DEAN Richards claimed he had not seen his Newcastle team defend as badly for a “very long time” in a dreadful first half.
The Newcastle boss said: “Defensively we were woeful in the first half and some huge errors from a few individuals cost us.
“We turned it around in the second half which we won 14-9 but we are disappointed we did not come away with a little bit more than a bonus point.
“That first 30 minutes was the worse we have defended in a long, long time. A few key individuals made key mistakes at key times. Even when they went down to 14 men we did n...