Ryan fears Dragons will flop without extra funding

By ALEX BYWATER

PREVIEW...Dragons v EdinburghToday. Kick-off 2pm, Principality StadiumDRAGONS director of rugby Dean Ryan has called on the WRU to improve his team’s financial backing or risk seeing the men from Newport fall away in the new PRO16.The Rodney Parade side come in last behind their regional rivals Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Scarlets when it comes to the amount of central funding they receive from the WRU.Before Covid-19 struck, Dragons were operating on an annual budget of circa £3.4m behind Cardiff (£4.9m,) Ospreys (£5.3m) and Scarlets (&...

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