Red Bulls give best performance of the season

By Aidanb
March 22 2026

With thanks to one of our contributors Phil here is a match report from yesterday when we nearly got another win but did show some signs of life    Saturday afternoon saw Newcastle Red Bulls return to Gallagher Prem action as they travelled to take on Northampton Saints.       Things didn't start well for Red Bulls when Brett Connon kicked dead from kick off. From the resulting scrum Saints found the edge far too easily and Archie McParland scored, converted by Bellau to take a 7-0 lead. The signs were ominous at this point.

Red Bulls were next to score when clean lineout ball allowed them to play and go wide again. Harrison Obatoyinbo got the ball and did brilliantly to round the defender to score, Connon missed the conversion but Red Bulls lead 7-12

 

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Red Bulls give best performance of the season
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Cantabrian
23/03/2026 08:01
Such an encouraging improvement and Stephen Jones looks to be maybe our best signing yet. Without doubt that's the best performance I can remember from a Newcastle side in recent seasons.
Bring on the Chiefs!

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aidanb
23/03/2026 12:33
I’m off work today and watching the game again on tnt

We took the ball off a solid scrum and made 30 yards by simple hands. Stuff we didn’t see before as we never made the gain line previously. Little steps but that’s now putting defences to work properly.

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Wensleydale Falcon
23/03/2026 19:06
I thought that this was our most complete 80 minutes for 2/3 seasons. Very unlucky not to get the win.
I attended last weeks Rugby Foundation business breakfast and Stephen Jones spoke about the culture at the club and how engaged and open minded the current group are.
John Fletcher did a presentation on the academy pathway.
All very positive and exciting!!
As for Mel Magee and her team at the foundation - just an amazing group of people having a huge impact on so many young lives!!

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The Boyfriend
25/03/2026 16:26
Best 80 for a long time- hope the upturn continues.

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