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Sale: L. James; Roebuck, S. James, Van Rensburg, Metcalf; R. Du Preez, De Klerk (capt); Rodd, Van der Merwe, Schonert, Wiese, JP. Du Preez, JL. Du Preez, B. Curry, D. Du Preez.

Replacements: Ashman, McIntyre, Jones, Postlethwaite, T. Curry, Warr, Doherty, Hammersley.

Newcastle: Tait; Radwan, Stevenson, Orlando, Carreras; Hodgson, Nordli-Kelemeti; Davison, McGuigan, Palframan, Van der Walt, Robinson, G. Graham, Welch (capt), Chick.

Replacements: Blamire, Cooper, Tampin, Merrick, Fearns, Blackett, Haydon-Wood, Burrell.

This one's only going one way.

The Newcastle reset cannot come quickly enough. The selections are erratic and inconsistent. Good players are ignored, players come in do well and are dropped while others cannot be shifted.

Radwan with a lot of space at fullback could be itneresting, but expect Sale to turn Newcastle over

Newcastle already doing much better than expected!

Looks like Falcons made a real game of it.