Newcastle Falcons welcome London Scottish to Kingston Park this Saturday 22nd in the knock-out stages of the Championship Cup. London Scottish unfortunately have not won a game this year 2020. So this game might be their last chance for glory. Falcons played Scottish in October at the Athletic Ground and it was a very tight affair on the day 13-17, so they are very capable of giving Falcons a ‘run for their money’!
RFU Championship Cup Quarter-Final
Newcastle Falcons v London Scottish
Saturday 22nd February 2020
Kingston Park – Kick Off 3pm
The weather once again is looking a bit nasty, Strong winds, rain and temperatures feeling like three degrees.
Defence coach John Wells says Newcastle Falcons’ goal is to keep their winning run going, with Saturday’s Championship Cup home quarter-final against London Scottish presenting the opportunity for a 20th successive victory. Full article here
The Falcons have put in place reduced ticket prices for Saturday's match. Season ticket members and season car park pass holders are reminded that this game is not included in their package. Information on Ticket prices Here
The Quarter-Finals:
Nottingham v Doncaster Knights
Ealing Trailfinders v Jersey Reds
Newcastle Falcons v London Scottish
Cornish Pirates v Coventry
If the Falcons get through to the Semi-Finals the game would be played at Kingston Park
on the weekend of April 17/18/19, with the final on the weekend of May 15/16/17
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Alex Tait, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Ben Stevenson, 12 Gareth Owen, 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Toby Flood (captain), 9 Sam Stuart, 1 Trevor Davison, 2 Jamie Blamire, 3 Rodney Ah You, 4 Toby Salmon, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 6 Callum Chick, 7 Gary Graham, 8 Simon Uzokwe,
Replacements: 16 Charlie Maddison, 17 Adam Brocklebank, 18 Mark Tampin, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Philip van der Walt, 21 Joel Hodgson, 22 Johnny Williams, 23 Tom Arscott
London Scottish: 15. Luke Hibberd, 14. Rob Stevenson, 13. Dan Barnes, 12. Harry Sheppard, 11. Bobby Beattie, 10. Will Magie, 9. Josh Barton, 1. Lewis Holsey, 2. Billy Harding, 3. Phil Cringle, 4. Alex Toolis, 5. Luke Frost, 6. Matt Eliet, 7. Jack Ingall, 8. Mark Bright
Replacements 16. James Malcolm, 17. Ryan Eveleigh, 18. Kyle Whyte, 19. Matas Jurevicius, 20. Miles Wakeling, 21. Lewis Wynne, 22. Charlie Gowling, 23. Elliott Creed
I haven't got the idea of picking first choice players in this cup all season (compared to when we were in the Challenge Cup and fielding 2nd/3rd choice players) and guess that won't change so hopefully it serves to keep the momentum going.
Also:
"London Scottish unfortunately have not won a game this season."
They've won 3 league games...
matt1il I haven't got the idea of picking first choice players in this cup all season (compared to when we were in the Challenge Cup and fielding 2nd/3rd choice players) and guess that won't change so hopefully it serves to keep the momentum going.
Also:
"London Scottish unfortunately have not won a game this season."
They've won 3 league games...
matt1il I haven't got the idea of picking first choice players in this cup all season (compared to when we were in the Challenge Cup and fielding 2nd/3rd choice players) and guess that won't change so hopefully it serves to keep the momentum going.
Also:
"London Scottish unfortunately have not won a game this season."
They've won 3 league games...
Only Uzokwe seems to get a semi regular gig from the group of what you could call academy / up and coming forwards, maybe Dean doesn’t rate the rest at the moment.
Would have thought this match was taylor made for one of the young scrum halves to get a run out but what do I know.
Match report suggests it wasn't a hugely inspiring game, and that the Falcons were never in any danger. Can't argue with another 4-try win, forward to the semi-finals.
A very straightforward win in yet again awful conditions. Very professional performance and Scottish very rarely threatened.
Our 4th try was something special....hope Jonny W is ok as he was class again when he came on.
Sam Stuart went well , run of games for him now that Tane has left. Flood was on great form , to get 100% kicking in that today with kicks from out wide too shows the blokes class.
Apart from that not much happened really.
Hope Williams Isnt out for too long , he was getting back to his best but we have adequate cover there.
Into the semi finals anyway , knockout rugby isn’t about performance it’s about results. 20 game winning streak , can’t whinge too much eh!
markismith50 Hi Robs, ‘season ticket no-shows
’ as you so elegantly put it, wouldn’t count today as it wasn’t on the season ticket.
That was my very point Mark!
For games covered by Season Tickets we have no idea how many people might actually be attending.
As it wasn't included in the ST package somebody will have had to count the numbers coming through the turnstiles
Between the dismal turnout, Arctic wind and fairly mediocre game, that one was a real endurance trial. Only stand out of the whole thing was Flood being on absolutely excellent form in appalling conditions.
Was a smaller crowd than I expected.
Weird game to watch in that the set piece was pretty solid, Flood did well and yet we had very little possession. The ref definitely favoured Scottish. Our play did improve once Williams came on and he and Stevenson gave us a very powerful aggressive looking punch in the midfield.
Blamire carries well again,Van de Walt came on, Graham was his usual impressive self.
Nothing happened really and yet we were pretty decent and it was dull to watch.
I watched Van der Walt closely for the 20 minutes he played out of curiosity as had seen so little of him wondering why he had been signed and really liked what I saw lots of aggression knows exactly what to do and at least twice when breaks were made he was there on the shoulder to support and carry on the move if he stays fit I think going by what I saw during his short run out he is going to be a very good signing.
Except from some missed high tackles I think the ref had a very good game.
The falcons give away too many penalties holding on when tackled , tacklers not rolling away and handling while off their feet. Falcons too good for the conference but did not look a premiship team
I too like the look of Van de Walt. I like Graham and obviously Wilson and that to me is as good a back row as we will see in the Premiership next year.
[quote pityacker][quote aidanb]How did Van der Walt look ?
Is he going to make an impact in our team ?[
I watched Van der Walt closely for the 20 minutes he played out of curiosity as had seen so little of him wondering why he had been signed and really liked what I saw lots of aggression knows exactly what to do and at least twice when breaks were made he was there on the shoulder to support and carry on the move if he stays fit I think going by what I saw during his short run out he is going to be a very good signing.[/quote]
Assuming we get promoted a back row of wilson Graham and de Walt is as good as any. Probably even more important a back row of welch hardie and chick will hold there own. As we discovered last year it is often the strength of your second 15 that is key. We are comfortable in the back row but not in many other positions
PVDW bit of an unknown quantity. Seem to have been injured for most of the campaign so far. However the glimpses of him have been promising. Typical Saffer , physical and abrasive yet a cool edge to him. I think he could turn out to be a very good signing.
A good win in horrible conditions, that wind was bad enough in the stand, let alone on the park. I do think the team needs to try and play refs better, we conceded a lot of penalties.
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