By PAUL REES

Newcastle may be adrift at the bottom of the Premiership but Steve Diamond remains an advocate for promotion and relegation.
The Falcons will be in the top flight next season because only one Championship club met the entry criteria for the top flight – Doncaster, who will finish among the also-rans.
“One of the biggest hurdles is the criteria, but you need to have minimum standards in the governance of any sport,” said Diamond, the consultant rugby director at Newcastle who earlier this year advised the second tier clubs and the RFU during talks over revamping the Championsh...