Mitch Newton is an Australian

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

player who played professionally for the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...

Playing career

A Patrician Bros Fairfield junior, Newton joined the

in 1988 as a prop forward. After starting the season late, Newton became a regular member of the under-21 team. He made his first grade debut in 1990. He went on to play 106 first grade games until 1998. Newton played for the

Camden Rams The Camden Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Camden, New South Wales, formed in 1910. They currently play in the Group 6 Rugby League competition. In the 1920s the club competed in the Southern Dis ...

in 2002 in the

Group 6 Rugby League The Macarthur Division Rugby League is a senior Rugby league competition in New South Wales, Australia, administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. Formerly known as Group 6, the competition was, until 2019, run under the auspices of the ...

competition and was captain-coach of the side that won the premiership. He returned to coach the club in 2013, assisted by former Bulldogs team-mate

Brent Sherwin Brent Sherwin (born 20 March 1978) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Sherwin plays in the Illawarra Carlton League which is an indirect feeder league to the St George Illawarra Dragons. He plays as a half-back. Sherw ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newton, Mitch Living people Australian rugby league players 1968 births Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Rugby league props Australian rugby league coaches Rugby league players from Sydney