Tim Fleming

Proven: Falcons defence coach Nick Easter
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DEAN Richards has done well to lure Nick Easter back to the Premiership - personally I would rather have Easter in charge of my defence than Dominic Waldouck who has left Falcons to join Gloucester’s staff.
While Waldouck was a fine player in his early 20s, his stint as player-coach at Newcstle last season was his first foray into coaching and he is totally untested at Premiership level.
Easter was unlucky to be dumped by Harlequins following a couple of mediocre campaigns - it is not easy to go straight fr...