Newcastle’s Vereniki Goneva wins Premiership player of season award

• Winger helped Newcastle reach title play-offs• Newcastle’s Dean Richards named best director of rugbyNewcastle Falcons’ achievement in reaching this season’s title play-offs has been rewarded with two major accolades at the Aviva Premiership Awards. The Fijian winger Vereniki Goneva has been named player of the season while Dean Richards picked up the best director of rugby award at this year’s ceremony in London.Goneva topped a shortlist also featuring Wasps’ Danny Cipriani, Exeter’s Don Armand, Sale’s Faf de Klerk and Northampton’s Jamie Gibson, having finished as the league’s joint highes…