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Tait vows to improve Newcastle`s defensive Newcastle's new assistant coach Alan Tait has spoken of the challenge facing him as he returns for a second spell at Kingston Park, having helped the Falcons to Premiership glory a decade ago as a player. The dual-code Lions international was instrumental in the 1998 Premiership triumph with 18 starts that season, but having been installed on the club's coaching staff the hard-hitting and straight-talking Scot is now masterminding defensive strategy for the current crop. Greeted by a stadium unrecognisable from that which he left nine years ago, Tait looked back to his own playing days in the North-East. "I have absolutely fantastic memories of my time here, with a very special group of people and outstanding supporters," he said. "I wish in those days we'd had the facilities and... [read full story]
