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Parling working to get back

GEOFF Parling is itching to ditch the gym for the pitch – but only when the time is right.Read

Disappointing Thunder falter

GATESHEAD Thunder slumped to a third consecutive defeat as visitors Workington Town earned a narrow four-point victory despite playing for more than an hour with 12 men.Read

Woods woe as troops slip up

DAVE Woods has called on his Gateshead players to help him rebuild some credibility and instill pride into the Thunder ranks after another agonising defeat.Read

Woods wants stars to lead way

DAVE Woods is looking for 13 leaders to run onto the Thunderdome pitch when his Gateshead Thunder side take on Workington Town tomorrow (3pm kick-off).Read

Woods all set to weald axe

DAVE WOODS has reminded his Gateshead Thunder players they are fighting for contracts as the season hots up. Read

Falcons show winning attitude

FALCONS skipper Phil Dowson unveiled Newcastle’s new kit yesterday – and a new “streetwise” approach to next season’s Guinness Premiership.Read

Dows about this for confidence!

NEWCASTLE Falcons’ new skipper Phil Dowson thinks his side can reap big rewards from a relatively late pre-season start.Read

Ready to turn up the heat

THINGS are going to get tougher from here for the Newcastle Falcons as pre-season training kicks into gear.Read

Ward takes on Carl challenge

MICKY WARD cannot wait to stamp his name on the Newcastle Falcons team sheet again ahead of All Black Carl Hayman’s post-World Cup arrival.Read

Thunder 8, Lions 34

GATESHEAD Thunder’s winning run on a Saturday ended against Swinton Lions who scored five second half tries in a 24-point victory.Read

Andrew war cost England chance

TIM STIMPSON has been mixing business interests with coaching since continued knee problems forced him into early retirement.Read

Falcons are Black and glue

FORMER Newcastle Falcons and England full-back Tim Stimpson has hailed fitness coach Steve Black as “the glue that binds the club together”.Read

Burke an ‘all-time great’

FORMER Australia coach Bob Dwyer has paid Falcons superstar Matt Burke a glowing tribute.Read

Micky hails link-up

FALCONS prop Micky Ward is one of the Gosforth colts success stories, having joined the club from Wallsend and graduating all the way through to professionalism and England Saxons recognition.Read

Gosforth prepare to rise from the ashes

A SECRET vow made 11 years ago has won Gosforth Rugby Club a new home and secured its future. Read

Foreign legion will raise bar

MARTIN JOHNSON reckons big-money Southern Hemisphere imports will not ruin England’s domestic and international game – provided home-grown talent fights back.Read

Rovers leave Thunder behind

GATESHEAD Thunder threatened a Co-operative National League Two shock when only 6-4 down at half-time at Featherstone Rovers – only for the league leaders to pull away in the second half.Read

Thunder are undone by costly mistakes

GATESHEAD Thun-der were left to rue 10 costly minutes against National Two leaders Featherstone yesterday as two of their stars played through the pain.Read

Blackie boys’ boost

STEVE BLACK has backed all four Falcons England men to make the final World Cup squad – but admitted the hard work is only just beginning.Read

Coach wants to cut out errors

SILLY errors could be the difference between a spot in the National League Two play-off semi-finals or a winter of ‘what-ifs’ for Gateshead Thunder’s players according to coach Dave Woods.Read