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Tonga prop Taione Vea has announced his decision to retire from professional rugby with immediate effect following a spinal injury.

Newcastle Falcons ran an eight-try riot to register their maiden victory in the European Challenge Cup 2016/17 after outclassing Grenoble by 50-7 at Kingston Park on Sunday.

Steve Tandy's Ospreys thumped Newcastle Falcons in a rousing 45-0 seven-try victory at the Liberty Stadium during the 2016-17 European Rugby Challenge Cup match on Friday.

Newcastle Falcons survived a spirited second half performance from Bristol to win their Aviva Premiership encounter by 19-14 at Kingston Park on Saturday.

Worcester Warriors managed to register their first win of the 2016/17 Aviva Premiership season as they edged out Newcastle Falcons in a narrow 11-9 victory at Sixways on Sunday.

Alex Tait came to Falcons' rescue with a timely 66th minute try as they managed to eclipse Gloucester with 13-18 win at Kingsholm during the 2016-17 English Premiership clash on Saturday.

Leicester Tigers rugby director Richard Cockerill admitted that his team was lucky to be on the winning side in the recent Aviva Premiership encounter against Newcastle Falcons on Sunday.

Leicester Tigers brought their Aviva Premiership campaign back on track after edging out Newcastle Falcons 13-14 in a thrilling encounter at Kingston Park on Sunday.

Newcastle Falcons have assigned a permanent contract to Dominic Waldouck after the former England Saxons lock impressed the Aviva Premiership club during the trial.

Bath ran an eight-try riot to inflict a 58-5 thrashing on Newcastle Falcons in their Saturday's Aviva Premiership clash at Recreation Ground.

The 2016/17 Aviva Premiership season kicked off this weekend and it certainly delivered.

Newcastle Falcons survived a late scare from Sale Sharks as they went on to win their opening game of the Aviva Premiership with a thrilling 19-17 victory at Kingston Park on Friday.

Scotland international Jon Welsh is hoping to take the momentum built by the Newcastle Falcons in the pre-season games into the upcoming season of the Aviva Premiership.

Newcastle Falcons have confirmed the signing of Tonga international Opeti Fonua ahead of the upcoming season.

After 24 games and 1033 points tallied across two weekends of summer sevens action, attention now turns to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, where on Sunday (7th August) eight teams will battle it out for the 2016-17 season’s first piece of silverware.

Newcastle Falcons 7s coach Mark Laycock is confident of his team excelling under the pressure of playing at home ahead of the Singha Premiership Rugby 7s matches at Kingston Park on Saturday.

Director of rugby at Newcastle Falcons Dean Richards believes Marcus Watson has been presented with a huge opportunity to progress his career after he was named in the 12-man Great Britain Sevens squad for the Rio Olympics 2016.

Former England Saxons centre Dominic Waldouck has been drafted into the Newcastle Falcons squad for the month of August on trial.

Newcastle Falcons have been dealt a major blow ahead of the upcoming Aviva Premiership season with Tonga international Nili Latu sidelined until December with a knee injury.

Scotland U20's Callum Sheldon talks to TRU about the reason behind choosing to play for Scotland, the big decisions he has already had to make and university life at Leeds Beckett.