Dean Richard's Aviva Premiership comeback was wrecked by Bath at Kingston Park, as the opening game of the new season turned into a particularly damp squib.
Newcastle’s director of rugby had waited four years for this special occasion after serving his Bloodgate ban and re-surfacing in the second tier of the English game 12 months ago.
Yet it was a grim match in filthy conditions, watched by a meagre crowd of 4,616, and there was no fairy-tale script for Richards as his promoted side were emphatically beaten in an arm-wrestle encounter.
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