England backs Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood will miss Newcastle's trip to Wasps on Sunday because of ankle injuries, but should be available the following weekend.

Falcons director of rugby John Fletcher said: "Jonny's ankle hasn't settled as much as we thought it would.

"He was very close to playing this weekend and did most of our training throughout the week.

"Toby being out is a frustration as well because he'd recovered from his previous injury and then just rolled his ankle in training on Monday."

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