THE Newcastle Knights are out of the Auckland Nines after losing two of their three group games.
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Newcastle opened brightly on Saturday with an 18-10 win over the Wests Tigers in their first game, then suffered a 21-8 loss to Brisbane hours later.
Needing a win against Melbourne on Sunday to qualify for the knockout phase, they bowed out after a 20-10 defeat.
It is the first time in three Auckland Nines campaigns that the Knights did not reach the quarter-finals.
TRY: Newcastle's Ken Sio scores against Wests Tigers.
Justin Chadwick and Steve Larkin
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Justin Chadwick and Steve Larkin
Anna Harrington
Steve Larkin, Roger Vaughan and Justin Chadwick