All posts tagged "Newcastle"
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoTenth defeat in a row for battling Falcons
By LUKE JARMYN Lions blindside Emmanuel Tshituka scored two second-half tries as Newcastle were taken back to school by a brutally...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoSocial media can hurt even the best
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Last weekend saw some of the best rugby we have seen this...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 17/12/23
Alongside a report from their Saturday night clash with Cardiff, we talk to Bath‘s Finn Russell and how he’s moved to...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoVarndell pushes for better governance to support Falcons
Former Premiership top try scorer Tom Varndell has been “sad” to witness Newcastle‘s form at the start of the season and...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoChallenge Cup round two Friday and Saturday preview
Having got their campaign underway with victory last week, Gloucester are now back to nearly full strength for a crucial match...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoChampions Cup and Challenge Cup Sunday round-up
Sunday saw a fourth meeting in as many seasons of La Rochelle and Leinster in the Champions Cup, with their last...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoReed is making his mark at Sale
By LUKE JARMYN A new tattoo and a special changing room rapport between Sale Sharks’ Arron Reed and director of rugby...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBristol looking to kick on
By PAUL REES What a difference a win makes. Bristol’s frustrating run of five successive Premiership defeats, four by single figure...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoDiamond looking to return
ON THE BLINDSIDE FORMER Sale and Worcester director of rugby Steve Diamond, below, is waiting in the wings with pressure mounting...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoFrench power will be so tough to overcome
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK English clubs are up against it in the Champions Cup because they are competing...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLions set to ring the changes
■By BEN JAYCOCK Preview... Perpignan v Lions Today. 1pm LIONS head coach Ivan van Rooyen will be banking on the strength...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRocketing ticket prices proving tough on fans
Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock surveys the top two divisions to find out which clubs charge the most - and where you...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoRace for the top is going to be close
The Premiership is taking a short rest after eight rounds and by Christmas will have reached the halfway stage. It is...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTerrier-like Tykes are back to showing Yorkshire grit
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON When Peter Seabourne took on the role of Leeds Tykes director of rugby last summer, the club had...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 18: Tom Varndell on social media impact as Farrell and Foley step back
It’s been a groundbreaking week or so in English rugby, as both England captain Owen Farrell and international referee have decided...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoReffell hat-trick inspires big win for Tigers
BY TOM JEFFREYS Leicester Tigers………………..47 Tries: Reffell 15, 34, 53; Scott 30, Wiese 43, Hassell-Collins 65, Brown 80+1 Conversions: Pollard 16,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoTownsend is glad to be back
By MARK STEVENS STUART Townsend says he’s aiming to make up for lost time after he returned to the Exeter first...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSmith calls shots as Quins put on a show
By NICK POWELL Harlequins ....................... 36pts Tries: Green 9, Care 43, Riley 51, Joseph 59, 72 Conversions: Smith 11, 44, 61;...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoFalcons are trapped with nowhere to go
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IT WAS a clear-cut case of “capitalism gone mad” as the loadsamoney class snapped up English club...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCross is determined to keep Reffell quiet
By JON NEWCOMBE In-form Newcastle flanker Sam Cross returns to the scene of his first professional game confident the Premiership’s bottom...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWinger who is learning new tricks with Tigers
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road Ollie Hassell-Collins appeared to be in for...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoMatavesi happy he is back home in Cornwall
By MARK STEVENS Among the quaint villages and historic towns that dot the local landscape, Josh Matavesi has once again discovered...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoGeorgia happy to be joining the party
The Challenge Cup is being used to widen boundaries. A Georgian side, Black Lion which will play its home matches in...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoIosefa-Scott happy he took chance with Chiefs
By PAUL REES Josh Iosefa-Scott was stunned when Exeter contacted his agent two years ago. The 22st England qualified prop was...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster hoping to make most of long trip
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Cornish v Doncaster Pirates Today. Kick-off 2.30pm Mennaye Field DONCASTER Knights embark on one of the longest...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership Rugby weekly previews: Round Eight
The Premiership finishes the first part of its season with five exciting games this weekend; Tom Jeffreys takes you through each...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDallaglio: We need clarity on Prem 2
By BEN JAYCOCK Lawrence Dallaglio is calling for clarity from the RFU and Premiership Rugby over plans for a Premiership 1/Premiership...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoStay patient and results will come – McDonald
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Newcastle v Exeter Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park IT has been an eventful four months for Kiran...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoSet-pieces which make the difference
Paul Rees canvasses expert opinion on how scrums and lineouts can separate the two codes of rugby Last month, World Rugby...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHardwick power has Ealing storming past Coventry
■By PAUL SMITH Ealing Trailfinders......... 31pts Tries: Collins 19, Goodrick-Clark 44, Bird-Tulloch 51, Hardwick 73 Conversions: Willis 19, 44, 51, 73...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBedwas go on the rampage to beat leaders
Championship round-up BEDWAS produced their best performance of the season so far to beat Ystrad Rhondda 46-17 – and consign the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership Round Seven Preview
In the aftermath of an exhilarating round of derbies, where Bath narrowly triumphed over Bristol, Leicester Tigers revived their season by...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSale captain Curry enjoying return to the ‘hamster wheel’
By JON NEWCOMBE Now he is fit again and back on the “hamster wheel” of training, playing and recovering, everything in...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCarreras on way to Bayonne
Argentina wing Mateo Carreras will leave Newcastle Falcons at the end of the season to join Top 14 side Bayonne. Carreras...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoRussell has the mastery to push Bath to the top
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Finn Russell is, with out a doubt, an ultra talented fly-half and the Scot...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoReed races away to steer Sale to the top
By LUKE JARMYN Sale .................................... 40pts Tries: Reed 10, 37; B Curry 28, R du Preez 31, S James 76, Roebuck...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoI saw a lot positives out there – Codling
Newcastle were left with plenty of positives despite their winless run stretching to a sixth Premiership outing. A measured head coach...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSale on the lookout
Premiership pace setters Sale are looking to strengthen their squad. Alex Sanderson’s team went top of the Premiership table after beating...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRadwan motivated to make up for lost time
By LUKE JARMYN Adam Radwan’s relishing Newcastle’s new expansive style this season, with the winger confident it will lead to an...
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Features
/ 2 years agoScottish genie turning on the magic at Bath
Paul Rees looks at Finn Russell, the big-money signing who is making a name for himself in the West Country Big-name...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen relegation battle was the key
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Twenty years on from England’s World Cup triumph...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoYstrad Rhondda make it eight wins out of nine
Championship round-up YSTRAD Rhondda march on at the top of Championship East with a 23-19 bonus-point win over Glamorgan Wanderers to...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPremiership Derby Weekend preview
Round six of the Gallagher Premiership ignites local pride and historic rivalries with three intense derbies set to take place. Bath...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership crowds down by 15.6 per cent
By JON NEWCOMBE Gallagher Premiership attendances are down by 15.6 per cent compared to last season’s corresponding matches. The distraction of...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCodling can sense change is in the air
Premiership By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Newcastle v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park THE last time Newcastle defeated Saracens in the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMcCall pleased to see Saracens rediscover identity
By JON NEWCOMBE REVITALSED by the return of their large international contingent, Saracens head to Newcastle today on the back of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBath hope new dance floor will let their talent shine
By JON NEWCOMBE BATH defence coach JP Ferreira hopes that the playing surface at The Rec will be much improved following...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoLlewellyn brace keeps Ystrad top in the East
Championship round-up YSTRAD Rhondda remain five points clear at the top of Championship East but were pushed all the way by...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWe’re throwing jabs but can’t land a punch, says Codling
Newcastle head coach Alex Codling saw the positives in their defeat to Harlequins, but recognised that encouraging performances aren’t enough as...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoFalcons losing Carreras to France
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Newcastle Falcons have suffered a blow for next season after Argentina winger Mateo Carreras completed...
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