The Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground, more commonly known as No.2 Sportsground is a rectangular sports stadium in

Newcastle West Newcastle West () or simply Newcastle (''An Caisleán Nua'', formerly anglicized Castlenoe) is a town in west County Limerick, Ireland. It is the largest town in the county, excluding Limerick city, It is also the county town, and sits on the ...

, Australia that lies adjacent to

Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground is a multi-use stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, and has a nominated capacity of approximately 10,000. It neighbours Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground. Cricket It is currently used mostly for cric ...

. It is the home stadium of Newcastle Jets (A-League Women), the Hunter Wildfires Rugby Union Club (Shute Shield), the Hunter Rugby Union and the Wanderers Rugby Club. It has a current seated capacity of 5,000.

History

The stadium was built as a redevelopment for an existing sportsground next to neighbouring

with multiple changes and redevelopments which started on 2 February 2011 and were completed on 6 September 2012. The Newcastle Jets (A-League Women) confirmed the venue as one their home bases after a $20,000 sponsorship deal with the Newcastle City Council on 26 October 2017.

Structure and facilities

Multiple redevelopments has the venue hold a grandstand with of a capacity up to 5,000 along with an undercover seating area, player facilities and lighting. Other features during the project of the redevelopment included an improved carpark evaluating for up to 284 cars, regrades of the existing earth mounds and provision of additional landscaping and a pedestrian concourse.

Records

The highest attendance recorded at Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground is 3,207, for an A-League Women match between Newcastle Jets and Melbourne City on 19 November 2023. The lowest attendance recorded is 437 for a W-League match between Newcastle Jets and

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on 20 March 2021.

References

{{A-League Women stadiums Soccer venues in New South Wales Sports venues in New South Wales A-League Women stadiums Rugby union stadiums in Australia Rugby league stadiums in Australia Sport in Newcastle, New South Wales