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Hood wants Thunder’s good vibrations

CHRIS Hood wants to keep the warm feeling of winning in the face of adversity going when Gateshead Thunder travel to Hunslet Hawks tonight. Read

Loan deal on duo

MIDDLESEX Sevens winners Tim Visser and Ross Batty will spend six weeks on loan at Northampton. Read

Woods plays mind games with his troops

DAVE WOODS reckons fresh minds will be more important than fresh legs for Gateshead Thunder in their penultimate National League Two match tonight. Read

Club open new era with win

YEARS of hard work and frustration came to an end for Team Northumbria men’s rugby team on Saturday when their players made their first appearance in the Northumberland League set-up. Read

Scrum Down with Richard Neale

WELCOME to Scrumdown, the weekly must-read for all those involved with grassroots rugby sides. Read

Falcons battler ready for a tough campaign

BULLISH lock Jason Oakes is ready to fight whenever and where ever it takes to hold down a Newcastle Falcons first-team spot. Read

‘We’ll be ready for our opener’

FALCONS director of rugby John Fletcher is playing down his side’s 18-13 defeat at Glasgow Warriors, saying the first game of the season is what matters in the long run. Read

Thunder’s show proves a point

NO matter the mistakes, no matter the scrappy play, Dave Woods could not have been happier with Gateshead Thunder’s one-point win at Keighley. Read

Latest stage of Falcons’ Development

JOHN FLETCHER will take one last look at his Newcastle Falcons in competitive action tonight ahead of the start of the Premiership season. Read

Recruiting drive starts early

NEXT season starts now at Gateshead Thunder, with the management team of Dave Woods and Chris Hood sending out contract offers to 12 new players for the campaign. Read

Still time to get in shape

JOHN FLETCHER reckons his Newcastle Falcons have plenty of time to shape up for the start of the Premiership season, despite last night’s disappointing defeat at Glasgow. Read

Let’s finish on a high, urges Woods

DAVE WOODS has called on his Gateshead Thunder play-ers to end the season on a winning note as they embark on three games in eight days, (writes NICK PUREWAL). Read

Blaydon are ready to rumble

WITH the euphoria of winning an historic promotion still surrounding everybody at the club, the new season has actually come almost too quickly for Blaydon’s director of rugby Nick Gandy. Read

Fletcher issues target to Falcons

JOHN FLETCHER has challenged his Newcastle Falcons to play their absent World Cup colleagues out of club jerseys – starting tonight at Glasgow. Read

Signing in line to face Warriors

SUMMER signing Steve Jones gets his first start since rejoining the Falcons when they take on Glasgow Warriors at Fir Hill Stadium tomorrow night. Read

Blaydon in good Nick for opener

BLAYDON start their National League Two adventure this Saturday against the side promoted at Tynedale’s expense. Read

Rugby summer camp is a big success

A COUNTY coaching programme, held in conjunction with Newcastle Falcons, continues to attract plenty of interest. Read

Kids are full of Energy

TENS of thousands of children – including hundreds from the North East – have been introduced to rugby in the first season of the new EDF Energy National Schools’ Rugby Programme. Read

No Flood of tears at my England KO

TOBY FLOOD is not looking to prove anyone wrong in the wake of his World Cup omission – just to prove his club mates right for their unstinting support. Read

I’ll fight for my spot – Ward

ENGLAND Saxons prop Micky Ward aims to make his 200th Premiership appearance in Newcastle’s opening home game against Sale in three weeks – and to put down a marker. Read

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