Heineken Cup: Falcons making Headingley nest

Headingley is set to become the second home for Newcastle Falcons, who visit the Leeds club tonight for the first of three matches on the famous turf in five weeks.

Leeds’ undersoil heating has come to the rescue of the Falcons’ twice-postponed Heineken Cup Pool Six game against Leinster while the Tykes will host Rob Andrew’s side in the Powergen Cup quarter-finals on Sunday week and in the Zurich Premiership on February 10.