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Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... crossed for a try in the first half followed by a brace in the second 40 minutes, with fly-half Shane Geraghty kicking three penalties and two conversions for the visitors. Newcastle's try came at the end of the opening stanza from wing Tom Biggs, with stand-off Jimmy Gopperth kicking a solitary penalty for Steve Bates' side. Threesy peasy: Chris Ashton (left) bagged a hat-trick of...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... squad ahead of the recent Australia match. The former Wigan Warriors full-back, 22, enabled Shane Geraghty to put a disappointing autumn series behind him when he finished off in the corner early on after the stand-off caught Newcastle napping with a floated pass out to his colleague rather than taking a penalty in front of the posts. Penalties were traded between Jimmy Gopperth and...
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Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Upended: Joe AnsbroAlso seeEngland hopeful Chris Ashton crossed for three scores as Northampton upset Newcastle 28-8 at Kingston Park on Friday.The former Wigan rugby league back crossed for a try in the first half followed by a brace in the second 40 minutes, with fly-half Shane Geraghty kicking three penalties and two conversions for the visitors. Newcastle's try came at the end of...
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Ashton: hat-trickNorthampton wing Chris Ashton scored a hat-trick of tries as Saints secured a fourth straight win in all competitions. The 6,522 strong crowd, Newcastle's best of the season to date, were on their feet during the opening exchanges as Ashton's loose tap-back from a Shane Geraghty chip put the Saints in trouble.Jimmy Gopperth was first to the ball and he hacked ahead but...
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Jim Mallinder:Northampton boss Jim Mallinder praised Chris Ashton after the winger scored his first Guinness Premiership hat-trick in the 28-8 win over Newcastle at Kingston Park. "He is improving all the time and he had a good all-round game tonight. Not just his try-scoring, but his kicking and defence and he is working very hard at improving," Mallinder said.Mallinder also praised fly-half Shane...
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Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... ball, so we should be in for a decent spectacle," said Gopperth. "With guys like Bruce Reihana and Shane Geraghty in their side they will look to play and have a go. "We're aware of those threats and have our own plans in place there, but for us it's mainly just a case of concentrating on ourselves and continuing to improve all the time. "The win at Bath was huge because it gave us...
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Total Flanker (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... - it hasn't been at all obvious what the team has been trying to achieve. Playing a 2nd ⅝ in Shane Geraghty should have released England's strike runners but all we appeared to do was line up way behind the gain line and move the ball laterally. And then, against New Zealand, we pick an inside centre who can't pass? Clearly something is amiss. If Martin Johnson is team manager,...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
There was an illuminating moment on the eve of England's eighth consecutive defeat at the hands of the All Blacks. Asked to explain why he had left some of his most creative attacking spirits – Shane Geraghty, Mathew Tait, Tom Croft – on the replacements' bench, Martin Johnson furrowed his brow, sighed wearily and muttered "Ah, that word 'creativity' again", as...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... elite squad, was more a reflection of the injury crisis and Martin Johnson's doubts about Shane Geraghty, but the Biarritz player did all that what was asked of him. Shane Geraghty: 6/10 Failed to replicate his Premiership form in a system that often saw him hitting rucks rather than taking the ball to the line. And yet his cameo against the All Blacks showed he could...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... he does have — the trade-off between a Croft and a Worsley, for example, of Ayoola Erinle and Shane Geraghty.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Johnson earned a reprieve with the yeoman heave he evinced from his men on Saturday. But he cannot continue to draw down on good will. Sport is entertainment after all. And defeat is not good for business. If Johnson is to get this England team moving he has to start by evicting his totem from No 10. Shane Geraghty has more steps than Cristiano Ronaldo and an eye for space that Wilkinson...
