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Tynedale’s flying start to the season

RUGBY returned to Corbridge with a bang, as Tynedale started their season in style.Read

Neighbour building new team of coaches

GATESHEAD Thunder boss Kevin Neighbour is already putting the finishing touches to next season’s coaching team, despite having two games left of the current campaign.Read

Newcastle Falcons keeping feet on ground

ALAN TAIT insisted his Newcastle Falcons side will not be getting too carried away despite hammering last season’s relegation rivals Leeds Carnegie 36-5 in pre-season action.Read

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Alan Tait happy with new recruits

FALCONS’ boss Alan Tait declared himself happy with his new signings despite Newcastle’s 17-7 loss at Glasgow Warriors.Read

Gateshead Thunder's Kev Neighbour targets performance

KEVIN NEIGHBOUR insists he is targeting the performance rather than the result, as Gateshead Thunder entertain London Skolars this afternoon.Read

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Alan Tait raises a glass to Falcons' social occasions

THE cliché of rugby players downing pint after pint may be long gone in the professional age, but Newcastle Falcons boss Alan Tait believes there is still a place for the occasional cold one.Read

Thunder in bid to sting the Rochdale Hornets

ROCHDALE Hornets visit the International Stadium this afternoon as Gateshead Thunder continue their search for a first league win of the season.Read

Thunder coach looks to future

IT is still only July, but Chris Hood is already planning Gateshead Thunder’s 2012 campaign.Read

Rikki Sheriffe is a convert to the 15-man game

NEWCASTLE Falcons’ cross-code convert Rikki Sheriffe admits he underestimated the finer points of the 15-man game.Read

It's a family affair for summer signing Richard Mayhew

RICHARD MAYHEW has revealed it will be a family affair for Newcastle Falcons this season, as he prepares to square up against his younger brother.Read

Ward proves a wheel deal

NEWCASTLE Falcons’ icon Micky Ward is settling into his new life as a wheeler-dealer, having taken over as director of rugby at Blaydon.Read

Payne is back in frame for Gateshead Thunder

GATESHEAD Thunder welcome back skipper Jason Payne for this afternoon’s trip to Doncaster.Read

Alan Tait hoping coaching team will get it right

NEWCASTLE Falcons boss Alan Tait believes a turbulent past season has left his coaching team wiser to the challenges second time round.Read

Rock-bottom Gateshead Thunder seek win boost

GATESHEAD Thunder hope to get their dreadful season finally up and running this afternoon when they visit Keighley Cougars.Read

Clarke Thompson is ready to rumble for Thunder

GATESHEAD Thunder will line up against Oldham today bolstered by the signing of prop forward Clarke Thompson.Read

Doncaster to respect beleaguered Thunder

DONCASTER have promised to show bottom-of-the-table Gateshead Thunder respect at the International Stadium this afternoon.Read

Ade’s ready to rumble again for the Thunder

GATESHEAD Thunder have gone back in time to sort out their back-row crisis. Former player Ade Aderiye has returned to the club and is set to feature in today’s clash at Workington Town. Read

Newcastle Falcons rocked by Jeremy Manning’s KO

NEWCASTLE Falcons have been dealt a major blow with the news that Jeremy Manning will miss the first month of the new Aviva Premiership season.Read

Extra training to turn around Gateshead Thunder's season

GATESHEAD Thunder players have been putting in extra training sessions in a bid to turn round their flagging season.Read

Thunder chief urges strugglers to prove point

CHRIS HOOD has called on Gateshead Thunder to pull together and prove a point to the rest of rugby league.Read

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