Newcastle face Wasps in sell-out decider for Premiership third spot

Dean Richards’ side have confounded all expectations and made the play-offs while Sale and Bath will look to do similar on Saturday and squeeze into next season’s Champions CupNewcastle were the first winners of the Premiership in 1998 but since then they have largely floundered in the nether reaches, spending a season in the Championship five years ago. Under Dean Richards the Falcons have taken to the air again, qualifying for the play-offs for the first time and enjoying their highest finish in the Premiership since they won the title.They face Wasps in front of a sell-out crowd at Kingston…