Falcons Abandon Foreign Policy to Send Out Entire Team of Englishmen

Western Mail › October 06, 2006

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Newcastle falcons will achieve a rare feat when they host the Scarlets at Kingston Park in the EDF Energy Cup tonight. For their starting XV consists entirely of native Englishmen, something almost unheard of over the border since rugby union went professional 11 years ago.

There's no Jonny Wilkinson - surprise, surprise, he's still on the injured list - while Australia great Matt Burke is another who sits out the Pool C tie through injury.

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Falcons Abandon Foreign Policy to Send Out Entire Team of Englishmen

But England squad member Toby Flood, who is Wilkinson's highly- rated underst...

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