{"id":37337,"date":"2025-08-01T04:27:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/37337\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T04:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:27:06","slug":"newcastle-red-bulls-eye-former-lions-captain-as-marquee-signing-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/37337\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle Red Bulls eye former Lions captain as marquee signing &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udd81 #2. Joe Marchant<\/p>\n<p>A slick, fast-footed centre with 21 England caps, Marchant is currently playing for Stade Fran\u00e7ais in the Top 14. A graduate of the Harlequins system and part of their 2021 Premiership-winning side, he\u2019s proven at both domestic and international level. <\/p>\n<p>His off-field ties to the North East\u2014he\u2019s engaged to Alan Shearer\u2019s daughter, Hollie\u2014make him a romantic and realistic target for the Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfaf #3. Freddie Burns<\/p>\n<p>Best known for his iconic drop goal that clinched the 2022 Premiership title for Leicester Tigers, Burns is a charismatic and experienced playmaker with over 200 Premiership appearances. <\/p>\n<p>A former England international, he\u2019s also played in Japan and New Zealand, bringing a rare global perspective to the game. Comfortable at fly-half or full-back, Burns could add leadership, versatility, and big-game temperament to a developing Falcons squad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/newcastle-red-bulls-eye-former-lions-captain-as-marquee-signing\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUES ON PAGE THREE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83e\udd81 #2. Joe Marchant A slick, fast-footed centre with 21 England caps, Marchant is currently playing for Stade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-37337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}