BATH

NEWCASTLE FALCONS

Saturday 16 January 1999 Kick-Off 3.00pm

PflinfigiN

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME PREMIERSHIP £2.00

Irth ■d" -a I I CIQQ1 SZSZA F Cal I ntnrnot• AAAAAA %/1/ knthrianku rn "Ir

PRE MI ERSIIII

PLAYER

15 Full ck Stuart Legg 15 Official equipment Official Sponsor 14 lain Balshaw Right ing Jim Naylor 14 supplier 13 Kevin Maggs Cent e Martin Shaw 13 12 Centre 12 11 Adedayo Adebayo Left Wing lnga Tuigamala 11 RHIND 10 Fly Half 10 9 Steve Hatley Scrum Half Gary Armstrong 9 Dave Hilton Prop Ian Peel 1 2 Hooker Ross Nesdale 2 3 Prop George Graham 3 4 'All Bar One' are proud to sponsor todays 4 Martin Haag Lock 4 ' man of the match' 5 Lock Garath Archer 5 6 Russell Earnshaw Flanker Richard Arnold 6 7 Flanker Jimmy Cartmell 7 8 Dan Lyle No. 8 Ross Beattie REFEREE

Ed Morrison PLAYER PLAYER No. TOUCH JUDGES

Stuart Piercy 16 Hall Charlton 16 David Farrimond 17 Kevin Yates 17 18 Andy Long Pete Massey 18 19 Simon Best 19 20 leuan Evans Richard Horton 20 21 Nathan Thomas Peter Walton 21 22 Ben Sturnham Steve O'Neill 22 by Jennie McMahon ■ Promotion to Division One successful squad, who won Gateshead International disappointed, with a loss to done the team's morale no Ground: Kingston Park was the first task that faced promotion to the then Division Richmond at the new harm at all, and provided an Brunton Road, Kenton Bank Stadium. The supporters Rob Andrew when he was One that season, and followed Madjeski Stadium, followed exciting prelude to the league Foot Newcastle NE13 8AF were entertained by marching thrust into the forefront of the it with the Allied Dunbar by a lucky win against Bath encounter today. Tel: 0191 214 5588 bands, cheerleaders, jugglers rugby revolution. In order to Premiership One title the next the next week, then a loss at The loss of Dean Ryan to Capacity: 6,400 and magicians, and, in do this, Andrew needed to season. winning the last match of the home to London Irish. So far Bristol Rugby has been a recruit quality players, and As their first season back in season, this season, Newcastle have wrench to Rob Andrew, who Greatest League Loss: 5- 66 won few friends in the process top flight rugby progressed, were crowned Premiership not managed to pull together sees Ryan as having been v Leicester, 12th March 1994 of doing so! Nevertheless, he the Falcons attracted champions. And so, the a string of more than two instrumental in the success of succeeded in plenty of attention, and Falcons went into the wins on the trot. However, the Falcons since they, along Most Capped Player: (23) producing the final two home 1998/99 season with an air of they have beaten some tough with coach Steve Bates, ( 19, a highly games of last season expectancy, fuelled by a win opposition, including a 43-12 departed Wasps in October Lions 4, from 1973-79). were moved from in a pre-season friendly mauling of Saracens, and a 1995. However, the quality Kingston Park against the newly formed 45-35 victory over the of players waiting to fill Ryan's to the currently second placed shoes - Ross Beatie, Doddie Greatest League Win: 156 - Reivers. 11,500 all Sadly, they were soon to be Northampton. A last gasp Weir, suggest they will have 5 v Rugby, 5th October 1997 seater victory against Bath in the few problems in the Tetley's Bitter Cup last back row. Founded as Newcastle weekend will have Gosforth on 1877 - became Newcastle Falcons In 1995.

Number of International Players: 19

First Capped Player: Arthur Smith, Scotland v Ireland in Dublin, 1st March 1958.

Total Number of Individual Caps: 158

26