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| Full name | Newcastle Falcons | |||
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| Union | Northumberland RFU | |||
| Nickname(s) | The Falcons | |||
| Founded | 1877 [1] | |||
| Location | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England | |||
| Ground(s) | Kingston Park (Capacity: 10,200[2]) | |||
| Chairman | Semore Kurdi | |||
| CEO | Mick Hogan (MD) | |||
| Director of Rugby | Matt Thompson | |||
| Coach(es) | Steve Diamond | |||
| Captain(s) | Callum Chick | |||
| Most caps | Tom May (193) | |||
| Top scorer | Jonny Wilkinson (1,489) | |||
| Most tries | Tom May (47) | |||
| League(s) | Premiership Rugby | |||
| 2023–24 | 10th | |||
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| Largest win | ||||
| Newcastle Falcons 156–5 Rugby Lions (1996) | ||||
| Largest defeat | ||||
| Leicester Tigers 83–10 Newcastle Falcons (2004) | ||||
| Official website | ||||
| www | ||||
Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union.
The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Club and briefly assumed their name until 1887.[1] In 1990, the name was changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1996, following the start of professionalism the club briefly adopted the name Newcastle Rugby Club before adopting its current name.
Newcastle has won 5 major titles. They won the Premiership in 1998 and four domestic cups in 1976, 1977, 2001 and 2004.
Newcastle was the only English club of Jonny Wilkinson, where he played from 1997 to 2009, and as well as Wilkinson in 2003 Newcastle saw three players in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final with Mathew Tait starting and Toby Flood appearing from the bench. Mark Wilson played in the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final while at the club.
- ^ a b "History of the Club". Newcastle-Falcons.co.uk. 28 August 2023.
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