Newcastle Falcons managed to hang on for a hard-fought victory over Saracens, earning their fourth consecutive home win at Kingston Park and climbing off the bottom of the Premiership. Try scorers Alex Hearle and Adam Radwan, along with seven points from Brett Connon, helped secure the win despite early and late tries from Tobias Elliott and Tom Willis for Saracens. The visitors ended with 14 players after Hugh Tizard's red card for a dangerous tackle.
Newcastle Falcons climbed off the bottom of the Premiership as they hung on to deservedly beat Saracens for the first time since 2009.Alex Hearle and Adam Radwan scored their tries, added to seven points from the boot of Brett Connon as they won a fourth straight match at Kingston Park.
But Theo Dan, who was part of the England squad for the autumn games, is a fine replacement for hooker George and he showed why with a fantastic burst of pace through midfield in the move which ended with Elliott scoring in the corner for the fourth time in the competition this season.Boosted by ending their 25-game Premiership losing streak last month against Exeter and three straight wins in the Premiership Rugby Cup, they turned the match around by half-time.
The visitors struggled to gain momentum to threaten a comeback as they were met by a fired up home side, who were growing in confidence. And Tizard saw red after the Television Match Offical decided that his challenge on Arnold, for which the Irish centre had to be carried from the field, merited a sending off while Arnold was given a yellow card.
"We're going to have a great night tonight, we've got three days off and we've chartered a jet to go to Pau.Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall told BBC Sport:
NEWCASTLE FALCONS SARACENS PREMIERSHIP TRY WIN
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