• Danny Cipriani scores to help condemn Newcastle to drop
From the top four to the trap door. One year after making the play-offs for the first time, Newcastle were relegated to the Championship. Their latest defeat on an afternoon when they needed five points to take the relegation scrap into the final round summed up a campaign which for once started with expectation rather than hope only to slowly dissolve into despair.
Newcastle were trailing 21-19 with 19 minutes to go and mounting another attack. After being outplayed in the opening half, when their two tries came against the run of play, they pinned back Gloucester and, after being held over or near the line three times, scored their third try from a driving maul.
Written by Paul Rees
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/04/gloucester-newcastle-premiership-match-report under the title “Newcastle Falcons relegated as Gloucester book a play-off place”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
