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The Newcastle Falcons may be one of only two professional rugby union teams in North East England, but they’re also one of the country’s finest. After all, the Newcastle Falcons Rugby team has one Premiership title and four domestic cups to their name and they currently represent the city of Newcastle in the English Premiership.
Read on to learn even more about the Newcastle Falcons Rugby team. On this page, you’ll find all the latest Newcastle Rugby news and the upcoming Newcastle Falcons Rugby fixtures.
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The Newcastle Falcons may be one of only two professional rugby union teams in North East England, but they’re also one of the country’s finest. After all, the Newcastle Falcons Rugby team has one Premiership title and four domestic cups to their name and they currently represent the city of Newcastle in the English Premiership.
Read on to learn even more about the Newcastle Falcons Rugby team. On this page, you’ll find all the latest Newcastle Rugby news and the upcoming Newcastle Falcons Rugby fixtures.
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Newcastle Falcons Rugby History
The Newcastle Rugby team was first formed in 1877 when the team was based in Gosforth and was known as the Gosforth Football Club. Since then, the Newcastle Rugby team has been known by many different names. In 1882, the team merged with the Northumberland Football Club and assumed their name until 1887. However, the team then reverted back to Gosforth FC until 1990, when the name was changed to Newcastle Gosforth. Then, when the team became professional, they became Newcastle Rugby Club for one season. Finally, in 1997, the team name changed to the Newcastle Falcons and they’ve retained this name ever since.
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Adam Brocklebank Prop 
Ashley Sweet Lock 
Callum Chick Flanker 6 
Carl Fearns Number 8 
Christophe Andre Number 8 
Connor Collett Flanker 7 
Dasch Barber Hooker 
Gary Graham Flanker 7 
George McGuigan Hooker 
George Merrick Lock 
Greg Peterson Lock 
Jamie Blamire Hooker 
Jorn Schroder Prop 
Josh Basham Lock 
Kyle Cooper Hooker 
Logovi'i Mulipola Prop 
Marco Fuser Lock 
Mark Wilson Flanker 6 
Matthew Jensen Lock 
Phillip Van Der Walt Flanker 6 
Richard Palframan Prop 
Sami Fuchsel Prop 
Sean Robinson Lock 
Trevor Davison Prop 
Vavae Tuilagi Flanker 7 
Will Welch Flanker 7 Backs
Adam Radwan Left Wing 
Alex Tait Fullback 
Ben Stevenson Centre 
Brett Connon Fly half 
Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti Fullback 
Charlie Maddison Fullback 
Conrad Cade Fullback 
De Wet van Niekerk Centre 
Freddie Lockwood Fullback 
George Wacokecoke Centre 
Iwan Stephens Fullback 
Iwan Stephens Left wing 
James Blackett Fullback 
Joel Hodgson Fly half 
Kade Poki Wing 
Louis Schreuder Scrum half 
Luther Burrell Centre 
Mark Tampin Fullback 
Mateo Carreras 
Matias Orlando Centre 
Max Wright Centre 
Micky Young Scrum half 
Mike Brown Fullback 
Nathan Earle Wing 
Paul Williams Centre 
Pete Lucock Fullback 
Revaz Jintchvelashvili Fly half 
Rob Farrar Fullback 
Robbie Smith 
Sam Stuart Scrum half 
Stefano Giantorno Wing 
Tom Marshall Fullback 
Tom Penny Centre 
Viliami Hakalo 
Will Haydon-Wood Fullback 
Will Montgomery Fullback More Newcastle Falcons Rugby History
Since the team first appeared in the Premiership in 1997-98, the Newcastle Falcons Rugby team have competed in the Premiership every season except for two. However, on both occasions the team has been relegated to the RFU Championship, they have won the division at the first attempt and have been promoted as champions. Plus, since 1975-76, the Newcastle Rugby side has also won the Anglo-Welsh Cup on four occasions.
Over the years, several notable former international players such as Jamie Noon and Maxime Mermoz have played for the Newcastle Falcons Rugby team. However, the side’s most famous former player is ex-England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson, who played 182 times for the Newcastle Falcons between 1997 and 2009. During this period, he scored more than 2,000 points for the Newcastle side and was capped for England almost 100 times. Famously, Wilkinson kicked a winning drop-goal in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final when only 26 seconds of extra-time remained.
