By JON NEWCOMBE
HAVING been part of Newcastle’s best-performing Premiership team for two decades last season, ‘new’ signing Evan Olmstead returns to find the club in an altogether different situation.
After lifting the Mitre 10 Cup with Auckland and playing a starring role in helping Canada qualify for the World Cup, Olmstead has re-joined the Falcons in the midst of a relegation battle, and one they will do well to win.
Dean Richards’ side are cut nine points adrift at the foot of the league with only eight games to go. It is getting to the now-or-never stage for la...