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Tynedale 61 Sedgeley Park 17

TYNEDALE provided the perfect response to last week’s drubbing at Wharfedale with a nine-try home demolition of Sedgeley Park.Read

Westoe 29 Sheffield Tigers 21

WESTOE picked up yet another bonus point victory against the Sheffield Tigers to carry on their recent good run of form.Read

Strife of Ryan is blow to Falcons

NEWCASTLE Falcons’ wings have been further clipped with the news Kiwi wideman Ryan Shortland is the latest to join the club’s injury list.Read

Adriaan Fondse praises Newcastle Falcons after victory

ADRIAAN FONDSE was full of praise for the way in which his Newcastle Falcons side kept hold of the ball in Friday night’s 26-25 triumph over Gloucester.Read

Westoe 24 Bromsgrove 21

DEPLETED Westoe clung on for the tightest of SSE National Two victories, with the width of a post protecting their slender lead against newly-promoted visitors.Read

Rosslyn Park 34 Blaydon 30

FOURTH-placed Rosslyn Park – with six-consecutive victories behind them – nearly came a cropper against a re-vitalised Blaydon.Read

Leicester Lions 11 Westoe 30

FOUR tries in the second half from a dominant Westoe helped them to a convincing victory at Leicester Lions.Read

It's a showdown of the Samoans at Twickenham

FALCONS new-boy Taiasina Tu’ifua is relishing this afternoon’s clash with countryman Maurie Fa’asavalu as Newcastle travel to Aviva Premiership leaders Harlequins.Read

Blaydon 15 Sedgeley Park 27

BLAYDON failed to make a dominant home scrum tell on the scoreboard as Sedgeley Park went away with a well-deserved win.Read

Tynedale 24 Cinderford 0

TYNEDALE ground out a welcome victory at a wind-lashed Corbridge. The visitors made no use at all of the wind they had at their backs in the first half, while Tynedale used it to deadly effect in the second period. Read

A lesson for Tynedale

TYNEDALE coach Tom Borthwick was an unhappy man after seeing his team stay in touch with their Jersey hosts until the dying moments of a scrappy match.Read

Falcons soar to six-try victory

NEWCASTLE Falcons brushed aside Italian champions Petrarca Padova to keep up their Amlin Challenge Cup momentum.Read

Blaydon notch first away win

HAVING got rid of ‘the monkey on their backs’ with last week’s return to winning ways, Blaydon were again up against lowly opposition, and another improved show brought them their first away win of the season.Read

Delighted coach Tait praises his grown-up side

ALAN Tait was quick to credit his Newcastle Falcons side for the manner in which they closed out Lyon to claim a 27-19 home victory on Saturday.Read

Newcastle Falcons 27 Lyon 19

THE four-try bonus point may have alluded them, but Newcastle Falcons made a winning start nonetheless to their Amlin Challenge Cup campaign.Read

Blaydon 22 Wharfedale 17

TWO tries within 10 minutes of the kick-off gave Blaydon just the start they needed to put an end to what had been a disastrous run of defeats, but in the closing minutes were grimly hanging on to a narrow advantage.Read

Tynedale 24 Ealing Trailfinders 29

RUNAWAY league leaders Ealing had to pull out all the stops to get the better of a Tynedale side which matched them most of the way.Read

Caldy 36 Westoe 29

A HORROR injury to Caldy fly-half Richard Vasey overshadowed an exciting, controversial encounter in National League 2 North.Read

Westoe 8 Loughborough Students 39

WESTOE became the latest victims of the SSE National Two North leaders as Loughborough Students filled their boots in a one-sided encounter.Read

Cinderford 58 Blaydon 22

BLAYDON crashed to a fifth consecutive defeat, their biggest so far, with all the fireworks coming from the home side and in particular fly-half Rory Teague who contributed 23 points with two tries, a penalty and five conversions.Read

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