Premiership team-by-team previews: Newcastle Falcons
ALEX Codling knew what he was taking on when he agreed to become Newcastle’s third director of rugby in little over a year. The much-travelled coach, who last season guided Oyonnax back into the Top 14, is looking to the long-term even though relegation is back on the menu this season.
Since finishing fourth in the 2017-18 campaign, it has been grim for the Falcons. They were relegated the following season and after immediately bouncing back they have not been out of the bottom two. They finished last season in May having parted company w...