Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player vn0a38coy28 Mark McAdam, who was on the club's staff at the time and has got to know Howe well in the years since. But within 18 months the club had retained their league status before then winning promotion the following season, the start of a decade-long journey which would, eventually, lead him to St James' Park. vn0a38coy28 Then there is Bevan Rodd, a prop who will be winning just his second cap and was drafted into the squad only as cover following coronavirus-related withdrawals. Among them is Joe Marler, who only exited self-isolation on Friday having contracted coronavirus, yet has still been named on the bench. vn0a38coy28 Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player vn0a38coy28