Birch is set to stay at Thunder.(Sport)

From: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) | Date: September 27, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: By Jeff Bowron

Former Redcliffe Dolphins scrum half Chris Birch could return to Gateshead for a second season after appearing to be heading for the Thunderdome exit, (writes Jeff Bowron).

The 21-year-old Australian playmaker enraged chairman Bill Midgley when he openly criticised the Board at the Tynesiders Annual Presentation Evening.

Midgley and fellow director Bill Davidson subsequently boycotted the biggest game in Thunder's history whe...

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