Newcastle Olympic are away to Broadmeadow Magic in Round 18 of the 2026 NPL competition of Northern NSW. Reserve Grade will have their hands full against an in form Magic team trying to cement a top 5 position while First Grade will be up against a team looking for their third consecutive Premiership!
Newcastle Olympic Reserve Grade have not played since the round 17 home defeat to Cooks Hill two weeks ago. The wash out scheduled fixture against Charlestown Azzurri was postponed for a second time due to the poor and wet surface of Darling St Oval.
Olympic occupy 3rd place on the points table, 2 points behind Cooks Hill and 5 behind Valentine despite leading the competition for most of the season. They won 7 consecutive games but once first grade players began “playing down” the team has only won 3 matches in the past nine games!
Broadmeadow Magic started the season poorly but a late burst of form has brought them to 4th spot, 4 points behind Olympic. The game at Darling St Oval was a 5-1 thrashing to Olympic but so much has changed since then and Magic will be favorites to collect the 3 points in this match.
Much will depend on the mental preparation of the two teams but with Olympics’ coach joining the roster of first grade and with the assistant coach overseas, the boys in blue will be up against it.
Weather permitting the game is scheduled to kick off on Sunday 12th July at 5:00pm at Magic Park.
Newcastle Olympic First Grade are ecstatic from winning their first game in months over Charlestown Azzurri by 7-1 and pushing away from the danger zone by 4 points. Despite this the prospect of taking on Magic who are in first place by 5 points from their nearest rival is a huge task.
The difference in strength between the two squads is enormous and Magic is favorite to collect all three points. Having said this, history has shown that when these two teams take the field, points and where they belong on the table means very little. Everything will depend with the mental preparation of each team and how quickly they adapt to the conditions of the match.
Weather permitting the game is scheduled to kick off on Sunday 12th July at 3:00pm at Magic Park.
Source: Tom Tsamouras
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