Newcastle’s most up-to-date victory within the competitors was again in March 2023 in opposition to Gloucester, in order that winless interval may have stretched to 18 months by the point the brand new season begins subsequent month with a match at house to Bristol Bears on 20 September.
Nevertheless, Diamond believes that the Falcons have been affected by a dropping tradition for the 4 years since they had been promoted from the Championship.
In that interval, they’ve misplaced 62 of their 84 Premiership video games and by no means completed with greater than two sides beneath them within the closing desk.
Diamond, who arrived on the membership in January after Alex Codling stepped down, has been working arduous on the squad’s health throughout pre-season as he sees that because the bedrock for producing a facet that’s tougher to play in opposition to.
“To be aggressive within the competitors, you have to have a 90% lineout and scrum,” he mentioned.
“To be aggressive, you have to give away single-figure penalties. They’ve not had that for 4 years. To do this, you have to be match.
“Most penalties are given away on the maul or offside in midfield at a ruck – usually groups that are not match. The remainder of it, the ability aspect, comes lastly for me.
“We are going to grow to be a aggressive staff. Once you’re a very good defensive staff, most tries in top-class rugby are created from turnovers from a very good defence, so the fundamentals are there.”