Newcastle's twice-postponed Heineken Cup clash with Leinster has been switched to Headingley and will take place on Tuesday.

The Pool Six encounter was called off on both Saturday and Sunday due to a frozen pitch at Kingston Park.

The game will kick off at 7.30pm.

Although the ruling by the European Rugby Cup Ltd will deprive Newcastle of home advantage, Andrew is happy the game will take place this week.

"The last thing we wanted was for the game to be put back until next week," he said. "That would have been totally unacceptable to us because of our Powergen Cup quarter-final against Leeds.

"We said we would play on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this week and that's given the fact that we have to play Newport on Friday.

"I know that playing at Headingley is far from ideal for the club and our supporters but at least the game will be played. It's the best that could be done in the circumstances."

An unexpected bonus for Newcastle, who cannot qualify for the knockout stages, is that they will have the chance to familiarise themselves with Headingley, venue for the latest stage of their national cup defence on Sunday week.

Undefeated Leinster, who are hoping to secure a home tie in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals, were busily making arrangements to fly back to England on Monday, with coach Matt Williams still furious over the whole episode.

Newcastle felt the pitch was playable on Sunday and claimed Welsh referee Gareth Simmonds was put under "a great deal of pressure" by Leinster officials to call it off a second time.

Williams said: "We will abide by the rules and we will respond to the outrageous allegations made by Newcastle after the fixture."

Newcastle argued that Leinster should have cancelled their travelling plans for a second time, allowing the game to go ahead at Kingston Park on Monday evening.

But Leinster, who arrived in Newcastle last Friday for the fixture which was originally due to have taken place on Saturday night, clearly felt enough was enough.

They set off to catch a scheduled flight back to Dublin only to find that Teesside Airport was closed and eventually were forced to re-charter the plane they had cancelled following the first postponement.

The episode has, it is believed, cost them around £10,000.