All posts tagged "Dragons"
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoI’m confident I can get back to my best – Hewitt
By ROB COLE Ashton Hewitt can still recall the brace of tries he scored in his last outing for the Dragons...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoFans left at the bottom of the pile when it comes to kick-off times
PETER JACKSON A summer of sorrow over Llanelli draws towards a close, leaving the Scarlets to prepare for their 150th anniversary...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years ago‘New era’ dawns for re-named Dragons RFC
Newport-based Dragons are to rebrand as "Dragons RFC", in a move to designed to build the identity of the club. Dragons,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFlanagan takes the reins at Dragons
THE Dragons have appointed Scarlets backs coach Dai Flanagan as the new head coach, as part of a revamped coaching structure...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEuropean sides need to rise to the SA challenge
BY NEIL DE KOCK If you had said after the first six weeks of the competition that the Stormers would be...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBears chief Lam looks to avoid another stuttering start
By PAUL REES PAT LAM is making sure that Bristol hit the ground running next season by arranging three warm-up matches,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEclectic mix make the Pumas a force to be reckoned with
IT is far from ideal that Argentina no longer have a Super Rugby team but I have always maintained the true...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoDragons hunt for new head coach
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE DRAGONS are pondering a shake-up of their backroom team with a new head coach set to be...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoOut-of-puff Dragons fail to find home comfort
By DELME PARFITT Dragons ..............11pts Tries: Dyer 25 Penalties: Reed 37, 40 Lions ..................21pts Tries: Van der Merwe 34, Venter...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWales prop Rob Evans to swap Scarlets for Dragons
Wales prop Rob Evans will move to Dragons from Scarlets at the end of the season. The 30-year-old has made over...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoWelsh rugby ‘laughing stock’ and should reduce to three teams – says former WRU chief David Moffett
Former Welsh Rugby Union chief executive David Moffett feels that Wales‘ four professional teams should be replaced by three teams. Last...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorth takes centre stage in first start for 12 months
PREVIEW... Ospreys v Dragons Today. Kick-off 3pm, Swansea.com Stadium GEORGE North will make his first start in more than a year...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWainwright ruled out of Bok tour
BACK row Aaron Wainwright has been ruled out of Wales’ summer tour to South Africa through injury. The 24-year-old Dragons player,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDragons embarassed by lowly Zebre
By DELME PARFITT Zebre ..................21pts Tries: Bigi 24, Penalty 64, Gesi 75 Penalties: Rizzi 12, 17 Dragons..............18pts Tries: Jones 54, Rosser...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCasey’s late show sees Munster pull clear
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............42pts Tries: Haley 6, 26, Casey 63, 77; Ahern 40 Conversions: Healy 7, 27, 40, Carbery 78...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDisappointed Morris demands big finish
By STEFFAN THOMAS PREVIEW... Carmarthen v Newport Today, Kick-off 3pm NEWPORT head coach Ty Morris is already planning revenge on Cardiff...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLousi stars as Scarlets hit Dragons for six
By STEFFAN THOMAS Dragons..............19pts Tries: Dixon 35, J Williams 50, Warren 61 Conversions: S Davies 35, 62 Scarlets ............38pts Tries: Lousi...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoDixon fires Dragons to Scarlets success
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ............27pts Tries: Kalamafoni 26, Williams 40, Williams 54, Hardy 60 Conversions: Costelow 27, O’Brien 55, Penalties: Costelow...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWilliams stays with Dragons
SCRUM-HALF Rhodri Williams has signed a contract to remain with Dragons. The Welsh region has not disclosed the length of the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoRhodri Williams signs new contract at Dragons
Scrum-half Rhodri Williams has signed a new undisclosed contract to remain with Dragons. The former Llandovery and Scarlets player joined Dragons...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMerthyr stun leaders to spur Cardiff’s bid
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Newport ................22 Merthyr ................34 MERTHYR blew the Premiership title race wide open with a stunning away win...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
BEN FOLEY, THE HARTPURY WINGER/ FULL-BACK AND FORMER CLIFTON, PLYMOUTH, ROTHERHAM AND NOTTINGHAM PLAYER CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWelsh regions aren’t at the races this season
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Dai Young was spot on this week when he said the regions should be thinking...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoDragons fail to fire again as Sharks go in for the kill
By TIM LEWIS Sharks................51pts Tries: Nche 29, Mbonambi 34, Kok 48, Penalty 59, 64; Volmink 68, Conversions: Bosch 30, 36, 50,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRyan sees glimpses of promise in the debris
By ANDY HOWELL Bulls ..................55pts Tries: Botha 4, Mapoe 26, 65; Arendse 28, 48; Grobbelaar 37, Coetzee 55, Burger 69 Conversions:...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoO’Brien leads Newport into final
By SAM JACKSON Newport ................34 Cardiff ..................28 AFTER 146 years of trying, Newport finally achieved their ‘Holy Grail’ of beating archrivals...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoMighty Atom stuns Wales with last-minute dash to victory
By PETER JACKSON Wales..................21pts Tries: Watkin 28, Lake 51, Adams 69 Conversions: Biggar 28, 52, 69 Italy ....................22pts Tries: Padovani 79...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoTen-try Munster on fire as Dragons fall apart
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............64pts Tries: Casey 9, 23, O’Donoghue 25, 74, Cloete 36, 64, Zebo 53, Farrell 54, Daly 58,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCarmarthen move into the play-off places
Premiership By ADAM PETERS Carmarthen ........22 Bridgend ..............17 KALLUM Evans struck twice to move Carmarthen Quins up into the play-off places....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBath centre Max Clarke signs for Dragons
Bath centre Max Clark has signed a long-term deal at the Dragons. The Bridgend-born Clark has spent 13 years at Bath...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDragons fired up for ‘free hit’ at the leaders
By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Dragons v Ulster Today. Kick-off 2pm, Rodney Parade Frustrated: Dean Ryan Ready: Chris Coleman DRAGONS boss Dean...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThe WRU have launched their next series of Exiles camps
Designed to engage with young Welsh qualified players and their families who are based outside Wales they’re organised to potentially provide...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMoriarty’s physicality will be vital in Dublin
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Momentum is everything in the Six Nations and whoever comes out on top in the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTry-scorer Moriarty: I’m ready if Wales want me
By ROGER PANTING Dragons ............13pts Tries: Moriarty 44 Conversions: Davies 44 Penalties: Davies 40. 62 Benetton ..........13pts Tries: Els 22 Conversions:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGonzalo eyes glory despite Jaguares set-back
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS DRAGONS scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou insists the Jaguares’ exclusion from Super Rugby has made it difficult for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoJamie Roberts heads down under
Jamie Roberts will leave Dragons this month to move to Australian side Waratahs for “personal reasons”. Roberts has been granted an...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWales hooker Bradley Roberts signs for Dragons
Wales hooker Bradley Roberts has signed for the Dragons. Currently part of Wales’ Six Nations squad, the 26-year-old has signed a...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLeinster rout can devalue Euro Cup
COLIN BOAG Thrashing: Josh van der Flier evades the tackle of Josua Vici on his way to scoring Leinster’s ninth try...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRoberts wanted in Oz by Waratahs
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAMIE Roberts has emerged as a potential target for Australian Super Rugby side the Waratahs. The former Wales...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBester had me doing 100 scrums after a night of booze!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY STUART CORSAR THE FORMER SCOTLAND A, GLASGOW, ROTHERHAM AND DONCASTER PROP THE two-and-a-bit years I spent at...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDragons try to lure fly-half Hanrahan
DRAGONS are in talks to sign Clermont Auvergne fly-half JJ Hanrahan for next season. The 29-year-old moved to France from Munster...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTime to split the pro and amateur game
COLIN BOAG I’ve believed for a long time that a schism between the professional game and the lower echelons is inevitable,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoArrival of Lomu was seismic moment
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The start of the new year always brings hope, and the hope...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoAleki Lutui: Tonga must welcome in Folau
Former Tonga captain Aleki Lutui believes Israel Folau should be welcomed into the Tongan rugby union set up. Folau has not...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoNow lock Lonsdale is set to leave Chiefs
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Off to Draons: Lonsdale THE DRAGONS have lined up...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMaddocks faces big French test
By STEFFAN THOMAS BARRY Maddocks has worked at the cutting edge of professional rugby for 20 years, and now faces one...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoWarriors bring in their rested big guns
Preview La Rochelle v Glasgow Today, Kick-off 3.15pm GLASGOW Warriors will be hoping to recreate their 2019/20 success as they travel...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoStrange return rocked by Thompson
By FREDDIE BENNETT Merthyr.................... 31 Ebbw Vale............... 13 JASON STRANGE’S first game back in charge of Ebbw Vale ended in disappointing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBlair: Win’s a win but fans need more entertainment
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ........24pts Tries: Graham 13, Bofelli 21, Kinghorn 45, McInally 67 Conversions: Kinghorn 45, 67 Benetton ..........10pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDempsey stars as Warriors prepare for France
By GARY HEATLY Glasgow ............33pts Tries: Tuipulotu 1, Steyn 31, Dempsey 39, Price 59, Matthews 70 Conversions: Thompson 17, 39, 59,...












