EX-NEWCASTLE Falcons director of rugby Steve Bates will be heading back over the Scottish border later this year, having taken up a post at Fettes College in Edinburgh.Read
UNSEATED unwillingly from his Newcastle Falcons perch, Steve Bates is relishing his university cameo – but he has not ruled out a top-flight return.Read
EVEN Steve Bates called it a spanking. Forsaking the middle of the road, the Falcons rugby director nailed this contest when he admitted his Newcastle side got caught with their pants down – and Saracens applied the coup de grace.Read
STEVE Bates wants Newcastle Falcons to keep the scoreboard moving however they can at Saracens – but he will still not order Jimmy Gopperth to fire every kickable penalty at the posts.Read
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