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Blaydon seeking revenge in rearranged derby

BLAYDON and Tynedale are hoping it will be second time lucky this afternoon as they lock horns in a rescheduled SSE National One derby.Read

Leicester Tigers 24 Newcastle Falcons 13

NEWCASTLE Falcons were frozen out of the LV= Cup semi-final picture as Leicester Tigers surged into the last four.Read

Blaydon 47 Birmingham & Solihull 7

FORWARD dominance ensured Blaydon made easy work of yesterday’s visit of SSE National One strugglers Birmingham & Solihull.Read

Tynedale 25 Macclesfield 23

TYNEDALE’S lack of a regular kicker almost cost them dear in this thrilling match.They scored five tries, but failed to convert, and by the end were hanging on by their fingernails.Read

Stockport 33 Westoe 22

TWO late tries from a busy Stockport side were enough to edge an end-to-end encounter at home to Westoe.Read

Lyon 21 Newcastle Falcons 13

NEWCASTLE Falcons have dropped out of the Amlin Challenge Cup after a pair of late tries saw them succumb to their French hosts.Read

Fylde 10 Blaydon 34

BLAYDON completed a remarkable double over second-placed Fylde having previously ended their then unbeaten record with a 33-17 walloping at Crow Trees in October.Read

Westoe 37 Preston 6

A FIRST-HALF Blitz sent Westoe second in the table after victory over Preston Grasshoppers at Wood Terrace.Read

Paul Moriarty backing Joel Hodgson to shine

PAUL MORIARTY has backed Joel Hodgson to shine in his first start of the season as Newcastle Falcons host Petrarca Padova this afternoon.Read

Nuneaton 18 Westoe 14

WESTOE’S eight-game winning streak came crashing to a halt with an 18-14 defeat away to Nuneaton.Read

Westoe on winning run

A BATTLING second-half display in adverse weather conditions helped Westoe to a deserved victory.Read

Newcastle Falcons 10 Exeter Chiefs 16

NEWCASTLE Falcons’ survival quest became a virtual mission impossible as they started the new year with another defeat.Read

Tait looking at his future at Kingston Park side

ALAN TAIT has revealed he is considering his future as head coach of Newcastle Falcons following yesterday’s 16-10 defeat to Exeter.Read

Blaydon just miss out

AFTER four weeks of inactivity Blaydon showed no signs of ring rustiness, going down narrowly at Macclesfield in a game that they could so easily have won.Read

Hodgson inspires Tyne victory

AFTER being outplayed for more than an hour, Tynedale still managed to claim maximum points from this topsy-turvy encounter with strugglers Barking.Read

Tait admits Saints were a class apart

ALAN Tait admitted Northampton’s international class had made all the difference as his Newcastle Falcons side start the new year rooted to the bottom of the Aviva Premiership.Read

Jimmy Gopperth in action for the Falcons against Northampton Saints

Newcastle Falcons are in dire straights

NEWCASTLE Falcons failed to end the year on a high as their six-game unbeaten home run came to an end.Read

Toulon 36 Newcastle Falcons 10

NEWCASTLE Falcons’ Amlin Challenge Cup ambitions came a cropper on the French Riviera last night as Toulon went two points clear at the top of their group.Read

Harrogate 10 Westoe 40

SIX-star Westoe were simply too good for Harrogate in National League 2 North at the County Ground.Read

Blaydon face last-kick drama

BLAYDON’S first win at Cambridge was achieved despite the slowest of slow starts and a late rally by the home side that could have given them a share of the points.Read

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