Newcastle were left with plenty of positives despite their winless run stretching to a sixth Premiership outing.
A measured head coach Alex Codling said: “We’ve only had one day’s training since last Sunday’s game, there’s four Premiership debutants and an 18-yearold full-back out there for us, and I’ve got two overriding emotions.
“One is immense pride, we were 10-5 up after 28 minutes, then 26-10 down after 40 and staring down the barrel – but our response in the second-half was incredible. Our resilience, tenacity and togetherness was outstanding. But for a few kicks we would have been a...