Newcastle Falcons v Bedford Blues Friday 13th Mar - Teams Up
By Falcons
March 11 2020
Newcastle Falcons will be looking to hold onto their unbeaten run against Bedford Blues this Friday night. In these days of Coronavirus let's hope all of our matches go according to plan and we can enjoy the games to come. Once again Falcons have offered members of the armed forces, emergency services and NHS are among those who can enjoy discounted tickets for Newcastle Falcons' next home game against Bedford Blues.
Greene King Championship 2020
Newcastle Falcons v Bedford Blues
Friday 13th March - Kick off 8pm
Falcons welcome Bedford Blues to Kingston Park on Friday the 13th, let's hope this won't be a bad omen. Falcons have had a week's rest from competitive rugby so they should be chopping at the bit to get going again. Once again Falcons have offered members of the armed forces, emergency services and NHS are among those who can enjoy discounted tickets for Newcastle Falcons' next home game against Bedford Blues. Please click here for details, including a list of eligible groups.
Bedford Blues have been looking to strengthen their squad by signing outside-half Will Maisey from league rivals Coventry on a short-term deal until the end of the season. Maisey, 27 years old, goes straight into contention for this weekend’s fixture with table-toppers, Newcastle Falcons at Kingston Park. He brings plenty of proven Greene King IPA Championship experience having played for Nottingham before his return to Coventry. He is on the bench for this match.
Newcastle Falcons 15 Tom Arscott, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Johnny Williams, 12 Toby Flood, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Michael Young (co-captain), 1 Trevor Davison, 2 George McGuigan (co-captain), 3 Logovi'i Mulipola, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Will Montgomery, 6 Callum Chick, 7 Will Welch, 8 Philip van der Walt
Replacements: 16 Charlie Maddison, 17 Adam Brocklebank, 18 Mike Daniels, , 9 Toby Salmon, 20 Nemani Nagusa, 21 Joel Hodgson, 22 Gareth Owen, 23 Tim Swiel
Bedford Starting XV: 15 Rich Lane, 14 Ryan Hutler, 13 Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas, 12 Lewis Robling, 11 Matt Worley, 10 Sam Leeming, 9 Connor Tupai, 1 Sean McCarthy (C), 2 Robbie Smith, 3 Alex Penny, 4 Jordan Onojaife, 5 Oli Curry, 6 Dan Temm, 7 Joe Atkinson, 8 Alafoti Fa’osilivia,
Replacements: 16 Jacob Fields, 17 Joe Wrafter, 18 Henry Paul, 19 Will Carrick Smith, 20 Huw Worthington, 21 Grayson Hart, 22 Will Maisey, 23 Fraser Strachan
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Starting to play a very settled side now. Connon getting the nod at 10 now.
Nice to see Montgommery getting a run out at lock aswell.
- you just can't get the staff nowadays
Nine of tomorrow night’s starting XV are
@Academy_Falcons
graduates, with 12 of the 15 being English-qualified...
Perhaps we are closer to the homegrown dream than we think
Strong side though
Brocklebank
Blamire
Davison
Robinson
Montgomery
Welch
Wilson
Chick
Young
Connon
Hodge
Flood
Stevenson
Radwan
Tait
And still room for a few decent local finishers
Usual high quality back row regardless of the permutations. We have good options there.
Connon Flood has become something of a fixture and looks good. I think it must help Connon to have Flood there but equally I would like to see Williams at 12 with Stevenson at 13. The idea of 2 big strong quick centres in tandem works for me.
Hopefully another performance in the right direction.
He's the second playmaker at 12 now...maybe its suits him in his aging years...
I also like the idea of having more of a running threat from both centres.
We shall see tonight and certainly I can’t see it being an ideal breeding ground for a virus outdoors in a cold wind. To be fair it is unlikely to be so busy that we are sat/stood on top of each other.