30 pts
1980
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 8 · W11
—
23 pts
1979
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 11 · W6
—
12 pts
1978
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 12 · W2
—
5 pts
1977
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 12 · W2
—
4 pts
1976
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 12 · W3
—
6 pts
1975
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 10 · W7
—
16 pts
1974
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 7 · W9
—
20 pts
1973
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 4 · W14
Finals
28 pts
1972
Newtown · NSWRL · Pos 5 · W11
—
24 pts
Result
1983
NSWRL
Newtown
13
26
7
2
17
16
373
591
—
1982
NSWRL
Newtown
7
26
13
2
11
28
406
309
—
1981
NSWRL
Newtown
2
22
14
2
6
30
326
268
Runner-up
1980
NSWRL
Newtown
8
22
11
1
10
23
348
357
—
1979
NSWRL
Newtown
11
22
6
0
16
12
321
423
—
1978
NSWRL
Newtown
12
22
2
1
19
5
199
577
—
1977
NSWRL
Newtown
12
22
2
0
20
4
254
604
—
1976
NSWRL
Newtown
12
22
3
0
19
6
264
546
—
1975
NSWRL
Newtown
10
22
7
2
13
16
349
422
—
1974
NSWRL
Newtown
7
22
9
2
11
20
278
261
—
1973
NSWRL
Newtown
4
22
14
0
8
28
358
224
Finals
1972
NSWRL
Newtown
5
22
11
2
9
24
402
371
—
1971
NSWRL
Newtown
10
22
7
1
14
15
282
401
—
1970
NSWRL
Newtown
8
22
9
0
13
18
345
409
—
1969
NSWRL
Newtown
11
22
6
1
15
13
279
421
—
1968
NSWRL
Newtown
12
22
2
1
19
5
257
472
—
1967
NSWRL
Newtown
10
22
7
2
13
16
274
406
—
1966
NSWRL
Newtown
4
18
10
0
8
20
261
249
Finals
1965
NSWRL
Newtown
6
18
8
3
7
19
212
210
—
1964
NSWRL
Newtown
6
18
9
0
9
18
236
268
—
1963
NSWRL
Newtown
7
18
7
0
11
14
206
331
—
1962
NSWRL
Newtown
2
18
13
0
5
26
290
230
Finals
1961
NSWRL
Newtown
9
18
5
0
13
10
236
436
—
1960
NSWRL
Newtown
9
18
6
0
12
12
251
313
—
1959
NSWRL
Newtown
4
18
10
0
8
20
254
296
Finals
1958
NSWRL
Newtown
4
18
10
0
8
20
297
252
Finals
1957
NSWRL
Newtown
7
18
9
0
9
18
267
228
—
1956
NSWRL
Newtown
4
18
11
0
7
22
333
229
Finals
1955◆
NSWRL
Newtown
1
18
14
1
3
29
376
179
Runner-up
1954◆
NSWRL
Newtown
1
18
15
2
1
32
439
215
Runner-up
1953
NSWRL
Newtown
5
18
9
2
7
20
292
268
—
1952
NSWRL
Newtown
7
18
6
0
12
12
210
341
—
1951
NSWRL
Newtown
8
18
6
0
12
12
261
341
—
1950
NSWRL
Newtown
3
18
11
2
5
24
347
269
Finals
1949
NSWRL
Newtown
6
18
9
1
8
19
358
332
—
1948
NSWRL
Newtown
2
18
13
0
5
26
386
248
Finals
1947
NSWRL
Newtown
3
18
11
1
6
23
375
302
Finals
1946
NSWRL
Newtown
2
14
10
0
4
20
294
189
Finals
1945
NSWRL
Newtown
2
14
10
1
3
21
326
177
Finals
1944◆
NSWRL
Newtown
1
14
11
0
3
22
379
220
Runner-up
1943◆
NSWRL
Newtown
1
14
10
1
3
21
272
143
Premiers
1942
NSWRL
Newtown
7
14
4
1
9
9
189
266
—
1941
NSWRL
Newtown
5
14
6
2
6
14
219
242
—
1940
NSWRL
Newtown
2
14
9
0
5
18
261
200
Finals
1939
NSWRL
Newtown
8
14
2
0
12
4
124
297
—
1938
NSWRL
Newtown
6
14
5
1
8
11
174
228
—
1937
NSWRL
Newtown
4
8
4
0
4
10
144
126
—
1936
NSWRL
Newtown
5
14
7
0
7
16
203
226
—
1935
NSWRL
Newtown
7
16
8
0
8
20
280
248
—
1934
NSWRL
Newtown
5
14
5
0
9
10
192
229
—
1933◆
NSWRL
Newtown
1
14
9
0
5
18
183
125
Premiers
1932
NSWRL
Newtown
5
14
7
0
7
14
201
251
—
1931
NSWRL
Newtown
6
14
5
0
9
10
205
194
—
1930
NSWRL
Newtown
5
14
6
1
7
13
194
176
—
1929
NSWRL
Newtown
4
16
10
0
6
24
188
169
Runner-up
1928
NSWRL
Newtown
9
12
1
0
11
6
112
227
—
1927
NSWRL
Newtown
5
16
8
0
8
20
189
259
—
1926
NSWRL
Newtown
6
16
7
0
9
18
189
223
—
1925
NSWRL
Newtown
9
11
3
0
8
10
94
136
—
1924
NSWRL
Newtown
9
8
2
1
5
7
98
129
—
1923
NSWRL
Newtown
8
16
4
2
10
14
161
297
—
1922
NSWRL
Newtown
7
16
5
1
10
15
169
200
—
1921
NSWRL
Newtown
6
8
3
0
5
8
77
117
—
1920
NSWRL
Newtown
7
14
8
0
6
18
208
203
—
1919
NSWRL
Newtown
5
14
6
2
6
14
123
186
—
1918
NSWRL
Newtown
7
14
2
3
9
7
115
175
—
1917
NSWRL
Newtown
4
14
7
1
6
15
114
123
—
1916
NSWRL
Newtown
6
14
4
1
9
9
134
153
—
1915
NSWRL
Newtown
3
14
9
1
4
19
208
119
—
1914
NSWRL
Newtown
2
14
11
0
3
22
185
111
—
1913
NSWRL
Newtown
2
14
10
1
3
21
203
135
—
1912
NSWRL
Newtown
3
14
9
0
5
18
178
132
—
1911
NSWRL
Newtown
4
14
6
3
5
15
154
120
—
1910◆
NSWRL
Newtown
1
14
11
1
2
23
260
92
Premiers
1909
NSWRL
Newtown
6
10
3
1
6
7
73
107
—
1908
NSWRL
Newtown
7
9
1
1
7
5
70
148
—
Grand Final Appearances
1981 vs Parramatta
Newtown · Sydney Cricket Ground
Lost
11–20
1955 vs South Sydney
Newtown · Sydney Cricket Ground
Lost
11–12
1954 vs South Sydney
Newtown · Sydney Cricket Ground
Lost
15–23
1944 vs Balmain
Newtown · Sydney Cricket Ground
Lost
8–12
1943 vs North Sydney
Newtown · Sydney Cricket Ground
Won
34–7
1933 vs St George
Newtown · Sydney Sports Ground
Won
18–5
1929 vs South Sydney
Newtown · Sydney Sports Ground
Lost
10–30
1910 vs South Sydney
Newtown · Sydney Showground
Drawn
4–4
1981
Newtown
Lost
11–20
Parramatta
Sydney Cricket Ground
1955
Newtown
Lost
11–12
South Sydney
Sydney Cricket Ground
1954
Newtown
Lost
15–23
South Sydney
Sydney Cricket Ground
1944
Newtown
Lost
8–12
Balmain
Sydney Cricket Ground
1943
Newtown
Won
34–7
North Sydney
Sydney Cricket Ground
1933
Newtown
Won
18–5
St George
Sydney Sports Ground
1929
Newtown
Lost
10–30
South Sydney
Sydney Sports Ground
1910
Newtown
Drawn
4–4
South Sydney
Sydney Showground
Defunct NRL club. All-time honours and season records sourced from afltables.com. See methodology.