{"id":18314,"date":"2024-06-06T10:49:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T10:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/jack-metcalf-newcastle-sign-versatile-back-from-doncaster\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T10:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T10:49:42","slug":"jack-metcalf-newcastle-sign-versatile-back-from-doncaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/jack-metcalf-newcastle-sign-versatile-back-from-doncaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Metcalf: Newcastle sign versatile back from Doncaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Newcastle Falcons have signed Doncaster Knights back Jack Metcalf on a one-year deal.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Metcalf, 23, joined Doncaster from Ealing Trailfinders in January 2023, having previously played in the Premiership for Sale Sharks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He scored six tries in 12 games for the Knights in the Championship last season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be joining Newcastle Falcons and grateful for the opportunity,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk\/jack-metcalf-joins-newcastle-falcons\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"> said <span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a>Metcalf, who can play on the wing, full-back or at centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a good group up there with all the new signings coming in and the lads who are already at the club, so it\u2019s an exciting time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Newcastle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cx995d5w2plo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">endured a torrid season on the field in 2023-24,<\/a> finishing bottom of the Premiership after losing all 18 regular-season games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c800yrep844o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle Falcons have signed Doncaster Knights back Jack Metcalf on a one-year deal. Metcalf, 23, joined Doncaster from Ealing Trailfinders in January 2023, having previously played in the Premiership for Sale Sharks. He scored six tries in 12 games for the Knights in the Championship last season. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be joining Newcastle Falcons and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18316,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18314\/revisions\/18316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}