Newcastle v Harlequins: Teams

Newcastle Falcons head coach Alan Tait has recalled Lions prop Euan Murray for the visit of Harlequins on Friday.

The return of Murray is one of two changes made by the Falcons following the crucial win over Leeds - with Brent Wilson also starting.

"Friday at home to Harlequins is a massive chance to put things right at Kingston Park, especially in light of how badly we finished our last home match against Exeter," said Tait.

"Hopefully we can get the crowd in and win them over on the back of the Leeds result, but it's a short turnaround between games and we need to follow it up with a win."

Harlequins will make the trip to Kingston Park determined to make amends for their defeat to London Irish last time out.

Quins currently lie just one point off the play-off places - with a victory against the struggling Falcons vital if they are to stay in the hunt.

Quins boss Conor O'Shea has made just the one change to his line-up - with Worcester-bound Ceri Jones replacing Joe Marler in the front-row.

After the disappointment of last week's close encounter with London Irish, Harlequins turn their attentions to their Northern rivals for Friday's away trip to Kingston Park in the Aviva Premiership.

Sitting in seventh place on the table, the tightly contested league sees Quins just one point off a valuable top four spot and the London side know that a win against Newcastle is vital.

Newcastle: 15 Jeremy Manning, 14 Luke Fielden, 13 Luke Eves, 12 James Fitzpatrick, 11 Alex Tait, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Micky Young, 8 Ally Hogg, 7 Brent Wilson, 6 Tim Swinson, 5 Andrew Van der Heijden, 4 James Hudson, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Matt Thompson, 1 Jon Golding.
Replacements:16 Rob Vickers, 17 Grant Shiells, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Mark Wilson, 20 Alex Gray, 21 Chris Pilgrim, 22 Tane Tu'ipulotu, 23 Tom Catterick.

Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Tom Williams, 13 Ugo Monye, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Ollie Lindsay-Hague, 10 Rory Clegg, 9 Dave Moore, 8 Chris Robshaw (c), 7 Will Skinner, 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 5 Pete Browne, 4 Ollie Kohn, 3 James Johnston, 2 Joe Gray, 1 Ceri Jones.
Replacements: 16 Chris Brooker, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Mark Lambert, 19 Tomas Vallejos, 20 Chris York, 21 Ben Urdapilleta, 22 Tom Casson, 23 Ross Chisholm.