Newcastle United say that the St James Park pitch will be fine despite having had 90 rugby players running around on it over the course of the last week.

As you can see from our exclusive photo, there was slight damage to the St James Park pitch as New Zealand defeated Tonga.

St James Park has sold out for the first time this season, what is more is that the worst seats in the house are going for £175!

The decision to use St James’ Park as a host venue for the 2015 Rugby World Cup was one that I welcomed, and I still do. It’s a great honour…