Tait has won just six league games from 36 since taking over the reins from Steve Bates 18 months ago, with his side currently rock-bottom of the Aviva Premiership. In a typically candid and ...

Newcastle director of rugby Steve Bates welcomed Tait's addition ... A star with both Widnes and Leeds in rugby league between 1988 and 1996, Tait made 16 appearances for Great Britain in the ...

Tait is dropped from the 22, while Mike Tindall is at centre and Luke Narraway makes his debut at number eight. Tonga-born rugby league convert Lesley Vainikolo ... flanker for the retired Martin ...

Capped as a youngster by Scotland, Tait then turned his hand to rugby league with Widnes and Leeds ... I was glad to get the chance to work with Steve Bates, in what were admittedly difficult ...

Preferred to Matt Dehaty, who is on loan at Blaydon, Tait is partnered at centre by Tom Dillon with Steve Jones returning ... Director of Rugby John Fletcher said of Tait, Dillon and Jones ...

Newcastle Falcons consultant director of rugby Steve Diamond says there has already ... much lower than the salary cap permitted by the league, and with a smaller squad, new money would allow ...

Long-serving full-back Alex Tait will retire from professional rugby union with Newcastle Falcons at the end of the Premiership season. The 35-year-old has made the fourth-most appearances for the ...

Steve Borthwick and Stuart Abbott. The biggest problem for Robinson, though, is what to do about his troublesome centres if Tait fails to make it. Robinson has struggled to find the best ...