NEWCASTLE
There will be more attention lavished on Newcastle than they have become used to since the days of Sir John Hall following the takeover by Red Bull.
It is Newcastle’s first full season under the new owners who wasted no time in recruiting players from all over to not just end a run of four successive last place finishes but plot a move up the table.
Last weekend’s Prem Cup victory at holders Leicester has to be a statement of intent – Newcastle won in the same competition at Northampton last season, but it was only in the Challenge Cup that they made any s...