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• Newcastle 21-32 Saracens
• Falcons’ Niki Goneva sees try controversially disallowed

It may be the start of a brand new season but for Newcastle this was a particularly frustrating case of deja vu. To describe the Falcons’ historic success rate against Saracens as modest is a sizeable understatement and, predictably, the visitors left the north east with a 20th consecutive victory over their hosts in all competitions.

By no stretch of the imagination, though, could this be dismissed as a routine contest, containing as it did a notable array of “You are the Ref” moments, which fundamentally shaped the outcome. Despite being reduced to 13 men at one stage, Sarries took advantage of two of these pivotal decisions to secure an unlikely bonus-point victory, which featured a couple of tries for Alex Lewington on his league debut for his new club.

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