Topic: Newcastle

Tigers in a winter wonderland

Leicester overcame a sluggish start to earn a convincing 44-19 Aviva Premiership win over a poor Newcastle side at freezing cold Welford Road.. Gloucester fought back from 10-0 down to claim a 19-13 victory for the second time this month over Saracens ...

Exiles stay top

London Irish maintained their position at the top of the Aviva Premiership as they claimed a comfortable 40-24 victory over bottom club Leeds at the Madejski Stadium. Meanwhile, Bruce Reihana contributed 17 points as second-placed Northampton made hard work of beating newly-promoted ...
Topsy Ojo claimed there is more to come from London Irish after his outstanding hat-trick powered the club to the top of the Aviva Premiership. The 46-12 win at Newcastle proved Ojo was back to his best after a year long battle ...

Catt purring after Irish triumph

Topsy Ojo pushed his way back into the England reckoning after a superb hat-trick which had Mike Catt singing his praises as London Irish hammered Newcastle at Kingston Park. The London Irish attack coach watched Ojo, Jonathan Joseph (two)and Daniel Bowden tear ...
Sailosi Tagicakibau is expected to prove his fitness and return to the London Irish team against Newcastle tomorrow. But Tagicakibau is confident of pulling on the No11 shirt at Kingston Park in an otherwise unchanged Irish side. Tagicakibau's ability to beat the ...

Gopperth inspires Newcastle win

Fly-half Jimmy Gopperth booted 19 points as Newcastle produced a stirring fightback to claim their first win of the Aviva Premiership season as Wasps were beaten 29-17 to give Alan Tait his maiden victory as head coach at Kingston Park.. Things had ...

Brewer praise for sharp Sharks

Sale head coach Mike Brewer praised the pace and intensity of his side's performance after they comprehensively defeated Newcastle 35-18 on the opening night of the new Aviva Premiership season at Edgeley Park.. The Sharks turned in a dominant display to mark ...

Wilkinson happy to be back in action

England World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson played his first match in 10 months on Friday as he helped his new French club Toulon to a 9-3 friendly victory over Brive.Wilkinson, who had broken his knee-cap playing for previous side Newcastle, kicked two ...
Jonny Wilkinson attracted a crowd of 5,000 to his first training session with French club Toulon.. Fans were eager to get a glimpse of their star signing, who has joined on a two-year ?750,000-a-season deal from Newcastle.. Wilkinson, plagued by injuries after ...

Revitalised Wilkinson touches down in Toulon

England outside-half Jonny Wilkinson said Wednesday that he had overcome his latest injury setback and was raring to start playing for French Top 14 club Toulon.Wilkinson ended a 12-year spell with English Premiership side Newcastle, the only club he has ever played ...
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