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Newcastle Falcons director receiving oxygen in hospital after 'struggling' with his breathing
By Ian Cameron
An executive director at Newcastle Falcons is currently receiving oxygen in hospital after falling ill with what RugbyPass understands is a presumed case of COVID-19.
Mick Hogan was Manager Director of the club between 2014 and 2018, and continues to work at the club as an Executive Director.
Hogan fell ill in recent days and was admitted to Cramlington Hospital in Northumbria after he had issues with his breathing.
"Thanks for all the good wishes everyone," he Tweeted. "I’m currently on oxygen at Cramlington Hospital after struggling with my breathing yesterday.
"NHS staff have been incredible and the care I’ve received has been out of this world."
Newcastle released a statement this week about the most recent measures the club were taking in response to the virus, including furloughing players.
"Newcastle Rugby Ltd, which includes Newcastle Thunder, Newcastle Falcons and its associated charity, Newcastle Rugby Foundation, is working with all staff to put together a plan aimed at ensuring long-term job retention and the ongoing stability of the business," a statement read.
"This plan will incorporate government help via the furloughed worker scheme for some staff members, and salary reductions.
"This is to ensure that we are in a strong position to move forwards when rugby resumes.
"We thank our staff members for their understanding during this difficult period."
Newcastle Falcons currently sit top of the Green King IPA Championship, which has been canned by the RFU. It remains to be seen if the Falcons will be promoted to the Gallagher Premiership, as Ealing Trailfinders have suggested that they are looking into the legality of a potential Falcons promotion.
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
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It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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