News v Bristol, rd1

[jimKRFC]

Falcons team - sorry for the shouty formatting!

Newcastle: 15 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Connor Doherty, 12 Sammy Arnold, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Callum Chick (c), 7 Tom Gordon, 6 Philip van der Walt, 5 Kiran McDonald, 4 John Hawkins, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Adam Brocklebank
Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Luan de Bruin, 18 Murray McCallum, 19 Freddie Lockwood, 20 Adam Scott, 21 Joe Davis, 22 Louis Brown, 23 Ben Redshaw

Bristol: 15 Max Malins, 14 Siva Naulago, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Fitz Harding (c), 7 Jake Heenan, 6 Steven Luatua, 5 Joe Batley, 4 James Dun, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Gabriel Oghre, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 George Kloska, 19 Josh Caulfield, 20 Ben Grondona, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Joe Jenkins, 23 Rich Lane


Fingers crossed Bris start the way they finished last season.


Mod - c&ped in less shouty formatting cause it was making my eyes hurt

[FKAS]

Newcastle have got a bit of impact on the bench. Keep it tight early door and then go for a snatch and grab at the end of the second half.

[fivepointer]

Big game for Falcons. They need to start well and give themselves a bit of belief.

Obviously Bristol have the trump card of Lane on the bench but this might be a close one.

[Puja]

I actually quite fancy Newcastle to spring a surprise here. They looked decent in their one pre-season and they'll be very up for it. Think Bristol might regret resting the guaranteed match-winner that is RICH LANE.

Puja

[Banquo]

I actually quite fancy Newcastle to spring a surprise here. They looked decent in their one pre-season and they'll be very up for it. Think Bristol might regret resting the guaranteed match-winner that is RICH LANE.

Puja

LAUNCH FROM BENCH

[Mellsblue]

One of the little known clauses of the PGP agreement is that RICH LANE!!! is only allowed to play so many mins against the weaker teams so as to try and keep the games competitive.