By Leipziger
June 22 2007

Phil Dowson will captain a 54-man squad, made up of 40 senior players and 14 from the senior academy, for Newcastle Falcons in 2007/08. New-boys Carl Hayman and Steve Jones are joined by the returning Ross Beattie, whilst a number of players including Ross Batty, Eni Gesinde, Ed Williamson, Rob Vickers and Tom Dillon are promoted to senior status.

Newcastle Falcons 2007/08:

Props (9): Joe McDonnell, Micky Ward, Johnny Williams, David Wilson, Jon Golding, Carl Hayman, Oliver Tomazszcyk (senior academy), Robbie Kalbraier (senior academy), Rupert Harden (senior academy) 

Hookers (4): Ross Batty, Andy Long, Matt Thompson, Rob Vickers 

Second row (7): Andy Buist, Jason Oakes, Andy Perry, Mark Sorenson, Sean Tomes, Stuart Walker (senior academy), Tim Swinson (senior academy) 

Back row (11): Ross Beattie, Phil Dowson (captain), Eni Gesinde, Geoff Parling, Ed Williamson, Brent Wilson, Russell Winter, Ben Woods, Phil Dawson (senior academy), Greg Irvin (senior academy), Peter Browne (senior academy)

Scrum-halves (5): Hall Charlton, Lee Dickson, James Grindal, Micky Young (senior academy), Ross Samson (senior academy) F

ly-halves (5): Jonny Wilkinson, Toby Flood, Steve Jones, Rob Miller (senior academy), Gavin Beasley (senior academy) 

Centres (6): Tom Dillon, Mark Mayerhofler, Jamie Noon (vice captain), Mathew Tait, Adam Dehaty (senior academy), Alex Tait (senior academy) 

Wings (5): James Hoyle, Tom May, Ollie Phillips, John Rudd, Tim Visser 

Full-backs (2): Matthew Burke, Joe Shaw