World Cup stars Aled Brew and Lloyd Burns return to regional action at the official opening of the new Bisley Stand as the Dragons take on the Blues Friday (7:05pm, Rodney Parade) Former Dragons and Newport star Rod Snow will be attending the game as well as former Newport and Springbok sensation Gary Teichmann...
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There are six Changes in the Benetton Treviso’s squad that will face the Dragons in Newport this weekend from the last Magners League game against Scarlets. The Lions will leave tonight for Cardiff, and move onto Newport on Sunday. In the starting XV Alberto Sgarbi, who suffered back problems in the last Six Nations...
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Newport Gwent Dragons Head Coach Paul Turner has been relieved of his duties pending a hearing into disciplinary matters. A statement from the Dragons says “As previously announced, the region’s LV= Cup games against Sale Sharks this weekend and next weekend’s game against the Scarlets will be led by the assistant coaching team as...
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Plymouth Albion play their first home match in this season’s British & Irish Cup tonight when they entertain Newport at Brickfields in Pool A (7.45pm). The match should have been played in December, but Newport were unable to travel to Devon due to bad weather in south Wales. Unfortunately, now neither Albion nor Newport...
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On Friday the Cornish Pirates have what is now a mightily important British & Irish Cup Pool A match away to Newport RFC, the game scheduled to be played at the Welsh club’s famous Rodney Parade ground where they’ll be looking for revenge for the Pirates having beaten them 26-20 at Camborne in March....
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POOL 1 – Northampton Saints V Castres Olympique (20.00) Northampton Saints: B Foden, C Ashton, J Clarke, J Downey, B Reihana, S Geraghty, L Dickson, S Tongauiha, D Hartley , B Mujati, C Lawes, C Day, P Dowson, T Wood, R Wilson. Replacements: B Sharman, R Dreyer, E Murray, C Clark, M Easter, R...
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Richard Fussell has revealed that his ambition to play for Wales was behind his decision to sign a two-year contract with the Ospreys. The 25-year old Newport Gwent Dragons wing has penned a deal that will see him arrive at the Ospreys in the summer after five years at Rodney Parade, and he says...
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Glasgow Warriors head coach Sean Lineen has this week challenged his players to back-up their status as Magners League leaders by putting in a winning performance against Gloucester when they return to Heineken Cup duty at Firhill on Friday night (kick-off 7:30pm). “It’s a tail of two tables,” he said. “In the Magners League...
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Ryan Jones has withdrawn from the Wales side to take on Australia in the Invesco Perpetual Series climax at the Millennium Stadium tomorrow (kick-off 5.15pm). Gethin Jenkins will captain the team and Jones is replaced at No8 by Andy Powell, who moves across the back row, with Dragons flanker Dan Lydiate promoted from the...
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Wales Sevens head coach Paul John has announced a new-look squad for the first IRB Sevens World Series tournaments of the season in Dubai (Dec 5 – 7) and George, South Africa (Dec 11 – 12). Only captain Chris Davies (Aberavon), Newport’s Craig Hill, Cross Keys flanker Jevon Groves and Llandovery flyer Ifan Evans...
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