By SIMON THOMAS

Dragons ............. 14pts
Tries: Basham 26, O’Brien 40
Conversions: O’Brien 27, 40

Montpellier ..... 18pts
Tries: Tambwe 13, Tauleigne 21
Conversion: Barreau 22
Penalties: Barreau 3, 8
THE Dragons went down to a seventh straight defeat despite dominating the second half of their Challenge Cup opener at Rodney Parade.
It looked as though they had done the hard part in fighting back to trail by just four points at the break after playing into the wind and driving rain.
But even though they then monopolised territory and possession with the...