"Teammate vs Teammate" Newcastle Falcons Announce Squads for 'True North Origin' Fixture

Codling has divided his squad into four 'regions', for a series of challenges before the first ever True North Origin match takes place at Kingston Park. This match is open to the Falcons fans, and puts the players drafted into the counties of Northumberland and Tyne & Wear in the 'North' squad. They will take on the 'South' squad of Cumbria and Durham.

The rulers of the 'True North' will be decided, as the Falcons stars face off against one-another. The runs down the 'eligibility laws': "Each of the four groups are made up of players from or born in that region and those who aren’t are randomly allocated to even things out."

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Northumberland, captained by powerhouse back-rower Callum Chick and Tyne & Wear, captained by prop forward Phil Brantingham will form the North squad, which is as follows:

Callum Chick (captain), Josh Barton, Ollie Fletcher, Rory Jennings, Isaac Keller, Charlie Maddison, Kiran McDonald, Elliott Obatoyinbo, Matias Orlando, Richard Palframan, Tom Penny, Josh Peters, Iwan Stephens, Philip van der Walt.

Phil Brantingham (captain), Mateo Carreras, Sebastian de Chaves, Mark Dormer, Ben Douglas, Nathan Greenwood, Cam Hutchison, John Kelly, Zach Kerr, Mike Rewcastle, Pedro Rubiolo, Adam Scott, Corbin Thunder, George Wacokecoke.

A combination between Cumbria, captained by fly-half Brett Connon and Durham, captained by speedster Adam Radwan will form the South squad, with the full list of players found below:

Brett Connon (captain), Finn Baker, Jamie Blamire, Bryan Byrne, Sam Clark, Luke Coulston, Louie Johnson, Ollie Leatherbarrow, Murray McCallum, Matias Moroni, Ben Redshaw, Oliver Spencer, Sam Stuart, Marcus Tiffen.

Adam Radwan (captain), Josh Bainbridge, Eduardo Bello, Adam Brocklebank, Louis Brown, Tim Cardall, Freddie Lockwood, Hugh O’sullivan, Jacob Oliver, Guy Pepper, Vereimi Qorowale, Ben Stevenson, Mark Tampin, Josh Thomas.