Chick back to face Sharks

Newcastle Falcons have brought in a raft of familiar faces for Friday’s pivotal Premiership Rugby Cup clash at home to northern rivals Sale Sharks.

The 7.45pm kick-off at Kingston Park pits the two unbeaten teams in pool one against each other – Newcastle and Sale having both recorded a perfect ten points from their two outings so far in a competition which sees the five group winners and three best runners-up progressing to the quarter-finals.