Article: Winning is all that matters to Bates.(Sport)

Article: Rugby has reacted in right way to ensure no repeat of Stevens ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  December 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... director and ex-Wasps and England scrum-half Steve Bates said player welfare and support simply must move ... a wake-up call for rugby in general. Left, Newcastle Falcons' Steve Bates has welcomed moves to avoid any repeat.

Article: Bates is happy with his shake-up success; After a summer of ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  November 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Luke Edwards THE closest Newcastle Falcons have come to the Heineken ... of the stuff to believe Steve Bates' newly-constructed side ... VISION OF THE FUTURE Newcastle Falcons boss Steve Bates has been slowly rebuilding

Article: Rugby Union: No place in rugby for drugs, insists Falcons ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  January 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... his impending punishment, a lengthy ban he will receive. Newcastle Falcons furnish the testers with a daily training schedule and those ... this may prove time-consuming, Falcons rugby director Steve Bates' desire to spend whatever time, whenever necessary is ...

Article: Bates starting to get hands dirty; After three months in ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  May 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... reluctant lead role in the melodrama that was the Newcastle Falcons last season, Steve Bates is relishing his chance to start directing ... as individuals CAPTION(S): EXPECTATIONS Steve Bates feels he already has the nucleus of a side ...

Article: Falcons coach is right up for the Challenge ahead; A ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  December 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Gloucester. Two straight losses might have brought rugby director Steve Bates and Co down to earth with a ceremony-free bump, but the Kingston ... CAPTION(S): MUST TRY HARDER Falcons lose at Gloucester. Right, Steve Bates.

Article: Rugby Union: Bates: Falcons can still be successful; It has been ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  March 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... uncomfortably close to the bottom of the Guinness Premiership, Newcastle Falcons chairman Dave Thompson has simultaneously succeeded in his ... anything other than black and white, success or failure. For Steve Bates, who has the remainder of the campaign to try to convince ...

Article: Rugby Union: Unity the key for troubled Falcons; Newcastle ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  October 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... craft out of troubled Newcastle United. Now, with his struggling Newcastle Falcons side buffeted by talk of unpaid bills, winding-up orders and takeovers, Steve Bates is calling for his players to emerge stronger from another troubling ...