was announced that Newtown would be continuing their partnership with Cronulla for 2018, acting as the feeder club side. On 17 May 2018, Newtown announced that they had extended their partnership as Cronulla's feeder team for a further five years. The 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW season was a return to form for Newtown as the club finished 3rd on the table at the end of the regular season. In the finals series, Newtown defeated defending premiers Penrith to qualify for the grand final. In the final, Newtown led Canterbury 10-0 early on but could not hold onto their advantage and were defeated 18–12 in a close game. At the start of the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW season, Newtown began badly losing their first four games before recovering to finish the regular season in 7th place on the table and qualify for the finals. Newtown would then go on to make the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW grand final after defeating Mounties, North Sydney and minor premiers St George. In the grand final against Wentworthville, Newtown won the premiership after scoring a try in the 88th minute of extra-time at the new Western Sydney Stadium to win 20–15. The following week in the NRL State Championship final at ANZ Stadium, Newtown player Billy Magoulias set up the winning try with just five seconds of normal time remaining. With Newtown trailing the match, Magoulias kicked over the top of the Burleigh Bears' defence and Newtown player Jackson Ferris raced away to score under the posts to give Newtown a 20–16 victory. Newtown finished the 2022 NSW Cup season as Minor Premiers but fell one game short of the grand final losing to Canterbury 28-26. On 28 September 2022, Greg Matterson who had been the head coach of Newtown for 15 seasons announced he would be stepping down from the role. Home grounds The first home ground of the Newtown football club was Metters Sports Ground in Erskineville or Alexandria on Ashmore Road, next to the owners, the Metters factory, which produced stoves and ovens. Across the road was Erskineville Oval. Generally the crowd attendance there was between several hundred and 3,000. At the season opening in April 1911, 9,000 spectators saw Newtown defeat Balmain 16–3. In those days the ground was often criticised for being too hard, like many others in Sydney, and the grandstand not being "imposing" enough. In later years,