WITH Newcastle’s rugby director starting a threematch ban for criticising last weekend’s referee, the only Dean Richards on duty at Kingston Park was his touch judge namesake. The Falcons shrugged off the absence of their boss in the first half before imploding in the second and head coach Dave Walder said: “It was tough. We shot ourselves in the foot and didn’t execute very well in the second half.
“If you give good teams that much ball in your half you cause problems for yourself. The way we conceded points was disappointing and it’s somethin...