DISAPPOINTED not to take more chances, Steve Bates stopped short of bemoaning a bonus point lost.
Falcons rugby director Bates was more concerned with delighting in a sixth straight Guinness Premiership win than trifling over the extra point.
Newcastle scored two tries through Tim Visser and Tom May’s overtime special, ending Harlequins’ five-match winning streak while extending their good run.
The Falcons are now on their best run since winning the inaugural Premiership title in 1998 – and that cuts more cloth with Bates than the failure to convert every chance created at Kingston Park yesterday.
Bates said: “We could have made it a lot easier for ourselves, we created three or four good chances that we didn’t take.
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Bates forgives Falcons' six-shooters
Bates forgives Falcons' six-shooters
