Newcastle Falcons - 2019 to 2020 Championship - Closed

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Manager: Dean Richards
Head Coach: Dave Walder
Forwards Coach: Micky Ward
Defence Coach: Nick Easter
Attack Coach: Dave Walder
Lineout Coach: Scott Macleod
Skills Coach: Mark Laycock

Current Squad:
Forwards
Props:
LH - Sam Lockwood, Adam Brocklebank, Trevor Davison,
Conrad Cade (Senior Academy), Phil Brantingham (Senior Academy)
TH - Rodney Ah You, Logo Mulipola, Mark Tampin, Mike Daniels,
Oscar Caudle  TH(Senior Academy & Tynedale)

Hookers: Kyle Cooper, George McGuigan, Jamie Blamire, Charlie Maddison

Second Rows: Sean Robinson, Darren Barry, Toby Salmon, Greg Peterson,
Will Montgomery (Senior Academy), Freddie Lockwood (Senior Academy), Bailey Ransom (Senior Academy)

Back Row:
6&7's: Mark Wilson, Will Welch, Gary Graham, Jon Hardie,
Guy Graham (Senior Academy), Rob Farrar (Senior Academy), Josh Basham (Senior Academy), Harry Hill (Senior Academy),
8: Philip van der Walt, Nemani Negusa, Calum Chick,
Tom Marshall (Senior Academy), Charlie Richards (Senior Academy & Tynedale)

Backs
SH's: Micky Young, Sam Stuart
Callum Pascoe (Senior Academy & Tynedale), Cameron Nordi Kelemeti (Senior Academy), James Elliott (Senior Academy)

Fh's: Joel Hodgson, Toby Flood, Brett Connon, Tim Swiel, Joel Matavesi
Will Haydon Wood (Senior Academy & Tynedale)

Centres: Matias Orlandi, Gareth Owen, Ben Stevenson, George Wacokecoke,
Charlie Wilson (Senior Academy - At Durham UNi)), Chidera Obonna (Senior Academy)

Wing: Sinoti Sinoti , Adam Radwan, Cooper Vuna
Morgan Passman (Senior Academy),

FB's: Alex Tait, Tom Arscott,

Players unconfirmed:
Seb De Chaves - Only has a one year deal
Jon Welsh - Injuries mean he hasnt played for nearly 2 years.
Connor Collett - has he signed permanently for Doncaster

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Good signing, he's a good player. I still remember that time he outplayed Itoje

It wasn't just a lesson...he just picked him up and put him in his pocket for the whole game....

Would you take him to SA with England?

Potential captain for me GF.

Awful ugly performance tonight...but we won.

Semi finals...

Phew....miss our scrum halfs I think

And tackling practice Sarge...

Gloucester away it is then......such a strange ruling. They're going to be tough to beat with, I don't think we'll do it twice in one season.

Gary Graham has signed a new contract and we have signed his 19year old brother also...he is a flanker in the same style by all accounts...physical and aggressive and very good at the basics.

And Harrison orr is back to Australia.

I don't think I seen Orr ever play, good news on Graham.

I haven't seen Orr play...and I'm a season ticket holder

The stories I keep hearing is that the young one Guy is potentially better than Gary...so nice move by Deano.
He doesn't half pick up these little rough diamonds...Gary Graham from Jersey..what a sigining.

Yea, Graham seems a shrewd signing. Hopefully he can stay fit next season and nail a spot.

Falcons giving Sale a good beating .... so remind me how they managed to lose to Warriors last week - typical

Shocking refereeing ...yarde sbould have has a yellow and not been on the pitch to score and Strauss should have had a yellow aswell

Gary Graham has been awesome

GeordieFalcon wrote:Shocking refereeing ...yarde sbould have has a yellow and not been on the pitch to score and Strauss should have had a yellow aswell

By the letter of the law he's wrapped the arms. Absolutely minimal effort and with a whole load of shoulder but unless the laws are changed that's fine.

I missed the Strauss one, what's that about?

GeordieFalcon wrote:Gary Graham has been awesome

With Jono Ross also EQ then there's two thirds of a pretty good back row. Throw a Curry in as well and that could do some damage this summer.

Heaf wrote:Falcons giving Sale a good beating .... so remind me how they managed to lose to Warriors last week - typical

OK maybe I spoke too soon

Well that was a strange match ...

Quality match. End to end. Some EQ lads playing well and pushing for summer inclusion. I remember a few years back this fixture on a Friday night would have been a 6-3 snooze fest. This was much more palatable.

Indeed - luckily Falcons snatched it back at the end for my Superbru prediction

Reckon Graham is out for the season though.

Did Graham go off? Thiought it was welch who got carried off.

Mixed performance. first 30 great, next 40 sale were excellent then we rallied.

The Currys both impressed me.

GeordieFalcon wrote:Did Graham go off? Thiought it was welch who got carried off.

Mixed performance. first 30 great, next 40 sale were excellent then we rallied.

The Currys both impressed me.

I meant as in banned.

Michael Youngs was woeful ...kick kick kick which I can only assume was Deans instructions.

But the ref....poor day at the office...blew us up constantly for off the feet and yet they were coming in from the side, and I lost count how many times they were off their feet yet nothing.

Welly wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:Did Graham go off? Thiought it was welch who got carried off.

Mixed performance. first 30 great, next 40 sale were excellent then we rallied.

The Currys both impressed me.

I meant as in banned.

Banned for what? The fight? Strauss needs a ban as well then.

GeordieFalcon wrote:

Welly wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:Did Graham go off? Thiought it was welch who got carried off.

Mixed performance. first 30 great, next 40 sale were excellent then we rallied.

The Currys both impressed me.

I meant as in banned.

Banned for what? The fight? Strauss needs a ban as well then.

Yeh because smacking a player twice in the back of the head is nothing.................

I didn't see that Welly from the stands or the big screen.

Ill need to see the full incident then.

There was bad blood in this game after the Yarde incident and it seemed to blow up twice in the game.

Still not seen the Graham incident...but ive seen the Webber incident. Kneeing on Grahams head whilst raking his face and eyes!
He'll be getting a nice ban aswell. I wonder if that's what kicked it all off later on.

Sale seem to be getting up to a lot of mischief lately ...

GeordieFalcon wrote:Michael Youngs was woeful ...kick kick kick which I can only assume was Deans instructions.

But the ref....poor day at the office...blew us up constantly for off the feet and yet they were coming in from the side, and I lost count how many times they were off their feet yet nothing.

I actually felt Keys was favouring Falcons in his decision making.

Well so far:

Agulla - Gone
DTH van der Merve - Gone
JP Socino - Going in the summer
Big rumours about Mermoz future.

Guy Graham - Joining in the summer
Tom Arscott - Joining in the summer

I think Willis will be off too....something is not quite right there. He's not even getting a start in the A league.

Yeah that's a very odd one Sgt. I don't understand it. I think that would be a big mistake aswell.

And where is Brett Connon?

Mark has just confirmed that Brett Connon is injured and Craig Willis has been injured and is on the bench tonight for the A team in his first game back.

He's hardly got a sniff of first team action this season though GF and he was starting last year.

Yeah its an odd one I agree.

Mermoz puzzles me as well.
Dean must have his reasons.

3 of our biggest signings last season haven't been that great (Mavinga, Mermoz and DTH). Although Matavesi has been a real success along with Graham, who'd have thought!

Yeah Matavesi has been very impressive, though I still think he lacks the ball carrying threat that JP Socino does. Socino just seems to make breaks and get us on the front foot.

Gary Graham has been a top signing, and his brother hopefully will be too!

Mavinga has been non existant...and doesn't look explosive at all.

Interesting A team for Sale tonight - notice Jack Payne who is a prop, is playing at 6 (he's 6'5) Ive seen him a few times, and he looks really aggressive and strong, but I guess they're unsure where his best position is.

And lock Max Davies at 8

Newcastle Falcons A-Team v Sale Jets (Monday, 7.30pm, Heywood Road)

15 Cameron Cowell
14 Adam Radwan
13 Tom Penny
12 Charlie Wilson
11 Zach Kibirige
10 Joel Matavesi
9 Sam Stuart

1 Adam Brocklebank
2 Jamie Blamire
3 Jake Ilnicki
4 Andrew Davidson
5 Morgan Eames (Doncaster Knights)
6 Jack Payne
7 Matt Salway (Northumbria University)
8 Max Davies

Replacements
16 Alistair Blackett (Junior Academy)
17 Sami Mavinga
18 Trevor Davison
19 Will Montgomery (Junior Academy)
20 Tom Marshall (Junior Academy)
21 Craig Willis
22 Dan Kelly (Leeds Beckett)
23 Aedan Moloney (Northumbria University)

Mulipola added, if we can get him in shape and injury free he could be a hell of a signing.

If he matches the impact Goneva has had...then superb.

If we get Davey Wilson up and firing at what he used to be, we'd have a hell of a front row!

1. Logo
2. Cooper
3. Welsh

16. Socino
17. Wilson
18. Lockwood

That would compete against most sides in the AP...possibly even get on top!

I honestly have zero hope of Davy Wilson coming back Sgt.

Up until recently I would have considered Logo as a LH who can cover TH. However the injuries mean that this season at least I would actually see him as a TH who can cover LH

Its TH we need LT so I assume hes signed on as that. The fact that he can cover LH is an added bonus for Dean, who likes multi skilled players

Sgt_Pooly wrote:If we get Davey Wilson up and firing at what he used to be, we'd have a hell of a front row!

1. Logo
2. Cooper
3. Welsh

16. Socino
17. Wilson
18. Lockwood

That would compete against most sides in the AP...possibly even get on top!

I think LH will be more straight forward, but I think TH we'll see a bit of rotation.

1 Lockwood
2 Cooper
3 Welsh / Mulipola / Scotty sharing the duties

16 Davison / Vickers
17 Sowery / Socino / Blamire
18 Welsh / Mulipola / Scotty

I'm not so sure GF. With this Tampin lad rumoured to be signing that would leave us with with 3 or 4 options at TH. I think Vickers may retire and Lockwood and Logo will be our LH options rotating through. Scott Wilson has looked to be getting back to some decent form, a pre-season will hopefully help.

Ah I forgot about that Tanpin.

That suggests to me Davy Wilson is on his way out. And possibly Mavinga as well...he looks well short of the requirements.

Newcastle Falcons team to face Gloucester Rugby (Friday, 7.45pm, Kingsholm, live on BT Sport)

15 Simon Hammersley
14 Chris Harris
13 Maxime Mermoz
12 Josh Matavesi
11 Zach Kibirige
10 Joel Hodgson
9 Michael Young (captain)

1 Sam Lockwood
2 Scott Lawson
3 Scott Wilson
4 Calum Green
5 Sean Robinson
6 Evan Olmstead
7 Gary Graham
8 Ryan Burrows

Replacements
16 Santiago Socino
17 Rob Vickers
18 Trevor Davison
19 Will Witty
20 Mark Wilson
21 Sam Stuart
22 Adam Radwan
23 Tom Penny

Sgt, we have another signing to announce on Saturday.

Its either Williams or Tampin. Everywhere I check I cant find much about the prop...but the only listing I have seen has him as a loosehead...not a tight head.

Ealing Trailfinders:

15 Peter Lydon 14 Luke Daniels 13 Lewis Jones 12 Joe Munro 11 James Cordy Redden 10 Shane O’Leary 9 Luke Carter (replaced by Dan Grant Adamson, 73 mins) 1 James Gibbons (replaced by Alex Lundberg, 68 mins) 2 Alun Walker (replaced by Matt Cornish, 65 mins) 3 Lewis Thiede (replaced by Mark Tampin, 60 mins) 4 Sam Dickinson 5 Harry Casson (replaced by Morgan Allen, 78 mins) 6 Kieran Murphy (c) 7 Rayn Smid (replaced by Dan Temm, 68 mins) 8 Mark Bright 


Replacements: 

16 Matt Cornish 17 Alex Lundberg 18 Mark Tampin 19 Morgan Allen 20 Dan Temm 21 Dan Grant Adamson 22 Piers O’Conor 

Checked about 5 games and he was replacement TH....never starting though.

I think Williams will be announced when Irish are relegated.