RugbyRebels

Newcastle: Penny; Vuna, Wacokecoke, Lucock, Stevenson; Flood, Young, Davison, McGuigan, Mulipola, Peterson, Robinson, Welch, Wilson (capt), Chick.

Replacements: Blamire, Brocklebank, Ah You, Fuser, Van der Walt, Schreuder, Connon, Graham.

Bristol: Malins; Morahan, O'Conor, S Piutau (co-capt), Adeolokun; Sheedy, Uren; Y Thomas, Capon, Afoa, Joyce, Vui, Harding, Earl, Heenan (co-capt).

Replacements: Kloska, Woolmore, Lahiff, Holmes, D Thomas, Kessell, Lloyd, Leiua.

Bristol all over Falcons. Brocklebank thuggery does for Sheedy and then Earl throws an awful pass in his own 22 so 14 man Falcons are 7-0 up. Falcons defence looks up for it but I think they'll tire.

From what little I saw, Falcons’ passing was shoddy and led to their demise. Deano would not have been happy.

Fairly routine win for Bris after a scratchy opening quarter. Malins was very good. Newcastle continue to slide, their good start now well behind them.

fivepointer wrote: Fairly routine win for Bris after a scratchy opening quarter. Malins was very good. Newcastle continue to slide, their good start now well behind them.

Finally got round to watching this! Not a bad performance after a dodgy first 20. Malins got the head lines but Uren did well I thought, Morahan looks to be getting back into form and Harding looks better each week. I think Joe Joyce is also going under the radar with the work he puts in round the pitch and looks to be getting better on the handling skills as well.

Harding does look very good.
Uren and Joyce are rock solid club men who have improved under Lam. Getting consistently good performances from players like these is a big reason Bris are doing so well.