{"id":406773,"date":"2026-02-04T04:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406773\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T04:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:27:12","slug":"newcastle-close-in-on-full-squad-of-new-recruits-with-latest-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406773\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle close in on full squad of new recruits with latest addition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saracens\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/brandon-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Jackson<\/a> will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/newcastle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle<\/a> Red <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls<\/a> player next season, with the 24-year-old heading north on a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>The 6\u20193 flyer can play wing or centre and has scored 13 tries in his 29 appearances for Sarries, including one in this season\u2019s Gallagher PREM victory at Kingston Park.<\/p>\n<p>A former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/england\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> U20s and 18s international, Jackson has also touched down 26 tries in 35 games for Championship side Ampthill and spoke of his delight at securing his place in the Red Bulls revolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to join Newcastle Red Bulls,\u201d said Jackson, who started for Sarries in Friday\u2019s PREM Rugby Cup victory at Kingston Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club is really building something special. I\u2019m excited for the challenge ahead and can\u2019t wait to get stuck in and get to work with the group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sporting general manager Neil McIlroy said: \u201cBrandon is a talented English player who will add to our group, and we\u2019re looking forward to working with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe scores tries on a regular basis, he\u2019s a big physical presence and it\u2019s great that aspiring players like him see Newcastle Red Bulls as a club where they can fulfil their ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle\u2019s new recruits \u2013 in the order they signed:<br \/>Hoskins Sotutu (Blues)<br \/>Josh Hodge (Exeter)<br \/>Franco Molina (Western Force)<br \/>Rusi Tuima (Exeter Chiefs)<br \/>Elliot Millar Mills (Northampton)<br \/>Sam Graham (Northampton)<br \/>Bryn Gordon (Blues)<br \/>Raffi Quirke (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/sale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sale<\/a> Sharks)<br \/>Fehi Fineanganofo (Hurricanes)<br \/>Cam Jordan (Gloucester)<br \/>Pouri Rakete-Stones (Hurricanes)<br \/>Joji Nasova (Fijian Drua)<br \/>Will Rigg (Exeter)<br \/>Max Hicks (Perpignan)<br \/>Zack Henry (Stade Fran\u00e7ais)<br \/>George Turner (Harlequins)<br \/>Brandon Jackson (Saracens)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saracens\u2019 Brandon Jackson will be a Newcastle Red Bulls player next season, with the 24-year-old heading north on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-406773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406773","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=406773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}