Number 1 Sports Ground is a multi-use stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, and has a nominated capacity of approximately 20,000.CricketIt is currently used mostly for cricket matches. The ground first hosted First-class cricket in 1981 when New South Wales played Queensland. Ground was for many years a stopover on the tour itinerary for many visiting teams as they faced the Northern New South Wales XI. In 1981/82 the ground was allocated a Sheffield Shield match when the SCG was unavailable, and healthy crowds saw No.1 then become host to at least one first-class fixture per year.Newcastle District Cricket Association also use the Sports Ground for 1st grade matches. It is used primarily for the grand final held every March. In March 2009, Belmont DCC defeated Toronto Workers Kookaburras at the ground to win the premiership.As of 2014, 20 First-class matches had been played at the ground, the last in 2009. Ground will play host to a match between New South Wales Blues against Western Australia Warriors in Sheffield Shield played from February 25 to 28.Other SportsNo. 1 Sports Ground is currently used for Australian rules football, cricket and rugby league and has been used for athletics, rugby union and association football at various times. It also hosts the local rugby league and Australian rules football grand finals each year, and is currently used as a home ground by the Newcastle City Australian rules football and cricket clubs.

Hamilton North is an inner suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 4km west of Newcastle's central business district.

Le Hunter Stadium est un stade situé à Newcastle en Australie. C'est le terrain de l'équipe de rugby à XIII, des Newcastle Knights. Le stade appartient au gouvernement de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud et est administré par l'Hunter International Sports Centre Trust. Il a été connu auparavant sous les appellations Marathon Stadium, EnergyAustralia Stadium et Ausgrid Stadium.Les travaux de construction du stade commencèrent le décembre 1967 et il fut officiellement inauguré le 10 avril 1970 par la reine Elizabeth II.À l'origine le stade était ovale et fut converti en stade rectangulaire lorsque les Knights intégrèrent le championnat d'Australie de rugby à XIII.Avant son redéveloppement, le stade avait une capacité de 28 000 places. Le record de spectateur s'élève à 32 642 specteteurs pour le match entre les Knights et Manly Sea Eagles en juillet 1995.Suite à la retraite d'Andrew Johns, capitaine emblématique des Knights, la nouvelle tribune a été renommé Andrew Johns Stand.À partir de 2008-2010, le stade va être agrandi pour atteindre 33 000 ou 40 000 places, suite à la candidature de l'Australie à l'organisation de la coupe d'Asie de football 2015 et la coupe du monde de football 2018. Le stade accueillera des matchs de la coupe du monde de rugby à XIII.