News about Dwight Gayle

With the country now up for a decision on a potential player strike, Wales' Six Nations stars refused to buckle under pressure from their rugby bosses on Tuesday. It's no exaggeration to say that the very future of Wales' national game rests on what happens in talks between the Welsh Rugby Union and Warren Gatland's players. The Professional Rugby Board, a body made up of representatives from the WRU, the country's four regions, and two independent voters, will meet on Wednesday morning. The PRB will interview every professional player in Wales later this afternoon.

When the club was unable to move them permanently and wanted to trim the roster, players like Isaac Hayden and Dwight Gayle left the Magpies on loan in the summer transfer window. All the players were taken out on a temporary basis by Newcastle's previous owners before the General Investment Fund, based in Saudi Arabia, took over last October. Eddie Howe made it clear that several of those players were no longer part of his schemes, and the club quickly moved to replace the dead wood quickly.

Alex Neil may take several days to pick the bones out of a chaotic opening night as Stoke City's boss. They didn't let it go late, but Tyrese Campbell snagged a point from Aden Flint's header in 90 minutes, just as it looked as if defeat was inevitable. Joel Piroe's sixth-minute goal for the visitors had started to look as if it would be enough to decide the game, but 1-0 would have been an unjust scoreline.