Newcastle

Alex Tait has agreed a new two-year contract to stay at Aviva Premiership club Newcastle.

Aviva Premiership champions Northampton have announced the signing of England prop Kieran Brookes.

Northampton head coach Jim Mallinder has criticised his side's defence after they conceded four tries in their 39-31 Aviva Premiership win over Newcastle at Franklin's Gardens.

Fly-half Stephen Myler passed 2,000 points for Northampton as they beat Newcastle 39-31 to claim a bonus-point win in Friday's Aviva Premiership clash at Franklin's Gardens.

Newcastle Falcon captain Will Welch is happy with his team's form as they prepare to take on table-topping Northampton Saints tomorrow (Friday).

London Irish lock Dan Leo and London Welsh centre Tom May have been suspended for one week after receiving red cards in the Aviva Premiership clash between their sides last weekend.

Wasps' recent improvement continued with a win over Gloucester while there were also post-Christmas Aviva Premiership wins for London Irish, Bath, Leicester, Saracens and Northampton.

Newcastle lost their unbeaten record in the European Challenge Cup as Stade Francais scored a late try to win a thrilling Pool 3 tie 31-24.

Newcastle maintained their 100 per cent start to their European Challenge Cup campaign with a 30-23 victory against Stade Francais on Friday.

Zebre won their first European match at the 14th time of asking as they beat Brive 26-21 while there were also European Rugby Challenge Cup wins for London Irish, La Rochelle, Newcastle and Edinburgh.

After another thrilling weekend of rugby action from the domestic competitions in the northern hemisphere to the Rugby Championship in the south, the Pick of the Premiership is back once again.

In the second instalment of Talking Rugby Union's 'Pick of the Premiership' series, we have two enormous hits from the last round of action to whet your mid-week appetites ahead of next weekend.

Northampton returned to a winning formula in the Aviva Premiership with an emphatic 35-10 triumph over Newcastle Falcons.

London Irish did their homework to come up with a 20-18 win over Newcastle Falcons on their new synthetic pitch at Kingston Park.

We caught up with TRU’s Max Ashcroft to discuss the forthcoming rugby season. Max is starting his second season with National 2 side, Sedgley Park Tigers and his final year at Man Met University.

Last season was always going to be one of consolidation for Newcastle, and although their safety wasn’t guaranteed until the penultimate round of fixtures, they retained their top-flight status.

Newcastle have announced the reappointment of back-row forward Will Welch as club captain.

Tonga lock Uili Kolo'ofai has signed a two-year contract with Newcastle, switching from French club Colomiers.

Bath have signed Newcastle prop Grant Shiells ahead of the new Aviva Premiership season.

Premiership champions Northampton Saints have signed Newcastle Falcons half-back Joel Hodgson.