DRAGONS 3 GLASGOW 9
Newport Gwent Dragons will have to settle for a losing bonus point after being beaten by the boot of Dan Parks at Rodney Parade on Friday evening.
The Warriors kicker scored all the points for his side as appauling condition ruined any chance of running rugby.
Dragons coach Paul Turner was honest in his assessment of the match, saying: "We have to take it on the chin, we were beaten by an efficient Glasgow side - they don't do a lot, but they do it well.
"We needed territory but they got the possession, Parks kicked us to death and it frustrated us.
"Our kicking game wasn't good enough, we panicked and we dropped a number of chances. We came up short, but I always said that this team would take some time to gel."
Man-of-the-match Dan Parks admitted that the weather had played a massive part in the nature of the match.
"The conditions were very heavy and very tough, but we knew that coming in - our boots were sodden in the warm-up.
"With all that water on top of the pitch it was difficult to play any sort of flamboyant rugby.
"We've always struggled down here and knew how tough it was going to be, so we're really happy with our defence and with the four points."
Dragons: 15. Ashley Smith 14. Tal Selley 13. Rory Sidey 12. Marc Stcherbina 11. Richard Fussell 10. James Arlidge 9. Wayne Evans 1. Adam Black 2. Tom Willis 3. Rhys M. Thomas 4. Adam Jones 5. Luke Charteris 6. Joe Bearman 7. Richard Parks 8. Lewis Evans
Replacements: 16. Hugh Gustafson 17. Lee Harrison 18. Jamie Ringer 19. Grant Webb 20. Shaun Connor 21. Gareth Maule 22. Robert Lewis |
Glasgow Warriors: 15. Bernardo Stortoni 14. Lome Fa'atau 13. Max Evans 12. Graeme Morrison 11. Thom Evans 10. Dan Parks 9. Mark McMillan 1. Justin Va'a 2. Dougie Hall 3. Moray Low 4. Tim Barker 5. Alastair Kellock 6. Kelly Brown 7. John Barclay 8. Johnnie Beattie
Replacements: 16. Eric Milligan 17. Kevin Tkachuk 18. Opeta Palepoi 19. Stevie Swindall 20. Colin Gregor 21. Andrew Henderson 22. Ruaridh Jackson |
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