Wil boosts Toon battle

Newcastle v Edinburgh Today, 3.15pm, BT Sport 2

MARK WILSON, England’s new back-row star, aims to be today’s talk of the Toon.

The 29-year-old Cumbrian, voted Red Rose player of the autumn, returns to the Newcastle side for their vital Champions Cup clash against

Edinburgh.

Wilson missed last week’s defeat in the Scottish capital when Falcons boss Dean Richards paid for sending a weakened side north of the border.

But he is over his ear infection and back for the showdown, which could draw Newcastle’s biggest Euro crowd, along with Vereniki Goneva, Toby Flood, Sinoti Sinoti and John Hardie.