{"id":484141,"date":"2026-03-19T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484141\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:38:09","slug":"newcastle-red-bulls-spending-spree-continues-with-19th-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484141\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle Red Bulls&#8217; spending spree continues with 19th deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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> have dipped into the CHAMP to make Coventry\u2019s former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/scotland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland<\/a> under-18 back-row Allan Ferrie their 19th new signing ahead of next season. <\/p>\n<p>Ferrie, 26, who is English-qualified, has been a regular try-scorer in this season\u2019s CHAMP, dotting down seven times in 15 appearances after joining from Southern Districts in Australia\u2019s Shute Shield last summer.<\/p>\n<p>He started out at his local club, Newton Stewart, before joining Melrose, going on to play Super 6 rugby for the Southern Knights and has an X-Factor, according to Red Bulls Sporting general manager Neil McIlroy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllan hasn\u2019t followed the traditional route into professional rugby, but he has worked incredibly hard and has an X-factor about him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was getting great reviews from his time in Australia, and we have been closely monitoring his progress at Coventry, so he fully deserves this opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fixture<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher Premiership<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/109.png.webp.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> Northampton <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/108.png.webp.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> Newcastle <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/live\/newcastle-vs-northampton\/?g=948542\/\" class=\"link-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>Ferrie, who plays lock as well as on the blindside, played for the Southern Knights in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/doddie-weir\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doddie Weir<\/a> Cup game against Newcastle at Kingston Park and says he cannot wait to move to the North East this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m absolutely buzzing to come up to Newcastle and can\u2019t wait to get started in the summer. I\u2019ve had a great experience with Coventry this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m determined to finish the season strongly with them before throwing everything into what I know is a massive opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI\u2019m actually good mates with Doddie\u2019s sons, which is another link to the club, and then from Southern Knights I moved down to Sydney before getting the chance to go full-time with Coventry this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat has been a big step for me, but I\u2019ve loved the experience, and I\u2019m just determined to keep improving on the back of this move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say ball-carrying would be my main strength. But I just want to learn from all the players and coaches at Newcastle when I arrive in the summer and really make the most of this opportunity,\u201d said Ferrie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle Red Bulls have dipped into the CHAMP to make Coventry\u2019s former Scotland under-18 back-row Allan Ferrie their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-484141","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\/484141","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=484141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}