All posts tagged "Newcastle Falcons"
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoVarsity: Seven-timer Briggs is Light Blues brigade history maker
Brendan Gallagher picks out the stars to watch in this week's Varsity match showpiece
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTynedale lead the way after 11-try win
By BRIAN TILLEY RUTHLESS Tynedale stepped up their title challenge with an 11- try demolition of injury-ravaged Otley at a chilly...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoGritty Falcons hold Bordeaux tidal wave after Flood strikes
By CHARLES WILLIAMS Influential: Toby Flood A PERFORMANCE brimming with guts and character saw Newcastle Falcons move to the top of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDeano tells England to follow the Falcons’ bear
MARK Wilson has bear-like strength, the sort of hold that is almost impossible to break once he latches on. What’s more...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFortnight off for Socino
JUANPablo Socino of Newcastle Falcons has been suspended for two weeks after striking Ian Whitton of Exeter Chiefs last weekend. The...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Philadelphia is next stop on rugby’s world tour
Globalisation is one of the modern day buzzwords and although sometimes I’m not exactly sure what it means the fact that...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPhiladelphia is next stop on rugby’s world tour
Brendan Gallagher takes a look at how club rugby has spread around the world since 2011 Globalisation is one of the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDan’s mission is to sell rugby to American market
WITH the possible exception of Saracens’ Chris Wyles no American Rugby player understands and appreciates Premiership rugby better than Dan Lyle...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHayes: Falcons are doing us proud in USA
By GRAHAM JENKINS PREMIERSHIP Rugby have heaped praise on Newcastle Falcons for spearheading the league’s latest American adventure. The Falcons will...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: So why has rugby just gone north in the North?
Sale entertain Newcastle on Friday night in the big northern derby – or the Sharks play the Falcons if you prefer...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoRaising the salary cap would harm the game says Premiership club director
Newcastle managing director Mick Hogan has slammed demands by Saracens to increase the salary cap, describing a suggestion by Sarries boss...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ENGLAND, NEWCASTLE FALCONS AND BRIVE CENTRE JAMIE NOON Scoring a hat-trick against Scotland in my first Six Nations campaign...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHumberstone puts the boot in
Doncaster …35 Newcastle …26 DONCASTER ended preseason on a winning note, beating a youthful but competitive Newcastle Falcons side. On what...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJackson heads north to boost Scotland hope
TRANSFER WRAP By NICK VERDIER RUARIDHJackson will turn out for Glasgow again this season after leaving Harlequins with immediate effect. The...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoConcussion forces Newcastle star to retire
Concussions suffered last season have forced Newcastle Falcons lock Mouritz Botha to call time on his rugby career at the age...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Andy Saull – former Saracens, Newcastle and Yorkshire Carnegie flanker
Running out first in front of an 80,000-plus world record crowd at Wembley to mark my 100th appearance for Saracens was...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTuilagi returns to England squad
Manu Tuilagi has been named in the England training squad for their camp at the Lensbury Hotel later this week. The...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoFar from fun as Wild era kicks off in controversy
In the spotlight: Stade’s Fijian wing Waisea Nayacalevu PICTURE: Getty Images It wasn’t quite what Dr. Hans- Peter Wild ordered this...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoSigning winners shows Falcons mean business
says that Newcastle‘s ambition to be a real force in English rugby was one of the main factors in persuading him...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKey’s Rotherham will have fear factor
By GUY WILLIAMS THE challenge facing Andy Key, Rotherham Titans’ new head coach, is huge: How to revive the reputation and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s all-time All Blacks Maori XV
1. Billy Bush – William Kingita Te Pohe to give the Napier and Canterbury prop his full name. Wild looking, heavily...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRebels confirm signing of Parling
The Melbourne Rebels have confirmed the signing of Geoff Parling for the 2018 Super Rugby season. As revealed in Blindside on...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNewcastle sign England Sevens flyer
Newcastle Falcons have signed England Sevens international Cameron Cowell to their senior academy squad. The 21-year-old can play at full-back, wing...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNewcastle star retires at only 26
Tom Catterick insists he will always be a Newcastle Falcons fan despite this week retiring from professional rugby at the age...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoHogan calls for franchise system to save the north
Newcastle managing director Mick Hogan believes club rugby in the north faces terminal decline unless the RFU act to reverse a...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Mark Wilson – Newcastle flanker
1. Topknot hairstyles Admittedly I’m not the most fashionable person around, but I can’t see why anyone would want to have...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoFlanker quits Newcastle for Ealing
Dan Temm will swap life beside the River Tyne for life near the Thames when he joins Ealing Trailfinders from Newcastle...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoToby Flood returns to Newcastle
Toby Flood will be returning to Newcastle this summer after agreeing Toulouse a year early. The 60-times-capped England fly-half spent the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFalcons bring in Fijian lock
Tevita Cavubati will bolster Newcastle Falcons‘ pack next season having agreed terms to join from Worcester Warriors in the summer. The...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNorthampton v Saracens
PREVIEW… NORTHAMPTON are unlikely to make the semi-finals this year but they’re still in the hunt for a Champions Cup spot...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler LONDON IRISH are having talks with Springbok lock Lood de Jager, right, about joining...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoO’Connor: Lions have to pick Youngs
RETURNING Leicester head coach Matt O’Connor said there is no way the Lions selectors can afford to leave Ben Youngs behind...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoDickson looking to a bright future at Bedford
TRANSFER WRAP LEE DICKSON will be leaving Northampton at the end of the season to join Bedford Blues as playercoach next...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNewcastle’s eighth summer signing announced
Scrum-half Sam Stuart has become Newcastle Falcons‘ eighth new signing for next season. The 25-year-old is known to Falcons director of...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMavinga can add heft to Falcons
By SAM JACKSON NEWCASTLE Falcons have strengthened their forward pack for next season with the signings of Lyon prop Sami Mavinga...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 9 years agoSharks in talks with Scots ace Jackson
Off north? Jackson SALE SHARKS are having talks with Scotland fly-half Ruaridh Jackson about a switch to the North-West from Harlequins....
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Features
/ 9 years agoFalcons looking to lure Flood home
Heading home? Toby Flood TOBY FLOOD could this summer be heading back to Newcastle Falcons where he started his career when...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoUnbeaten England building for Wales
By NICK VERDIER England U18 31pts Scotland U18 17pts Setting the tempo: England skipper Ollie Fox feeds his backs ENGLAND ended...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRobshaw backed to stake claim for Lions tour
By CHRIS JONES CHRIS Robshaw will signal his recovery from shoulder surgery by playing for Harlequins against Newcastle on March 25....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBarnstorming Billy can put the frighteners on
BEN Youngs insists the potential return of “the world’s best No.8” for the Calcutta Cup clash at Twickenham is bad news...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoDom Waldouck weighing up the option of sabbatical
Eco-friendly centre Dominic Waldouck is unsure what role he will play for new-age Newcastle next season, if any, but appearing in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMercer to captain England U20s against Italy
Bath teenage sensation No.8 Zach Mercer will captain England U20s against Italy as they chase their third win of the tournament....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNewcastle confirm signing of DTH van der Merwe
Newcastle Falcons have added more fire power to their back line confirming the capture of Canada and Scarlets wing DTH van...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWatson, Harris and Harris sign for Wasps
Newcastle wing Marcus Watson is one of three players to be joining Wasps ahead of the 2017/18 season. He will be...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Why Maxime Mermoz left French rugby behind
The sea, the sun, the trophies, Maxime Mermoz appeared to have it all. But underneath all that glitter it was a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNewcastle Falcons sign Matavesi brothers
Newcastle Falcons’ recruitment plans for next season have advanced with the news that Fijian international Josh Matavesi and younger brother Joel...
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Features
/ 9 years agoNewcastle swoop for Sharks starlet Nott
NEWCASTLE FALCONS look set to follow up their move for France centre Maxime Mermoz by landing Sale Sharks highly rated England...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCONFIRMED: Newcastle bring in Maxime Mermoz
As revealed in the Fissler Files on January 22, Newcastle have added title-winning credentials and proven international experience with the signing...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Mike Delany – Newcastle fly-half
1. Sone Taumalolo – My old Chiefs mate brings fear into the opposition but he’s actually a gentle giant and a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoStrauss for Falcons? No, he’s off to Toulouse
SCOTLAND No.8 Josh Strauss won’t be moving to Newcastle Falcons when his contract with Glasgow Warriors runs out at the end...












