■By JON NEWCOMBE

DAVE WALDER has paid tribute to the old hands in the backline who have helped Newcastle get off to a flying start to the Premiership season.
The newly-promoted Falcons have won all three of their opening games and are second in the table behind champions Exeter.
Michael Young is revelling in the captaincy from scrum-half, Toby Flood is rolling back the years at 12, and outside him, Luther Burrell, below, has hit the ground running after converting back to Union from Rugby League.
When Young turns 32 on New Year’s Eve, the trio will boast 100 years between t...