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Newcastle Falcons team v Sale Sharks (Friday, 7.45pm Kingston Park, live on Discovery+ and TNT Sports red button)

15 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 14 Oli Spencer, 13 Sammy Arnold, 12 Max Clark, 11 Alex Hearle, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart; 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 Jamie Blamire, 3 Murray McCallum, 4 Philip van der Walt, 5 Kiran McDonald, 6 Freddie Lockwood, 7 Cameron Neild, 8 Callum Chick (captain).

Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Micky Rewcastle, 18 Richard Palframan, 19 Sebastian de Chaves, 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 21 Joe Davis, 22 Kieran Wilkinson, 23 Louis Brown.

Not available for selection: Eduardo Bello, Tim Cardall, Luan de Bruin, Tom Gordon, John Kelly, Max Pepper, Ben Redshaw, Ben Stevenson.

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Rob du Preez, 12 Rekeiti Ma’asi White, 11 Tom O’Flaherty, 10 George Ford 9 Gus Warr; 1 Bevan Rodd, 2 Tadgh McElroy, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour 4 Ben Bamber, 5 Jonny Hill, 6 Ernst van Rhyn, 7 Ben Curry (captain), 8 JL du Preez.  

Replacements: 16 Harry Thompson, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 WillGriff John, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Sam Dugdale, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 Sam Bedlow, 23 Arron Reed.

Good to see Ma'asi White getting a start, as well as TCurry getting a well-deserved rest. I also feel less worried about AOF getting overplayed now he's had 8 weeks to recover and heal a bit.

Puja

Those Sale props must be itching to play.

Disappointing there's no Quirke. I assume he's injured again which is a huge frustration.