Pat Lam was struggling to hide his disappointment in his own side’s performance after their nightmare at Kingston Park.
Lam said: “Newcastle were phenomenal. We said they were a hungry team and there were so many errors that we fed them. We got off to a poor start. I don't know what the turnover count was but it wasn't great. We're pretty embarrassed with that performance.

“If you don't come here with the right intensity and mindset - and stay on it all the time - these guys will keep coming at you and won't go away. We needed to starve them but we fed them all night.”

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