Newcastle Falcons Season 2014/2015 - Closed, use new one.

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UPDATED FOR 2015 / 2016

Manager: Dean Richards
Head Coach: John Wells
Forwards Coach: John Wells
Defence Coach: Graham Steadman
Attack Coach: Dave Walder

Current Squad (A= Academy):
Forwards
Props: Taione Vea, Jon Welsh, Scott Wilson, Ben Harris, Rob Vickers , Eric Fry,

Hookers: Scott Lawson, George McGuigan, Rob Hawkins,
David Nelson (A)

Second Rows: Dom Barrow, Callum Green, Kane Thompson, Josh Furno,
Glen Youngs (A), Will Witty (A), Sean Robinson (A), Harry Snowdon (A),

Back Row: Ally Hogg, Will Welch, Richard Mayhew, Nili Latu, Mark Wilson, Uili Kolo'ofai, Dan Temm,
Brian Tuilagi (A), Joe Craggs (A), Calum Chick (A)

Backs
SH's: Sonatane Tukulua, Ruki Tipuna, Micky Young,
Dan Taylor (A),  Ruaridh Dawson (A)

Fh's: Tom Catterick, Mike Delaney,
Craig Willis (A), Brett Connon (A)

Centres: Juan Pablo Socino, Adam Powell, Gonzalo Tiesi, Andy Tuilagi, Chris Harris ,
Adam Redman centre (A), Tom Penny (A)

Wing: Sinoti Sinoti, Alex Tuilagi, Giovanbattista Venditti, Marcus Watson, Zac Kibirige,
Dan Marshall (A)

FB's: Alex Tait, Simon Hammersley

Contracts yet to be agreed:
Oliver Tomaschyk
Scott MacLeod
Warren Fury
Jamie Helleur
Noah Cato
Rory Clegg - Going to Australia

Looking forward to the Glos game. They'll be without a few players i would have thought aswell - internationals.

Just a few, May/Hibbard??? Maybe 36 too hopefully.

It'll be a tough game, I can't see much in it.

Whats your thoughts on Scotty Wilson?

Hugely talented, not currently good enough to start.

I think your right. But with Brookes away at least he is getting regular games.

Nice to see as in the past most players at his stage would have left by now...as indeed Brookes did, when what they need is regular games...not sitting getting spelks...or fat in Brookes case.

I'd start Tomas ahead of him (we need better than Tomas tbh) if we want to compete.

TH isn't a big issue and will only get better with Brookes & Wilson coming through. LH is a big problem, Vickers is passable when fully fit but we need better.

A top LH is still a priority.

Having talked to Bobo Stankovich, Deano and Wells should really have taken him rather than let him go to Dragons. Sure he would have been a short term solution - but it would have allowed players to develop.

Were they in talks with him LT

I liked the big french fella montanella but he was just injury prone.

I wouldn't mind an old grizzled pro. Like you say even not massively long term.

I was lead to believe that they spoke to him as well as Hawkins. Maybe the Dragons proposition was better - ater all who woudl rather live in northumberland when you can live in Newport!!!!!!

I assume they thought they could turn Fry into a servicable option - hey ho.

God i cant imagine choosing Newport over Northumberland. Must have been a financial offer to take him there.

Eric Fry will never make it in the prem. Next summers recruitment simply MUST start at Loose Head Prop....well actually no we need a FH first then a LH prop.

Both must be top of the lists.

Falcons v Glos

1 Vickers
2 Lawson
3 Tomaszczyk
4 Green
5 Barrow
6 Wilson
7 Saull
8 Hogg (c)

9 Blair
10 Clegg
11 Tuilagi
12 Socino
13 Tiesi
14 Sinoti
15 Tait

Replacements 16 McGuigan 17 Rogers 18 S. Wilson 19 Robinson 20 York 21 Tipuna 22 Powell 23 Hammersley

Good side, happy to see Tomas at TH, I like the backrow too.

Nice to see York back but still no Kane or Kolo?? (Is Kane with Samoa?)

Not sure Sgt, about Kane. Guess we may see on Saturday.

Are you going tomorrow?

I'm at work unfortunately, you?

Hes in the 2nd row for Samoa

Ah cheers Dragon.

Well it'll be nice to watch a player who has been injured so hasnt even played for us this season. Unbelievable.

Yeah Sgt ill be there...taking the GF aswell. Shes never remotely been interested before but decided she wanted to go to the game tonight and have a two pinter

Not the best of conditions.....

Well you got to give it to the management were going for a world record of noise in a rugby stadium

Just got the feed up, c'mon boys.

Need to turn these 40/50mins of being the better side into 60/70/80mins.

Just going to switch on now. Reckon we can get something out of this one.

Well I don't think we'll be getting that record lol

Why did I open my flipping mouth?

Nice start boys

Great flipping start

That is a bit better, handling needs to improve though.

Class by aly hogg there.

Well Tomas has been hitting some very important rucks. Making a big impression. And as we know Dom Barrow is just immense

Getting all the ref calls

Bick push in the scrum lads, nudge us into the lead!

i see the only Glaws backs with decent premieship experience are off already

Our tackling is appalling

GeordieFalcon wrote:Our tackling is appalling

You at the game?

Yeah. We are missing some horrendous ones.

Kvesic isn't looking great mind.

We never show any composure on the ball, that passage of play was just awful.

GeordieFalcon wrote:Yeah. We are missing some horrendous ones.

Kvesic isn't looking great mind.

I thought Kvesic looked alright bar one missed tackle. Given the wind we were playing into coupled with Sharples and Robson going off I'll take that half. Hopefully with the wind we can play the territory and pick up a few points, but its not a great game for the neutral.

That god awful bring the noise is pretty darn irritating!

Sinoti Sinoti so good they named him Twice

Hk with you on the bring the noise malarkey

Oh and for me Socino is a 12. We need to find a top class 10

I feel a bit for Gloucester and some of the calls but it makes a change!

Looking pretty good so far

I agree on the ref, he has been very generous to us, but I also agree that it makes a change! I am normally fuming about at least one thing by now.

Mcoll they're 15 has looked a good player

Get in there....20-10 and playing against 14 men??

Scrum has been great tonight, Tomas has had his best game in a long time

Tomas has been class tonight Sgt. Close to my mom. He's hot rucks and alsorts.

Socino mom proves what i said before he's a 12 and back up 10

Someone could be in the bin here.

A little lucky I think.

Great defence and win!

I finally saw us win a game!

Hogg great also, real menace at the breakdown. That's our best breakdown/set piece game of the season, superb.

Wow great defensive effort last ten there.

Get in you falcons

I do like these Friday night games