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

By my calculations, that's us 3rd bottom above Irish.

Obviously a long way to go but things are looking up. We're a top LH & FH away from a mid table side I think.

I would agree. 9 and 12 sorted.
Socino must just stay at 12 what a powerful guy.

10 and LH is a must in the summer...or sooner if possible.
Welch will do well to hold his place with Saulls form and Temm breathing down his neck. Great for competition though.

I must also add Calum Green is quietly making the lock spot his own as many Leeds fans said he would. He's a good old fashioned grafter and power lock.

Him and barrow making a very good combo.

Well boys we hold the world record for noise in a rugby stadium...!

Good to see some continuity and Thompson on the bench, should be a tight one.

Newcastle Falcons: Tait; Sinoti, Tiesi, Socino, Alesana Tuilagi; Clegg, Blair; Vickers, McGuigan, Tomaszczyk; Green, Barrow; Wilson, Saull, Hogg (capt)
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Replacements: Rogers, Fry, Wilson, Thompson, Furno, Fury, Powell, Hammersley.

Sale Sharks: Haley; McLean, Leota, Tuitupou, Cueto; Cipriani, Cusiter; Lewis-Roberts, Jones, Cobilas; Mills, Ostrikov; Braid (capt), Lund, Beaumont.

Replacements: Mamukashvili, De Marchi, Harrison, Easter, Fihaki, Cliff, Macleod, Jennings.

Yeah be an interesting one. Hopefully we can do enough to get another W on the board

Rumours that Deano has had talks with Steenson (who apparently has decided to stay at chiefs) and Berrick Barnes

I would cream my pants if Berrick Barnes signed for us.

It looks like we're throwing this one away after being in front for 50/60mins, anybody watching?

LondonTiger wrote:Rumours that Deano has had talks with Steenson (who apparently has decided to stay at chiefs) and Berrick Barnes

Where did you hear those rumours LT?

Team for Fridays game v Stade France

1 E. Fry
2 G. McGuigan
3 K. Brookes
4 K. Thompson
5 S. McCleod
6 S. Robinson
7 D. Temm
8 C. York

9 W. Fury
10 T. Catterick
11 N. Cato
12 C. Harris
13 A. Powell (captain)
14 A. Tait
15 S. Hammersley

Replacements: R. Vickers, A. Rogers,  S.Wilson, D. Barrow, B. Morris, R. Tipuna, R. Clegg, T. Penny

A nice mix of youth/experience.

Interesting to see Catterick at 10, Deano obviously rates our options as much as we do.

ha ha yeah quite...is Godman injured or have they finally realized hes gash!

Interesting to see Thompson getting a run out finally. Another good addition but he'll go well to displace what seems to be our settled Green / Barrow lock pairing.

Be interesting to see how Fry goes at LH. I was not impressed at all in the first few games I saw him play before he disappeared due to limited EQ places. Hopefully Dean has had him on that scrum machine from dawn till dusk work on that part of his game!

And interesting to see Robinson at 6 and Temm at 7. Temm looks class everytime he plays...but Robinson is a powerhouse and impressed at lock due to his power in the rucks and tight etc. Moving him to 6 is an interesting call.

We could win this game.

PS...how many interesting's did I use there???

Just a few lol

Robinson has looked ok, little bit off the level we need but a prospect. Great to see Thompson get a start, I'd consider a backrow of Thompson/Wilson/Hogg.

Well a great win.

This season is just going nicely. Dean said the results would come and it looks like he was right.

Small steps at a time...but we're building a very useful squad and a nice blend of experience with youth.

Great result against a decent Stade outfit. Read the youngsters had a great game, Harris & Hammersley in particular.

8pts clear in the group now?

This was a brilliant result - well done to everyone involved with the club.

Is the game available anywhere to watch?

Yeah Harris was excellent....got a real stealy side to him. His contract is up in the summer and I think he should get a new one.

Dan Temm was excellent again, and I thought Robinson is showing up very well....

Team for the return trip to Paris:

Newcastle Falcons
1 Eric Fry
2 George McGuigan
3 Alex Rogers
4 Calum Green
5 Kane Thompson
6 Sean Robinson
7 Andy Saull (C)
8 Mark Wilson

9  Ruki Tipuna
10 Rory Clegg
11 Noah Cato
12 Juan Pablo Socino
13 Adam Powell
14 Chris Harris
15 Simon Hammersley

Replacements 16 Rob Hawkins 17 Rob Vickers 18 Mark Irving 19 Dom Barrow 20 Chris York 21 Andy Davies 22 Tom Catterick 23 Tom Penny

Getting ripped a new one here. Class is telling....as big gulf.

Our scrum is going back faster than Italian tanks.....

Fry is garbage, Rogers isn't a TH.

We'd have a serious shot here with a decent scrum. We need a top LH signing in the summer without doubt.

Kids looking good though.

Fry is utter garbage ...not sure why we signed him.

Hammersley is running some great lines then just throwing the thing away recklessly.

Hammersley has been excellent so far. Good to see the lads showing some ambition too! I'm enjoying it despite being down on the scoreboard.

Great try! Is this the Falcons I'm watching?!

Well ive got to give the lads credit they've got balls. They're battling.

Hammersley is the classiest player on the pitch, reminds me so much of Ben Smith.

On the cards unfortunately, props really aren't covering themselves in glory.

Our front row is horrible.

1st choice is good....but our depth is appalling.

Well after the first 5-10 I was concerned....but thew lads are doing us really proud.

Do you think Welch will get back in? Saull has been very impressive tonight and has been for a while

Maybe not GF, throw in Hogg and it's a good backrow. Wilson is superb

Wilson has been superb for seasons now...how hes not a Saxon ill never know.

The boys are playing class.

Whilst the front row isn't great in the scrums...they've worked hard in the loose.
I would say however that at lock in Calum Green we probably have one of Deans first names on the teamsheet.

We need uncontested scrums

Catterick.....wow

Hammersley has been top class.

Proud to a Falcon fan after that performance.

Even with the disadvantage of the scrums....what an effort.

Brilliant performance, how we've changed since last season.

Cattrick has a fantastic pass on him, I really hope we persevere with him at 10.

McGuigan & Hammersley are the future.

I just watched the match against Stade Francais, man could the commentators be more biased!!

They admitted they were Bilts...money bags Stade against us.

SUrely you enjoyed that game...and our performance? (Don't mention the scrums )

Sgt, I thought Socino was good again at 12. Hes a cannon ball.

On the other hand...Fry and Rogers aren't good enough for this level in the scrums.

I'm unsure on Rogers, I think he has the making of a good LH.....not a TH!

GeordieFalcon wrote:They admitted they were Bilts...money bags Stade against us.

SUrely you enjoyed that game...and our performance? (Don't mention the scrums  )

It was an enjoyable game, that fullback of yours had some scintillating runs, I actually watched it because Morne Steyn started for a change and boy was he poor. I have been telling the Saffas how poor he has been lately and I hope Meyer was watching, there is no way he should wear the Bok jersey again.

Not taking anything away from the performance but that scrummaging was worse than Dragons last season and thats saying something. Btw I know it was no where near first choice. Fry looks good but can't scrummage at all. The Liam Williams look a look at fullback looks like a real jem for your team and the 12 looks handy

Biltong wrote:I just watched the match against Stade Francais, man could the commentators be more biased!!

A British team on a British sports channel against the French, would you expect different Bill?

Sgt_Pooly wrote:

Biltong wrote:I just watched the match against Stade Francais, man could the commentators be more biased!!

A British team on a British sports channel against the French, would you expect different Bill?

Only a little mate

dragon4life wrote:Not taking anything away from the performance but that scrummaging was worse than Dragons last season and thats saying something. Btw I know it was no where near first choice. Fry looks good but can't scrummage at all. The Liam Williams look a loke at fullback looks like a real jem for your team and the 12 looks handy

It was an experiment Dragon, that failed!

Rogers played TH but is our 2nd choice LH. Fry is our 3rd choice LH and is an awful scrummager. We were missing 3 TH's