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Versatile May runs off with the top award

WINGER Tom May was named Argon Properties Player of the Season at the Newcastle Falcons’ end-of-season awards dinner last night. Read

Skolars in false position – Woods

GATESHEAD Thunder coach Dave Woods has warned his in-form players against the perils of complacency as they prepare to take on bottom-of-the-league London Skolars this evening. Read

Falcons ‘will not be at the bottom’

WHEN it was finally delivered, the resolution of Newcastle Falcons’ disastrous season was swift, brutal and ultimately a fitting denouement of the misery that had gone before. Read

Wilson can make prop spot his own

RISING Newcastle Falcons star David Wilson has been urged to take a huge step towards filling England’s troublesome prop position by impressing with the Saxons this summer. Read

No battle for Bates

NEWCASTLE Falcons’ acting director of rugby Steve Bates (pictured above) does not believe the club will spend next season battling relegation. Read

Worcester Warriors 51, Newcastle Falcons 10

STEVE Bates is planning to put his Newcastle Falcons side through their paces in pre-season after they ended a poor Guinness Premiership campaign with a whimper at Sixways – but first comes rest. Read

North close in on Twickenham final

NORTHUMBERLAND are one win away from a trip to Twickenham on June 1 after claiming a 39-17 win over neighbours Durham in the County Championship Shield at Alnwick on Saturday. Read

Expect no favours, warns Borthwick

NORTHUMBERLAND coach Tom Borthwick has warned his team not to expect any favours from neighbours Durham as they close in on a dream Twickenham final in the County Championship tournament. Read

Newcastle Falcons 13, London Wasps 32

AN optimistic Steve Bates last night praised his patched-up Newcastle Falcons side as they lost the physical battle to title-chasing Wasps. Read

Steve is the players’ choice, says May

TOM May insists Steve Bates has the support of the Newcastle Falcons dressing room as he edges towards being permanently appointed director of rugby at Kingston Park. Read

Bates looks to direct action

NEWCASTLE Falcons look set to confirm Steve Bates as their new permanent director of rugby this weekend. Read

Steve’s not fazed by a busy week

NEWCASTLE Falcons’ acting director of rugby Steve Bates has no concerns about playing a second Premiership game in three days at Kingston Park tomorrow. Read

Swinton Lions 20, Gateshead Thunder 36

THUNDER ran in four tries during the third quarter to claim the fourth win of their opening five league games. Read

Russell return will help lift Thunder

GATESHEAD Thunder coach Dave Woods has hailed the return of captain Dan Russell as a big boost ahead of their trip to Swinton, writes MARK DOUGLAS. Read

Borthwick expecting a tough reunion

NORTHUMBERLAND coach Tom Borthwick returns to the scene of one of his greatest coaching triumphs on Saturday with a warning to his players to expect a tough opening match in the County Championship. Read

Bates denies Falcons crisis

DEFEAT against Worcester in the European Challenge Cup may have left another season in ruins for the Newcastle Falcons but Steve Bates, the man charged with sifting through the wreckage, insists the struggling Kingston Park side are not a club in crisis. Read

Trio ready to try again after play-off heartbreak

DARLINGTON Mowden Park might have lost their chance to win promotion to National Two but the future of the club is still rosy, according to club secretary Kevin Robinson. Read

Counties plot their route to Twickenham

THE curtain may have been drawn on the club rugby season but the action continues for the region’s top amateur players as they step out in the opening round of fixtures in the historic County Championship tournament this weekend. Read

‘Thunder itching to get back on pitch’

GATESHEAD Thunder head coach Dave Woods has revealed he will be relieved to get his players off the training ground and back on to the pitch following the defeat to Doncaster. Read

Falcons ready for their last chance

NEWCASTLE Falcons are shooting for more than just a place in a cup final and a crack at the European elite when they step out under the Friday night lights at Worcester this evening. Read

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