{"id":402035,"date":"2011-04-27T14:03:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T14:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/27\/falcons-confirm-trio-are-to-leave\/"},"modified":"2011-04-27T14:03:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T14:03:30","slug":"falcons-confirm-trio-are-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/27\/falcons-confirm-trio-are-to-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons confirm trio are to leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"80.0043525571\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6f14b4d0onsexittrio.jpg.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" alt=\"Tane Tu'pulotu, Filipo Levi and Gcobani Bobo\" \/> Tu&#8217;ipulotu (left) is moving to Japan, while Levi (centre) and Bobo are yet to confirm their future post Falcons<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Newcastle Falcons have revealed that centres Gcobani Bobo and Tane Tu&#8217;ipulotu and lock Filipo Levi will leave at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Tu&#8217;ipulotu has secured a move to Japan, while Bobo and Levi are still to confirm where their futures lie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no secrets, they have known for a while,&#8221; Falcons head coach Alan Tait told BBC Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve looked at our type of rugby, where I want to go and brought in players I want, and I&#8217;m still looking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tait added: &#8220;They were all talked about as players we thought about keeping.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is my time as a coach, we&#8217;ve changed our tack a little bit, I&#8217;ve looked at the way I want to play the game and the way I want to structure it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/my_club\/newcastle\/8132344.stm\">Former South Africa international Bobo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/my_club\/newcastle\/8132344.stm\">Levi<\/a>, both 31, have been with the club since the summer of 2009, while <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/my_club\/newcastle\/7451980.stm\">Tu&#8217;ipulotu, 30, arrived in November 2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tait has continued to rebuild and reshape the Falcons squad, with <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/13142362.stm\">five new signings confirmed for the next term<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One player whom Tait is hopeful of retaining at Kingston Park next season is academy graduate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk\/4228_4231.php?player=85104&#038;includeref=dynamic\">Alex Gray<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old back-row forward, who turns 20 on Sunday, has made seven appearances this season as a substitute and notched his first try in March&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/rugby_union\/english\/9412888.stm\" title=\"Newcastle 33-18 Harlequins \">Premiership win over Harlequins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alex is a young kid, and it gets a bit complicated with the academy boys,&#8221; Tait added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve brought him up through the ranks, so he&#8217;s got an allegiance to us only until next year, once that&#8217;s over, he can do what he likes if he doesn&#8217;t sign a longer contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve obviously offered him a longer contract, and agents as agents are, try to get it to the players benefit so hopefully he wants to stay and we want him to stay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6f14b4d0onsexittrio.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/13209657.stm\" title=\"Falcons confirm trio are to leave\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Falcons confirm trio are to leave<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tu&#8217;ipulotu (left) is moving to Japan, while Levi (centre) and Bobo are yet to confirm their future post Falcons Newcastle Falcons have revealed that centres Gcobani Bobo and Tane Tu&#8217;ipulotu and lock Filipo Levi will leave at the end of the season. 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