Newcastle v Harlequins Team News and Updates
By CAW
March 4 2011
Team news and updates for the Friday night game up in Newcastle
| Newcastle Falcons | Harlequins |
|---|---|
| 15 Jeremy Manning 14 Luke Fielden 13 Luke Eves 12 James Fitzpatrick 11 Alex Tait 10 Jimmy Gopperth 9 Micky Young 1 Jon Golding Replacements 16 Rob Vickers |
15. Mike Brown 14. Tom Williams 13. Ugo Monye 12. Jordan Turner-Hall 11. Ollie Lindsay-Hague 10 Rory Clegg 9. Dave Moore 1. Ceri Jones Replacements 16. Chris Brooker |
Newcastle News
Newcastle Falcons head coach Alan Tait has made two changes for Friday’s Aviva Premiership Rugby match against Harlequins (kick-off 8pm).
Scotland international Euan Murray returns to the front row while Brent Wilson starts in his favoured flanker berth.
“Friday at home to Harlequins is a massive chance to put things right at Kingston Park, especially in light of how badly we finished our last home match against Exeter,” said Tait.
“Hopefully we can get the crowd in and win them over on the back of the Leeds result, but it’s a short turnaround between games and we need to follow it up with a win,” he added.
Harlequins News
After the disappointment of last week’s close encounter with London Irish, Quins turn their attentions to their Northern rivals for Friday night’s away trip to Kingston Park in the Aviva Premiership.
Sitting in 7th place in the table, the tightly contested league sees Quins just 1 point off a valuable top 4 spot and the London side know that a win tomorrow night against Newcastle is vital.
Director of Rugby, Conor O’Shea, makes only one change to the side that started last week against Irish.
In the front row, Ceri Jones joins Joe Gray and James Johnston, with Joe Marler moving to the bench. Ollie Kohn and Pete Browne combine in the second row, with Maurie Fa’asavalu, Will Skinner and Chris Robshaw making up the back row.
Dave Moore makes his second Premiership start at scrum-half, where he joins forces once again with Rory Clegg. Jordan Turner-Hall and Ugo Monye are the centre pairing, with Ollie Lindsay-Hague and Tom Williams starting on the wings. Mike Brown retains the number 15 shirt.
Harlequins team to play Newcastle Falcons. Friday 4th March. Kick off 8pm. Kingston Park. Aviva Premiership Rugby.
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