London Irish captain Matt Rogerson, making his 100th League appearance, said: “The last few results have got away from us a little. We lost the last four games from a combined total of ten points and we needed that win to get back on track. We have been performing in a way which suggests we could have won some of those games we lost.
“We knew Falcons would throw the kitchen sink after half-time, it was about settling down after that first ten minutes. We had to weather that storm and bounce right back. We had to get the momentum back, work our way up field and start scoring tries.
“Hopefully this win primes us up for Europe and Montpellier on Friday, we need to used Europe to build on this momentum.”
Newcastle coach Dave Walder said: “All the good things we have been doing the last few weeks, we didn't do. Kick errors and missed tackles.”
TEAMS
LONDON IRISH: Stokes 7; Loader 7 (Cinti 57, 8), Joseph 6.5, Morisi 7, Hassell-Collins 8; Jackson 8, White 7 (Powell 69, 7); Gigena 7 (Fischetti 39, 7.5), Creevy 7 (Wilemse 48, 7), Chawatama 7 (Hoskins 61, 7), Ratuniyarawa 7.5 (Coleman 55, 7), Munga 7 (Caufield 76, 6), Rogerson (c) 8, Gonzalez 7.5 (Cunningham-South 67, 6.5), Basham 7
NEWCASTLE: Obatoyinbo 6; Radwan 8, Stevenson 6.5, Moroni 6.5, Carreras 7 (Penny 67, 5); Connon 6.5 (Schoeman 70, 6), Young (c) 7 (Stuart 61, 6); Brocklebank 6, McGuigan 6.5 (Blamire 61, 6.5), Palframan 6 (Tampin 58, 6), Peterson 6, de Chaves 6, Chick 6.5, Pepper 7.5 (Marshall 77, 6), Fearns 5 (Dalton 26, 6)
Star man
ATTENDANCE: 6,250 Matt Rogerson -London Irish
