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De Bruin to face former club as Blamire bows out
The Journal
|May 31, 2025
LUAN de Bruin comes into Newcastle Falcons' team for today's trip to his former club, Leicester Tigers.
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The South African packs down on the loose-head side of the scrum as the Falcons end the 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership season at the play-off-chasing Tigers.
The 3.05pm kick-off at Mattioli Woods Welford Road sees De Bruin coming in for Adam Brocklebank who is sidelined with a thumb injury, while winger Max Pepper replaces the suspended Ben Stevenson.
Captain Callum Chick misses out on one last game for the Falcons after sustaining a calf injury - Freddie Lockwood coming in at No.8.
Hooker Jamie Blamire leads the side in his final appearance against the team he will join in the summer, with Louis Brown returning from suspension to take up a place on the bench.
Director of rugby Steve Diamond said: "It's the last hurrah for a lot of these lads, and they're determined to finish on a positive note.
This story is from the May 31, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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