Taree boy Adam Woolnough only ever wanted to play for the Knights and finished with more than 100 NRL games for the club before falling foul of coach Brian Smith's controversial player clean-out in 2007. He takes us through what happened and how it affected the main players. After stints with Penrith and a final season with competition powerhouse Melbourne Storm, Woolnough is now kicking goals on the sporting front off the field, coaching the Storm's Jersey Flegg development squad in Melbourne and working for the Australian Institute of Sport in athlete engagement and welfare. PLUS all your Knights questions answered from the Twitter mail bag.

Willie Peters has just been appointed the new head coach of Hull KR in the English Super League next year but says he has unfinished business in his final season as assistant coach of the struggling Newcastle Knights. Peters, whose own playing career included 76 top level games with South Sydney and St George and an English Challenge Cup grand final appearance with Wigan, pulls no punches as he talks about injuries, loss of confidence, some players' lack of hunger and losing the big moments in games that have proven costly to the Knights this season. He maintains all is not lost and no-one in the organisation has given up on the goal of reaching the play-offs with 10 games still remaining in the season. He also reveals the Knight he is taking with him to England next year in our exclusive chat.

Jayden Brailey talks personal "embarrassment" and his journey back from long-term injury. His return can't come quick enough for the embattled Newcastle Knights. After missing all but two games of the 2020 season because of a serious knee injury, Brailey was again struck down, this time by a ruptured Achilles, suffered during pre-season training back in January. He is yet to get on the field this season and his absence has robbed the Knights of one of their best players and arguably their most influential leader. But after five months of recovery and rehab, the Knights hooker can finally see his most likely comeback date. It remains to be seen if his return comes too late to save the Knights season with the club teetering on the edge of finals oblivion. Brailey talks about the mental battle of dealing with long-term injury and the "embarrassment" of letting the club and the fans down by not being out on the field leading the way for his team.

The news broke this week that Garth Brennan would part ways with the Newcastle Knights after nine months as Pathways Manager. With Baz off on holiday, we're revisiting Brennan's first appearance on Toohey's News back in May 2021, to look back on his coaching career, motivations, and passion for rugby league and junior player development.

He played more than 100 games for the Roosters and the Eels and carried the flag for both state and country, but it was as an administrator that John Quayle had his greatest impact on the sport of rugby league.

How Daniel Abraham was cut from the side only to become one of the Newcastle Knights' longest-serving and premiership-winning players

Newcastle Knights forward Mitchell Barnett joins Barry Toohey to address his six-week suspension and move to the Warriors on the eve of his return to the field.

Top boxing promoter George Rose reveals what he has in store for Newcastle ahead of blockbuster Nikita Tszyu and Paul Gallen boxing extravaganza.

Allan Bell mentored Andrew Johns, provided guidance to Mitchell Pearce, and was a foundation coaching director at the Newcastle Knights.

Kalyn Ponga finally puts the speculation over his future with the Knights to bed, as Jeremy Smith drops in for a chat and Baz answers all your questions from the Twitter mail bag.

Aidan Guerra on life after the NRL, plus - it's an election year - so, does Baz know the Australian cash rate and unemployment rate? All these questions and more answered this week.

Glen Jennings managed security for Michael Jackson on tour in Australia, and that's just the start of this story ...

Former Newcastle Knight Josh King joins Barry Toohey to talk about his meteoric rise at the Melbourne Storm.

Newcastle Knights NRLW forward Phoebe Desmond joins the show to talk about the club's first NRL women's season, plus Baz answers your questions.

New Newcastle Knights halfback Adam Clune joins Barry Toohey after the Knights stunning victory over the Roosters in Round 1.

On the field, he's the Newcastle Knights' menacing prop, but off-field is a whole other story.

Baz is back for a third season - as is Newcastle Knights coach Adam O'Brien ahead of the 2022 NRL season kick-off against the Roosters

Former Sharks coach John Morris opens up on his controversial exit and that infamous Facebook post from his mum.

Newcastle Knights co-captain Jayden Brailey is in preparation with his team ahead of this week's clash with Sydney.

His teammates called him 'Ogre' and for good reason ...

Newcastle Knights co-captain Daniel Saifiti opens up on football, home, his twin brother Jacob, and aspirations in the NRL

The son of legendary boxing champion Kostya Tszyu sits joins host Barry Toohey on the eve of his next fight, and the sensational news that was about to land ...

Barry Toohey is off this week, so we're looking back on some of our favourite moments and most memorable Newcastle Knights stories from the show so far.

Former Newcastle Knight Clint Newton - son of legendary golfer Jack Newton - joins host Barry Toohey to look back on the highs and lows of a career stacked with achievement.

Former Newcastle Knights, Eels, and Storm star Todd Lowrie reveals what it's like inside the NRL's top clubs

Andrew 'Bobcat' Ryan played opposite the Knights for one of their most memorable games. This week, as Old Boys' Day comes round again, Ryan looks back on the rivalry that eventually became fast friendship.

Mal Reilly mourns for his lost mate Bob Fulton.

Kirk Reynoldson was one of the Newcastle Knights' most popular players but a bitter dispute with mercurial coach Brian Smith would forever change not just Reynoldson's playing career, but the legacy of the entire club.

Controversial former Titans coach Garth Brennan looks back on the best and worst days of his career.

Robbie McCormack was a foundation Newcastle Knights player and a born hooker.

Newcastle Knights fan favourite Nathan Ross loves NRL despite the knock-backs. The late starter's remarkable career ended in medical retirement. But after 4 years he's making a comeback in the local comp with the Kurri Bulldogs.

Local NRL export Brett Kimmorley started at the Newcastle Knights during Andrew Johns reign and was soon overshadowed. He left his home town and found wins and losses among the Cronulla Sharks and Melbourne Storm.

Newcastle Knights founder Michael Hill looks back on the triumphs and tribulations of establishing a winning NRL club.

The former Brisbane Broncos head coach Anthony Seibold, who left the club in highly controversial circumstances, only to join the Newcastle Knights coaching ranks in a consultant capacity, opens up on his early years coaching and how he has recovered from the controversy that almost brought him undone.

In a brutally honest interview former Newcastle Knights star Jarrod Mullen reflects on the moment he hit rock bottom and the long road he has walked for a second chance.

On the eve of Newcastle Knights star Mitchell Pearce's 300th game, Barry Toohey speaks with the man who knows Pearce better than anyone; his father, NRL legend Wayne Pearce.

Guess who's back on the airways! Barry Toohey returns for a whole new season of Toohey's News: The Podcast, joined this week by Wests and Newcastle Knights CEO Phil Gardner to discuss the success and drama of the off-season and the road ahead in 2021.

Newcastle Knights CEO Phil Gardner on Tinkler, Nathan Brown, Ponga and how Wests bagged the Knights club for $1

Aku Uate is the shy kid from Fiji who became the best winger in the game

Leo Dynevor is the unsung hero of the Newcastle Knights 1997 ARL grand final victory.

How Mick 'Ennis the Menace' went from taunting Raiders fans to consulting for the club

The Newcastle Knights are coming from a deflating loss to the Warriors at Tamworth last week, but Mitch Barnett is confident the real Newcastle Knights will stand up against Cronulla in the next round.

The day Steve Crowe went toe-to-toe with coach Mal Reilly.

Connor Watson reveals some big news.

The hero of the 1997 Newcastle Knights grand final victory and the play that no one saw coming.

Adam Muir looks back on the Newcastle Knights' greatest game of football.

Sam Stewart joins Toohey in episode 21 of Toohey's News to reminisce about the Knight's earliest days, the emergence of the club's biggest stars, the game tactics employed in the good old days of rugby league, and one infamous pass right into the third row of the grandstand.

Cessnock's favourite son, Billy Peden.

Newcastle Knights legend Matt Parsons opens up on life after football and the horrific injury that nearly took his life.

Steve Simpson was the toughest Newcastle Knight.