Saracens boss Mark McCall showed due respect to a Newcastle side who handled the torrid conditions better.
McCall admitted having the likes of Jamie George and Maro Itoje not playing after the autumn Tests “wasn’t ideal” but said: “We were missing some internationals but we still had a lot of good experienced players playing and we weren’t anywhere near good enough.
“Newcastle were better organised than we were, they were better coached, and they thoroughly deserved to win.
“We had 14 players away while Falcons had their whole squad together for the last four weeks. That was a bit of an adva...