Dragons left stunned as high-shot call goes against them A moment that changed everything at Rodney Parade A routine Friday night in Newport turned into uproar as the Dragons’ clash with Leinster ended in controversy that Welsh fans are still seething over. With the Dragons trailing 17-10 late on, Levi Douglas burst for the line […]

3 months ago

“Just tie your lace, Pete, and we’ll have a chat.” Peter O’Mahony got into it with Taine Basham, Rhodri Williams, Ross Moriarty, JJ Hanrahan, referee Sam Grove-White, and whoever else wanted some, as Munster fell to a spirited Dragons at Rodney Parade. For the first time in the various incarnations of what is now the […]

3 years ago

Dragons head coach Bernard Jackman will miss his side’s upcoming games against Edinburgh and Leinster for comments he made about referee Ian Davies following his side’s 23-15  defeat to the Cardiff Blues last weekend. Jackman said Davies was “inconsistent” with his officiating and that he made some ‘poor decisions’ with the former Leinster hooker receiving a four-match ban for […]

7 years ago

Dragons and Wales number eight Ross Moriarty has said that Leinster captain Johnny Sexton is given preferential treatment by referees following his yellow card tackle on the Ireland fly-half during the Dragons 52-10 loss to the PRO14 champions earlier this month. Moriarty was sin binned for a late tackle on Sexton just before half-time at […]

8 years ago

Dragons badly needed that win. Last weekend, Bernard Jackman’s side were thumped 52-10 to drop their second game of the Guinness PRO14 season. On Saturday, at Rodney Parade, they got back on track. Dragons scored first half tries from Arwel Robson and Dafydd Howells and were 16-5 up when, after 58 minutes, their momentum was halted. […]

8 years ago

There’s only so much that you can take from a 52-10 drubbing in a game that Leinster entered as 35-point favourites, but nevertheless, the PRO14 champions showed during Saturday’s annihilation of the Dragons that their attack is firing on all cylinders. The domestic and European champions scored 119 tries in all competitions last year and […]

8 years ago