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Nick Purewal

Hayman: Pack will be back to its best today!

SHOCKED by Worcester scrum trouble, Falcons captain Carl Hayman has backed his pack to heed the timely wake-up call when they face Bath at Kingston Park today.Read

Hood: Thunder can shunt Knights out of Cup

CHRIS Hood believes Gateshead Thunder can shunt star-studded York City Knights out of the Challenge Cup today.Read

Tynedale 55 Wharfedale 18

A STICKY sort of side Wharfedale may be, but Tynedale made sure the Yorkshiremen came unstuck in Corbridge with a nine-try National One demolition.Read

Steve Bates: We have to learn from errors

STEVE BATES admits Newcastle Falcons must shrug off the frustrations of error-strewn efforts and finally bring their Guinness Premiership game together.Read

Hood’s not prepared to think about opposition

METICULOUS Gateshead Thunder boss Chris Hood has purposely underprepared his team for today’s Championship One opener at Hunslet.Read

Wilson aims to make Mark in derby encounter

BULLISH Blaydon back-rower Mark Wilson believes the Swalwell men must produce 80 power-packed minutes to dispatch Tynedale at Crow Trees today.Read

RGS Newcastle 21 Stowe School 6

ASSURED RGS shrugged off a nervy start to batter their way to a second Daily Mail Cup final thanks to a Drew Harding brace and another score for Fraser Balmain.Read

Newcastle Falcons 12 london Irish 12

A MUST-WIN match where Newcastle rescued a draw – but the Falcons really should have eased to a first league double over London Irish for eight years.Read

Neighbour is someone we can rely on, claims Hood

CHRIS HOOD reckons Kevin Neighbour can lead Gateshead Thunder strongly into their Championship One battle.Read

Chris has no doubts over Brown’s capabilities

CHRIS HOOD has backed emergency half-back Michael Brown to mix it with experienced opposite number Tom Hemingway this afternoon.Read

Northampton Saints 25 Newcastle Falcons 13

ENGLAND discard Chris Ashton’s two tries made this game more than just an East Midlands maul-off as Northampton completed a powerful Premiership double over the Falcons.Read

Browne has to learn dark arts

STUART GRIMES believes Pete Browne will benefit from another stint in the Newcastle Falcons engine room.Read

Hood: We'll battle back to dominate opposition

CHRIS HOOD expects his Gateshead Thunder side to keep battling to dominate first-up tackles when they take on Workington Town in the Northern Rail Cup today.Read

Visser leads the Tynedale charge

EXPLOSIVE Tynedale burst out of their shells to bombard powerful Launceston with this pulsating five-try victory.Read

Thunder coach Hood just loves his good Neighbour

CHRIS HOOD has backed captain Kevin Neighbour to lead the Gateshead Thunder backline with pace and verve.Read

Williamson knows the score with misfiring Falcons

HARD-NOSED Falcons flanker Ed Williamson believes Newcastle have two weeks to rediscover their cutting edge.Read

Brilliant Blaydon back with a bang with win

WELL might Blaydon have popped a few corks last night after this scintillating victory, given their high-tempo, six-try demolition of the curmudgeonly Cornishmen.Read

Falcons coach Steve Bates not a happy man

STEVE Bates will sit down and thrash out the horribly-high error count with his Newcastle Falcons this week after Friday’s sloppy win over Petrarca.Read

Hood fired up for Castleford

CHRIS Hood is almost as fired up as his players for today’s tough friendly at Super League club Castleford.Read

Five weeks off brings Tynedale seven heaven

PACEMEN Peter Cole and Jack Harrison helped Tynedale shrug off five rugbyless weeks with a seven-try National One hammering of lacklustre Sedgley.Read

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Nick Purewal has been our rugby writer since October 2006, covering Newcastle Falcons, England, local rugby union and Gateshead Thunder Rugby League. Exeter University Classics graduate Nick spent two years at the Grimsby Telegraph as Health Correspondent, having trained in newspaper journalism at Cardiff University.

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