Edinburgh ........ 21 Newcastle ...... 26
A LATE try from Junior World Cup winner Callum Chick help Newcastle beat Edinburgh on Friday night and complete an unbeaten pre-season at BT Murrayfield on Friday night.
A driving maul in the left corner failed to deliver a try as the visitors kicked a penalty into touch, but the Falcons nosed ahead on five minutes when Chris Harris sliced through.
But Edinburgh drawing themselves level on 17 minutes when replacement hooker Stuart McInally dotted down in the left corner.
Evan Olmstead stole an Edinburgh lineout in his own 22, and the big Canadian international continued his amazing scoring run when he dived in for his third try in three games and a 14-7 lead at the break.
Newcastle handed a debut to Tongan international Opeti Fonua and inform winger Zach Kibirige as the second half got underway and the pair combined for a fine try within a minute of the resumption.
Fonua running through two tacklers with his first touch and offloading to Juan Pablo Socino, setting in motion an attack which ended with Kibirige scoring.
The home side hit back when Solomoni Rasolea pumped his legs for a try and when he set up Duncan Weir for his try the hosts led 21-19.
But it wasn’t to be as No.8 Chick reached out from close range to snatch the win for the Falcons.