Chris Mepham makes his full debut at the Stadium of Light after Regis Le Bris opted to name Dan Ballard on the substitute’s bench.

Ahead of Saturday's clash with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick was planning on picking up the phone to his good friend Wayne Rooney.

Ahead of his first Wear-Tees derby, Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris says that Newcastle are the Black Cats' true rivals.

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