Boro new boys set for debuts

Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren will hand debuts to three new signings for tomorrow’s Premiership opener against north-east rivals Newcastle at the Riverside.

Jimmy Hasselbaink, Ray Parlour and Michael Reiziger, who has recovered from a shoulder injury sustained in pre-season, should all start against the Magpies.

Another of McClaren’s new boys Mark Viduka, however, is sidelined as the Australia international serves a two-match suspension to start the season.

Team (from): Schwarzer, Boateng, Doriva, Downing, Ehiogu, Hasselbaink, Job, Juninho, Maccarone, Wilson, Nemeth, Parlour, Queudrue, Reiziger, Riggott, Southgate, Zenden, Nash.