International Falcons

Monday 17 July 2023 Written by: Adam


A trio of Newcastle Falcons players featured for Argentina in their dramatic 34-31 away victory over Australia.

Hot-stepper Mateo Carreras started and scored a try for Los Pumas with Matias Moroni and Eduardo Bello featuring from the bench.

Fly-half Louie Johnson also made a cameo for England U20s at the weekend.

The Falcons youngster came on from the bench in their 22-15 defeat to South Africa in the World Rugby U20s Championship. Losing to the Baby Boks meant England finished the tournament in fourth.

Falcons hooker Jamie Blamire, although not in match action, has been part of England’s World Cup training squad at The Lensbury in south-west London.

England’s Rugby World Cup warm-up schedule sees games against Wales in Cardiff (Sat Aug 5), Wales at Twickenham (Sat Aug 12), Ireland in Dublin (Sat Aug 19) and Fiji at Twickenham (Sat Aug 26).