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Leinster Rugby v Dragons, Guinness Pro14 Rainbow Cup | Issue 13 Leinster Rugby Official Matchday Programme Friday 11th June, 2021 | Kick-off: 20:15
Leinster Rugby v Dragons, Guinness Pro14 Rainbow Cup | Issue 13
Leinster Rugby Official Matchday Programme
Friday 11th June, 2021 | Kick-off: 20:15
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IN OPPOSITION<br />
<strong>Dragons</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong><br />
Last Time Out<br />
<strong>Dragons</strong> 16 Glasgow Warriors 27<br />
Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup | Cardiff City Stadium | 29 May 2021<br />
COUNTRY<br />
DRAGONS SUFFERED A 27-16 DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THE<br />
GLASGOW WARRIORS IN A HIGHLY PHYSICAL CONTEST<br />
AT THE CARDIFF CITY STADIUM IN ROUND FOUR OF THE<br />
GUINNESS PRO14 RAINBOW CUP.<br />
WALES<br />
HOME GROUND(S)<br />
RODNEY PARADE<br />
FOUNDED<br />
2003<br />
Eleven points from the boot of Sam<br />
Davies plus a try from Aneurin Owen<br />
wasn’t enough for the home side as<br />
they suffered a third defeat of the<br />
tournament.<br />
Glasgow managed tries from Kyle Steyn,<br />
George Turner, Kiran McDonald and Ross<br />
Thompson scored one himself as well as adding<br />
seven points with the boot to give the away side<br />
revenge after suffering two losses to <strong>Dragons</strong> in<br />
the Guinness PRO14 regular season.<br />
The away side started the better and they tried<br />
to set the tempo early with some quick phase<br />
play, but a couple of unforced errors allowed<br />
the <strong>Dragons</strong> to escape unscathed.<br />
The away side thought they had the opening<br />
score with Nick Grigg bundling his way over<br />
just 10 minutes in after some good hands from<br />
the Glasgow backline but it was brought back<br />
for a penalty against recently announced Lion<br />
Zander Ferguson for a forearm to the neck.<br />
The Warriors clearly went to Wales to be<br />
physical after being dominated in that area at<br />
the Principality Stadium in April.<br />
But after all Glasgow’s dominance in the<br />
opening minutes it was the home side who<br />
scored first with Owen bursting through a<br />
gap in midfield and crossing the whitewash<br />
after a strong lineout move. Davies added the<br />
conversion and the home side led 7-0 after 13<br />
minutes.<br />
The next few minutes were more of the same<br />
with Glasgow dominating territory but finding<br />
no way past the <strong>Dragons</strong> defence with the<br />
DRAGONS:<br />
Ioan Davies; Jonah<br />
Holmes, Jack Dixon,<br />
Aneurin Owen, Rio<br />
Dyer; Sam Davies,<br />
Gonzalo Bertranou; Brok<br />
Harris (Josh Reynolds<br />
65), Richard Hibbard<br />
(Elliot Dee 46), Lloyd<br />
Fairbrother (Aaron Jarvis<br />
60); Matthew Screech,<br />
Ben Carter (Joe Davies<br />
54), Ross Moriarty, Ollie<br />
Griffiths (Taine Basham<br />
60), Aaron Wainwright<br />
GLASGOW WARRIORS:<br />
Adam Hastings; Kyle Steyn,<br />
Nick Grigg (Rufus McLean<br />
60), Sam Johnson (Stafford<br />
McDowall 70), Cole<br />
Forbes; Ross Thompson, Ali<br />
Price (George Horne 64);<br />
Aki Seiuli (Tom Lambert<br />
64), George Turner<br />
(Fraser Brown 55), Zander<br />
Fagerson (Enrique Pieretto<br />
69); Rob Harley, Scott<br />
Cummings; Ryan Wilson<br />
(Kiran McDonald 60),<br />
Rory Darge (Fotu Lokotui<br />
78), Matt Fagerson.<br />
Words: dragonsrugby.wales<br />
Photos: inpho.ie<br />
away side’s only opportunity in the opening<br />
quarter coming from an ambitious Adam<br />
Hastings drop goal which was way off the<br />
mark.<br />
Out-half Davies extended the home side’s<br />
lead with a penalty off the tee, as <strong>Dragons</strong><br />
continued their efficiency when entering the<br />
away side’s half by coming away with points.<br />
Glasgow did manage to get their first points on<br />
the board thanks to the boot of Thompson who<br />
slotted home a penalty off the tee to narrow the<br />
score to seven points.<br />
But that didn’t last long as some strong<br />
Glasgow defence forced Davies into a drop<br />
goal and he made no mistake as he restored<br />
the lead to 10 points on the half-hour mark,<br />
making it 13-3 with 10 to go before half-time.<br />
Glasgow finally got the try that their first half<br />
performance deserved, after some sustained<br />
pressure on the <strong>Dragons</strong> try line, they<br />
eventually got it out wide with winger Steyn<br />
scoring untouched in the corner.<br />
Thompson missed the extras, but moments later<br />
finished off a beautiful Glasgow team try after<br />
some fantastic hands by the forwards following<br />
a George Turner break around half-way.<br />
The Glasgow fly half converted his own try<br />
giving his side a 15-13 lead heading into<br />
half-time, and <strong>Dragons</strong> were down to 14 with<br />
captain Ross Moriarty sin-binned for a foul<br />
in the build-up, in a very physical contest in<br />
Cardiff.<br />
Glasgow thought they started the second half<br />
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