The team set to be punted from new Magic Round

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The Newcastle Knights are reportedly the unlucky squad that volition miss retired connected playing during Magic Round adjacent year.

With Wayne Bennett's Dolphins entering the league adjacent season, 1 nine volition beryllium forced to miss the NRL's biggest nine solemnisation to accommodate the Queensland-based enlargement side.

That squad volition beryllium the Knights, according to The Sydney Morning Herald .

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Knights brag Phil Gardner told the Herald the nine thought it mightiness not marque the cut, but insisted that playing during Magic Round wasn't all-important.

"We person heard rumours that we are the squad to miss retired adjacent year," helium said.

"[But] it's not our large interest astatine the moment. We are bothered by the uncertainty astir different things similar the wage headdress and what is going connected with the women's competition. There is simply a batch of uncertainty astir that for each the players".

The Herald reports the determination was based connected the instrumentality engagement recorded from this year's Magic Round - successful which the Knights autumn flat.

The NRL would not corroborate which squad would person a bye successful Magic Round but indicated that it would apt alteration each year.

"Each squad is allocated 3 byes during the 27-round season," an NRL spokesperson said.

"The squad allocated a bye during Magic Round is simply a origin of the wide gully and bye distribution.

"It is apt the squad allocated the bye successful Magic Round volition beryllium rotated each season."

Next year's Magic Round is scheduled for May 5-7 astatine Suncorp Stadium successful Brisbane.

The NRL is inactive finalising the gully for 2023.

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