Newcastle Red Bulls vs Leicester Tigers Prediction: Red Bulls can trample Tigers

Prem Rugby Cup action takes centre stage on Friday night (19:45 BST) as Newcastle Red Bulls prepare to host Leicester Tigers at Kingston Park.

Read below for my Newcastle Red Bulls vs Leicester Tigers predictions, as well as all the essential team news and match odds for the clash up in the north east.

Team News

Starting with Newcastle, the hosts start with a front row of Murray McCallum, skipper Ollie Fletcher and Luan de Bruin.

Oscar Usher and Seb de Chaves start in the second row, with the back row made up of Cameron Neild, Ollie Leatherbarrow and Freddie Lockwood.

Sam Stuart and Brett Connon start in the half-backs, with Nathan Greenwood and Sammy Arnold pairing up in the centres.

Harrison Obatoyinbo, Oli Spencer and Stefan Coetzee start in the back three for the Red Bulls.

As for Leicester, the Tigers start Tarek Haffar, Finn Theobald-Thomas and Tonga Kofe in the front row, with locks Harry Wells and Tom Manz in behind.

Josh Manz, Sam Williams and Joaquín Moro complete the pack in the back row, while Ollie Allan and Orlando Bailey start in the half-backs.

Skipper Joseph Woodward and Will Wand get the green light in the centres, with George Pearson, Gabriel Hamer-Webb and Charlie Titcombe making up the back three for the Tigers.

Newcastle Red Bulls vs Leicester Tigers Odds

Newcastle are available at 11/10 to claim the win on Friday night, while Leicester are 8/11 to go back to the East Midlands with the victory.

A stalemate at Kingston Park is currently available at odds of 20/1.

Newcastle Red Bulls -0.5 handicap @ 11/10

Different clubs use the Prem Rugby Cup for different purposes, and Newcastle head coach Alan Dickens is using it to try and instil some confidence into a side that have had a tough time of things in the Gallagher Prem, while still trying to blood some youngsters.

There are many more established first-team regulars in the Newcastle XV than for Leicester, who have seen their international stars leave camp to join their respective nations ahead of the November internationals.

Newcastle have already made a winning start in the Prem Rugby Cup, thanks to a 26-14 win against Harlequins at Kingston Park last month.

Hoping to leapfrog Leicester at the top of the standings in Pool B, the Red Bulls are backed here to triumph on their own patch, in front of what should be a decent crowd at home.

The Tigers do have dangerous players in their ranks, who will be hoping to impress and put pressure on first-team regulars for their starting jerseys following the Autumn Nations Series.

However, with a home crowd and with more regular first-team players in their ranks, Newcastle are backed to claim the victory and cover the handicap against the Tigers.

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