{"id":248578,"date":"2025-07-08T17:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/248578\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T17:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:44:10","slug":"newcastle-exodus-continues-with-talented-winger-moving-to-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/248578\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle exodus continues with talented winger moving to France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Popular winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/ben-stevenson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Stevenson<\/a> is the latest player to depart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/newcastle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> Falcons after signing a two-year contract with French side RC Vannes.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old made 98 appearances for the Falcons, including 60 in the Gallagher Premiership, in his nine years at the club.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the club\u2019s academy, the winger scored five tries in 15 league outings this season.<\/p>\n<p>Falcons director of rugby Steve Diamond said: \u201cBen has been a great servant to Newcastle but has taken up an opportunity to play in France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish him all the best for his move, and thank him for his contribution during his time with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stenson joins a growing list of players leaving for pastures new amidst the ongoing uncertainty about the club\u2019s finances. No update has been given on Red Bull\u2019s proposed investment, and the club\u2019s annual accounts are overdue.<\/p>\n<p>Since December 2024, first-teamers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/pedro-rubiolo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pedro Rubiolo<\/a> (Bristol and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/max-pepper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Pepper<\/a> (both Bristol), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/ben-redshaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Redshaw<\/a> (Gloucester), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/callum-chick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Callum Chick<\/a> (Northampton), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/jamie-blamire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Blamire<\/a> (Leicester), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/josh-bainbridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Bainbridge<\/a> (Doncaster), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/louis-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louis Brown<\/a> (Worcester) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/jack-metcalf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Metcalf<\/a> (unattached) have all moved on.<\/p>\n<p>Metcalf has been on a month-long trial with Leeds Rhinos but is thought to be joining Stevenson in northern France, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/rouen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rouen<\/a> his rumoured destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Popular winger Ben Stevenson is the latest player to depart Newcastle Falcons after signing a two-year contract with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-248578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114818859833761360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}