By JON NEWCOMBE

Foraging flanker Josh Bainbridge is looking forward to starting his Newcastle Falcons career after a whirlwind pre-season.
Now 27, Bainbridge has had to wait patiently for a full-time Premiership move after a deal to join Bristol at the end of the 2018/19 season fell through at the last minute.
Aside from a brief loan spell at Bath, all of Bainbridge’s senior rugby has been played in the Championship, at Leeds and Jersey Reds and then Coventry.
But now he is bound for the Falcons and excited to be a part of a new-look squad under incoming head coach Alex Codling.
“It’s tak...