Joel Hodgson misses late chance to snatch Newcastle win over Leicester

• Newcastle 13-14 Leicester• Hodgson fires last-minute drop goal wide as Falcons miss outNewcastle’s replacement fly-half Joel Hodgson missed a last-gasp drop goal attempt as Leicester edged to a frenetic 14-13 Premiership win at Kingston Park.After last week’s horror show at Bath, Newcastle started with real purpose and led 10-0 through an early try from Juan Pablo Socino plus a Mike Delany conversion and penalty. They led for most of the match in front of a crowd of 6,750 but Mike Fitzgerald’s try midway through the first half and three Freddie Burns penalties gave Leicester the victory. Rel…