Where to start? Yes, the champions are struggling with that age-old conundrum that never seemed to bother them in the old days – a defence of their title. But Newcastle. Some people are starting to notice them these days. Leicester played here as if they had not. This 40-point drubbing was the result, the Tigers’ heaviest defeat to the Falcons.
If people are waking up to Newcastle, the loudest noises are being made by the little dynamo on their left wing, another of the latest wave of Argentinians to wreak havoc on rugby’s world order. Mateo Carreras cannot yet call himself an established Puma but the 23-year-old is tearing the Premiership apart this season.
