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Newcastle name team for Saturday

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Newcastle Falcons have named their team for Saturday's Guinness Premiership trip to Leicester Tigers (kick-off 1.30pm).

With illness ravaging its way through the Falcons camp, director of rugby Steve Bates will assess a number of his squad on Saturday morning to decide whether or not they take the field, but has already ruled out fly-half Rory Clegg and former Tigers back row Adam Balding.

Newcastle Falcons team to face Leicester Tigers:
15 Tom May
14 Tim Visser
13 Spencer Davey
12 Tane Tu'ipulotu
11 John Rudd
10 Rob Miller
9 Hall Charlton
1 Jon Golding
2 Matt Thompson
3 David Wilson
4 Tim Swinson
5 Mark Sorenson
6 Ed Williamson
7 Brent Wilson
8 Phil Dowson (captain)

Replacements:
16 Rob Vickers
17 Micky Ward
18 Andy Perry
19 Geoff Parling
20 James Grindal
21 Tom Dillon
22 Steve Jones