Dean Richards will step down as Newcastle Falcons’ director
By Aidanb
May 9 2022
Dean Richards will step down as Newcastle Falcons’ director of rugby at the end of the current season, with head coach Dave Walder taking charge of rugby matters.
After 25 years as a director of rugby, the last ten of those at Newcastle, Richards has taken the decision to step aside, although his vast experience will still be utilised in a new part-time consultancy role
Former England fly-half Walder, a two-time cup winner with the Falcons as a player, will take overall charge, with current coaches Mark Laycock, Micky Ward and Scott MacLeod all remaining on the staff, and Mark Wilson also expected to become a member of the coaching team.
Defence coach Nick Easter and kicking skills coach Toby Flood will both leave their positions in the summer. Newcastle Falcons would like to thank Nick and Toby for their contribution and wish them well for the future.
Super Rugby : Rebels vs Chiefs
When : 15 May, 2022
Time : 09:30
TV ports Live
Venue :AAMI Park
Tournament : Super Rugby Pacific
Head to Head :
1.rebels ranking in the super rugby pacific 9 and chiefs ranking in the super rugby pacific 4
2. Rebels points in the super rugby Pacific 15 points then chiefs points in the super rugby pacific 32 points
3.Match between Rebels and Chiefs will be played at AAMI park as of round #13 of super rugby pacific
4. Then kick-off Rebels was in 9th position and Chiefs 4th position before played both team discussed then
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2022:05:09:14:19:49 by Monkey1.
And no apologies from me for starting a 2nd thread, I thought a rumour thread simply having a post half way through it turning into a confirmation one wasn't good enough for someone who'd being DoR for 10 years and so deserved a thread that was obviously new as the news had just come out on the social media platforms as some mainly use this as their club news.
These cretins are all over the club facebook comments, spreading illegal streams. As quickly as you ban them, they reappear under a different name. Most likely some sort of spambots.
aidanb If I’d waited a couple of hours I could have posted about the next home match being to help the Samaritans
My truly awful sense of humour can't help thinking that this might be an appropriate partnership for this particular game. I very much doubt that anybody will be driven to requiring the services of the Samaritans due to the result of this game, but it will be a timely reminder that we should all be grateful for their existence for those who do need them.
markismith50 No, it’s not Wade. Two current Championship players, one forward, one back, not names that have been in the press so far.
No firm dates yet for the announcements, but I’m talking to their current clubs to co-ordinate things.
So if we rumour them on here will you have to back track and say they have been rumoured?...
So, we could iterate it down throughout the Championship.
markismith50 No, it’s not Wade. Two current Championship players, one forward, one back, not names that have been in the press so far.
No firm dates yet for the announcements, but I’m talking to their current clubs to co-ordinate things.
So if we rumour them on here will you have to back track and say they have been rumoured?...
So, we could iterate it down throughout the Championship.
I'll start: Uzokwe and Willis? ;P
Now that’s my type of rugby shithousery. Well done.
We've managed to pull one or two real gems from the championship over the years, J P Socino being one of the best of them. I'm really looking forward to these two
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