Aviva Premiership - Newcastle, 27 October 2013, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
Newcastle Falcons (6) 13 - 11 (8) London Irish (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Summary

Time Score  
 

Newcastle Falcons won their most recent Aviva Premiership Rugby fixture, 16-11 at Worcester on October 5, a second victory in the tournament since they were promoted at the end of last season. The Tynesiders have lost their last three Premiership encounters played at Kingston Park, since they beat Sale Sharks there, 22-19, in March 2012.

London Irish have recorded three straight victories in all competitions against Harlequins, Italian side Prato and Portuguese outfit Lucitanos. The Exiles only victory away from home in their last six trips in the Premiership was 20-18 at Worcester in round two.

Newcastle's 19-10 win in February 2012 was their first over London Irish in six encounters. The Irishmen's only victory at Kingston Park since 2008 was 46-12 in the Premiership in September 2010.

10 0 - 5

Treviranus - try

16 3 - 5

Clegg - penalty goal

30 6 - 5

Clegg - penalty goal

40 6 - 8

Humphreys - penalty goal

55 6 - 11

Humphreys - penalty goal

64 11 - 11

- try

65 13 - 11

Godman - conversion

Timeline

Time Newcastle Falcons  Score  London Irish
0 start of first half start of first half
10 0 - 5 Treviranus - try
16 Clegg - penalty goal 3 - 5
30 Clegg - penalty goal 6 - 5
40 end of first half 6 - 8 Humphreys - penalty goal
end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
48 Armitage - sub on
Ojo - sub off
52 Brookes - sub on
Tomaszczyk - sub off		 O'Leary - sub off
Allinson - sub on
Parr - sub on
Yapp - sub off
55 Lawson - sub off
Vickers - sub off
Godman - sub on
Shiells - sub on
Clegg - sub off
McGuigan - sub on		 6 - 11 Humphreys - penalty goal
58 Halavatau - sub off
Hagan - sub on
60 McKenzie - sub off
Welch - sub on		 Sinclair - sub on
Hala'ufia - sub off
64 - try 11 - 11
65 Godman - conversion 13 - 11
72 Humphreys - sub off
Geraghty - sub on
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Newcastle Falcons won by a margin of 2 points
Aviva Premiership points Newcastle Falcons 4, London Irish 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Kingston Park, Newcastle
Attendance 4766
 
Referee GM Garner

Teams

Newcastle Falcons London Irish
Tries (64) Tries Treviranus (10)
Cons Godman (65) Cons none
Pens Clegg (16, 30) Pens Humphreys (40, 55)
    Team
15 FB
Alex Tait
14 W
Tom Catterick
13 C
Danny Barnes
12 C
Adam Powell
11 W
Ryan Shortland
10 FH
Rory Clegg
9 SH
Mike Blair
1 P
Rob Vickers
2 H
Scott Lawson
3 P
Oliver Tomaszczyk
4 L
Carlo Antonio del Fava
5 L
Fraser McKenzie
6 F
Dom Barrow
7 F
Mark Wilson
8 N8
Ally Hogg (c)
    Replacements
16 H
George McGuigan
17 P
Grant Shiells
18 P
Kieran Brookes
19
Scott Macleod
20 L
Will Welch
21
Warren Fury
22 FH
Phil Godman
23
James Fitzpatrick
    Team
15 FB
Topsy Ojo
14 W
Alex Lewington
13 C
Fergus Mulchrone
12 C
Eamon Sheridan
11 W
Sailosi Tagicakibau
10 FH
Ian Humphreys
9 SH
Tomas O'Leary (c)
1 P
John Yapp
2 H
David Paice
3 P
Leo Halavatau
4 L
Ian Gough
5 L
Bryn Evans
6 F
Blair Cowan
7 F
Ofisa Treviranus
8 N8
Chris Hala'ufia
    Replacements
16
Mike Mayhew
17 P
Matt Parr
18 P
Jamie Hagan
19
Declan Danaher
20 N8
Jebb Sinclair
21 FB
Guy Armitage
22 FH
Shane Geraghty
23 SH
Darren Allinson

Match stats

Newcastle Falcons   London Irish
1 Tries 1
1 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 1
2 from 4 Penalty goals 2 from 6
60.0% Kick at goal success 29.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 25
91 Passes 107
73 Runs 115
226 Metres run with ball 351
Attacking
50% (0%/100%) Possession (1H/2H) 50% (100%/0%)
3 Clean breaks 5
6 Defenders beaten 14
2 Offloads 10
53 from 56 (94.6%) Rucks won 90 from 93 (96.8%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
13 Turnovers conceded 13
Defensive
143/14 Tackles made/missed 85/6
91.0% Tackling success rate 93.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 3 lost (66.7%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 1 lost (83.3%)
11 won, 2 lost (84.6%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 3 lost (75.0%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 8
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Newc stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Tait 0/0 0 6/7/6 39 0 2 1 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Catterick 0/0 0 1/1/1 5 0 0 0 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Barnes 0/0 0 0/2/2 6 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Shortland 0/0 0 2/1/4 30 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Clegg 0/0 6 9/6/6 61 0 0 0 2 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Blair 0/1 0 10/40/3 3 0 0 0 1 4/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Vickers 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Lawson 0/0 0 0/3/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Tomaszczyk 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
L del Fava 0/0 0 0/3/5 8 0 0 0 2 15/0 5/0 0 0/0
L McKenzie 0/0 0 0/1/3 18 1 2 0 0 10/1 0/0 2 0/0
F Barrow 0/0 0 0/3/8 1 0 0 0 3 9/1 5/1 1 0/0
F Wilson 0/0 0 0/1/5 19 1 1 0 1 17/2 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Hogg 0/0 0 0/6/9 9 0 0 0 0 16/0 1/0 0 0/0
(H) McGuigan 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Shiells 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Brookes 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Welch 0/0 0 0/0/4 7 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Godman 0/0 2 1/8/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Irish stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Ojo 0/0 0 6/4/5 23 1 3 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Lewington 0/0 0 2/4/4 19 1 0 1 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Mulchrone 0/0 0 1/3/5 36 0 2 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Sheridan 0/0 0 0/4/7 19 0 0 1 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Tagicakibau 0/0 0 0/1/12 92 0 5 1 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
FH Humphreys 0/0 6 11/13/6 17 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH O'Leary 0/0 0 4/42/3 21 0 0 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Yapp 0/0 0 0/0/5 9 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Paice 0/1 0 0/3/9 15 1 1 1 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Halavatau 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Gough 0/0 0 0/0/6 2 0 0 0 1 10/0 4/0 1 0/0
L Evans 0/1 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 1 0 6/0 0/1 1 0/0
F Cowan 0/0 0 0/4/18 18 0 1 1 2 8/0 3/0 2 0/0
F Treviranus 1/0 5 0/0/11 22 1 0 0 1 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Hala'ufia 0/0 0 0/5/13 46 0 1 2 0 1/3 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Parr 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/1 1 0/0
(P) Hagan 0/0 0 0/1/3 8 1 1 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Sinclair 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Armitage 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Geraghty 0/0 0 1/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Allinson 0/0 0 0/19/1 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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