Great to watch

Sharp has managed to add a dropgoal to the scoreline, a difficult position on the pitch with about 30 metre distance he slots it right between the posts.

Newcastle managed to put together 14 phases inside Bedfords 22. The ball reaches the hands of Ryan Shortland who has 5 metres to run and dives for the left corner. TMO used to confirm.

Falcons coming in from an offside position in a ruck allow Sharp's boot to push the Blues ahead 6-3 after 15 minutes.

5 minutes in and the Falcons have already got scoring underway from the boot of flyhalf Jimmy Gopperth. A 30 metre kick in front of the posts puts his side 12 points ahead on aggregate.

Good evening everyone and welcome to todays live analysis of this encounter between the Newcastle Falcons and Bedford Blues. The Falcons take a 9 point lead into todays championship play-off second leg and will use this as a cushion while the Blues will look to deny the Falcons of Premiership Promotion and will look to see themselves playing higher standard rugby for the 2013/2014 season.