Newcastle Falcons - We're back!! Championship winners

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Manager: Dean Richards
Head Coach: Peter Russell

Current Squad:

Forwards
Props:
Grant Shiels
Oliver Tomasczyk
Keiron Brookes
Scott Wilson

Hookers:
Matt Thompson
Rob Vickers
Scott Lawson

Second Rows:
Carlo Del Fava
Scott MacLeod
Sean Tomes
Frasier McKensie

Back Row
Ally Hogg
Will Welch
Richard Mayhew
Andy Saul
Mark Wilson
Chris York

Backs
SH's
Rory Lawson
Chris Pilgrim
Warren Fury
Mike Blair

Fh's
Joel Hodgson
Waisea Luveniyali
Rory Clegg
Phil Godman

Centres
Jamie Helleur
James Fitzpatrick
Tane Tu'ipulotu
Andrew Higgins
Alex Crocket
Michael Tait
Adam Powell
Danny Barnes - In from Munster

Wing:
Ryan Shortland
Andy Higgins
Suka Hufanga
Noah Cato

FB's:
Tom Catterick
Alex Tait

Yeah but he wasnt used prior to the injury.
If he had stayed with us he would have made huge strides.

Now some may say thats due to the player wanting to leave...but it doesnt help if leicester start clicking their fingers at a player....

Hopefully with Deano and the new regime there now...it will stop this constant exodus of talent....

He started the opening two games of the season and was injured in the third... so hardly not used. He was a sub in the pre-season games, but had only just joined the club and would have been learning the calls and systems ready for the season proper would have been the priority. Leicester's track record on prop development speaks for itself, if any other club can do a much better job of developing a prop I'm yet to see evidence for it on the pitch.

With tongue firmly in cheek I would also like to remind you that it was Newcastle that halted his development last year, so less of your complaining thanks!

Team is up:

15 Luke Fielden, 14 Andy Higgins, 13 Alex Crockett, 12 Tane Tu’ipulotu, 11 Ryan Shortland, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Chris Pilgrim, 1 Grant Shiells, 2 Rob Vickers, 3 James Hall, 4 Sean Tomes, 5 James Hudson, 6 Ally Hogg, 7 Will Welch (c), 8 Richard Mayhew

Reps: 16 Matt Thompson, 17 Oliver Tomaszczyk, 18 Scott MacLeod, 19 Mark Wilson, 20 Jordi Pasqualin, 21 James Fitzpatrick, 22 Waisea Luveniyali

so....going for blood?

Interesting...not what i would say is full strength...but still a strong side. Pack is interesting.

Tomes in again. 28yo...6'7 and 19st...the bulk to compliment Hudson.

What do you think of the front row...and Mayhew at 8

Sean Tomes is a frustrating lump, could be a v good player like his dad, if he'd only sort his fitness out. Was always at least two yards off the pace when he had a season with the Chiefs

He looked seriously out of shape walking around at the preseason games ....

Hope Newcastle stay down

mckay1402 wrote:Hope Newcastle stay down

Hope you fall down some stairs.

Ah Mckay...thats impressive....

Cumbrian its because we're having a debate on another thread...i dunno...

Ah I see, I did think it was a little bit of a incongruous statement from McKay.

Im argueing that Bristol should be up and not London Welsh...and i hope LW get cricket scored every game

Well, they're set up for another cricket score at the moment 21-3 to Quins at HT.

Welsh have a yellow card now too, about 2 mins into the second half.

28-3 on about fifty minutes.

35-3 with still about 20 minutes to play.

40-3 with about 2 mins to go. From what the commentators are saying it's been pretty easy too.

Full time 40-3.

Cumbrian wrote:

mckay1402 wrote:Hope Newcastle stay down

Hope you fall down some stairs.

Well that escalated quickly. this is why I hardly ever comment on this forum anymore.

So LW are a good addition to the Premiership then? Not saying Bris would've done better in terms of results (especially at the Stoop) but at least our home games would have been at 'home' and in front of a decent amount of fans.

Totally agree with GeordieFalcon, however now find myself in the horrible position of realising our best chance is the f*****g playoffs.

Note, that wasn't actually a reply to McKay, just got there before me.

mckay1402 wrote:

Cumbrian wrote:

mckay1402 wrote:Hope Newcastle stay down

Hope you fall down some stairs.

Well that escalated quickly. this is why I hardly ever comment on this forum anymore.

It was supposed to be a bit tounge in cheek, but if you come on a thread about Newcastle and make a remark like that (especially with no context) what do you expect? Do not try to act like the innocent/ injured party when you set out to urine people off in the first place.

It was a response to someone who had done the same thing to my thread. It didn't warrant your response which was a but pathetic

Meaning me

mckay1402 wrote:It was a response to someone who had done the same thing to my thread. It didn't warrant your response which was a but pathetic

Make a pathetic remark and get a pathetic response eh?

Anyway, enough of this nonsense. Falcons have beaten Scottish 49-32 in what sounds like a very entertaining game.

Good win for Falcons, TBP wrapped up by half-time witha the intercept try, to follow two rolling maul tries and a good backs handling move with the winger crossing. Still very much looking like a Prem team playing in the championship with v good away travelling support. However, good to see Scottish not give up, and themselves come back to plunder a TBP near the end of the game. Still no additional info re Alex Codling's departure

Richards won't be happy with the late sloppy defending. Sounds like we struggled in the scrum again too

Scrum seemed pretty even, Sgt_P, until you got your YC

Cumbrian wrote:

mckay1402 wrote:It was a response to someone who had done the same thing to my thread. It didn't warrant your response which was a but pathetic

Make a pathetic remark and get a pathetic response eh?

mind your own business

mckay1402 wrote:

Cumbrian wrote:

mckay1402 wrote:It was a response to someone who had done the same thing to my thread. It didn't warrant your response which was a but pathetic

Make a pathetic remark and get a pathetic response eh?

mind your own business

Eh?

McKay, can you take your argument elsewhere?

Just seems like you've came on here to have digs at individuals rather than anything relevant to the thread.

You watched the game against Bristol didn't you Geordie? How did Ryan Edwards (their winger) play?

I havent seen the games mate...dont seem to be televised anywhere so cant comment im afraid.

Oh, it's just I thought I read you had attended that game in Bristol. Maybe it was someone else though.

No mate it was Cumbrian...he might be able to help you.

Seems our boy Ally Hogg had a bit of a game at the weekend, Geordie?

He was in fairly rampaging form at blindside, GC, took his three tries well as part of a dominant Falcons pack. No sign of Rory Lawson for Newcastle, nor of WCP for Scottish, but Jim Thompson played and looked a shadow of the player once tipped for international honours

That's a terrible shame Asbo - Thompson has always looked great but he never made the breakthrough to the national side. And with Hogg and Brown now offering youthful exhuberance and speed, I don't think that he ever will.

Ally Hogg is a rejuventated player.

In the preseason games he was very good...and a hatrick now...he's on fire.

Hopefully he'll keep it up. We've got competition in the back row now...Welch, Wilson, Mayhew, Hogg, Tui'Fua and York all battling for 3 places.

GeordieFalcon wrote:Ally Hogg is a rejuventated player.

In the preseason games he was very good...and a hatrick now...he's on fire.

Hopefully he'll keep it up. We've got competition in the back row now...Welch, Wilson, Mayhew, Hogg, Tui'Fua and York all battling for 3 places.

Handy squad rotation to have- should stop players getting tired for the Playoffs

Definately mate.

Been a long time since we could say the Falcons had real depth in any position...but we have it in numerous positions now...

GeordieFalcon wrote:Ally Hogg is a rejuventated player.

In the preseason games he was very good...and a hatrick now...he's on fire.

Hopefully he'll keep it up. We've got competition in the back row now...Welch, Wilson, Mayhew, Hogg, Tui'Fua and York all battling for 3 places.

What babout this Joe Robinson lad GF??!

Aw definately...but his being gorged on raw meet at the moment. He'll get some gametime this season.

I'd heard big Joe had been starved for 3 weeks and dropped somewhere between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Cameron was looking to clear out the Taliban pre 2050 and us all home!

Robinson played lock for the developmental side against Leicester last night:

http://www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk/news/story/tigers-a-45-falcons-a-23


It's interesting that in another dimension, the Leicester props (Balmain and Brookes) could have been playing for us...

Cumbrian, can you tell me about how the Bristol winger played against your team last week? (Edwards, no.11)

Sorry pal, I didn't really notice him. I was too busy watching the Falcons. My Bristol supporting mate was with me though, I'll ask him for his thoughts.

Interesting development team Cumbrian.

Im pleased to see Hodgson playing creative rugby...but even more so pleased to see Robinson, McGuigan and Scott Wilson getting games.

Wilson and Robinson have big futures...and McGuigan...well i think we are really crying out for a monstrous yet quality hooker...and he could just be the one...

Nice to see still such a big support for the Falcons even though they dropped. I like that about rugby.

Good luck getting back up - I like Newcastle as a place and team. And also think it will do rugby a world of good if they kicked on from this and performed better next season in the Prem; like the Chiefs are doing in the deeper south, it'll be great if the Falcons can help bring rugby further north.