Glasgow fall at Rodney Parade

Newport Gwent Dragons

32 - 22

Glasgow Warriors

Match Details
Half-Time:		14 - 10
Att:		5,238
Referee:
Venue:		Rodney Parade
Date:		Sat 11th Oct 2008

Quick Stats
Tries:		6
Conversion:		3
Penalties:		4
Drop Goals:		2
	1		0

Previous Meeting

Dragons	32 - 22	Warriors
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Dragons	6 - 12	Warriors
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Dragons	14 - 20	Warriors
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Warriors	16 - 18	Dragons
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Dragons	13 - 3	Warriors
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Glasgow fall at Rodney Parade

The Dragons have kicked off their European campaign with a win.

NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS 33-22 GLASGOW

A brace of tries for wing Gareth Wyatt and 17 points from the boot of James Arlidge helped the Dragons get their Heineken Cup campaign off to a winning start at home to bogey side Glasgow.

The Scots had won on their last two visits to Rodney Parade, but the Dragons dominated much of this game and were well worth this victory which was sealed when Alidge slotted his second drop goal to open up a 10 point lead going into injury time.

With Bath and Toulouse awaiting in the group, a winning start was vital for the Dragons, while Glasgow threw everything at their opponents while having to come away without a losing bonus point.

The Dragons started with all the pressure, but that cost them as early as the fifth minute when they attacked on the Glasgow line only for a long pass to fall into the hands of visiting wing Lome Fa’atau. With the Dragons committed to all-out attack, he had a 95 yard run to the line but never looked threatened as he went all the way for the opening try.

Colin Gregor converted that and added a penalty before the Dragons started to take advantage of their overwhelming pressure and time spent attacking in the Scots 22.

First James Arlidge chipped away with a couple of penalties, but the turning point of the first half came when another attack brought the sin-binning of Scotland flanker Kelly Brown.

First the Dragons managed to work right wing Gareth Wyatt clear for their first try of the game and then Arlidge slotted a drop goal on the stroke of half-time to put the home side into a 14-10 lead at the break.

Arlidge extended that lead with a penalty just after half-time while Glasgow were still a man down, but then the Scots came back into it with centre Max Evans proving to be the most potent attacking threat.

He set up a chance for wing Hefin O’Hare, but the 5’ 8” former rugby league player could not quite stretch out to the line, then Evans went himself from close range and made it over the line for his side’s second try. Gregor converted to level the scores.

That stung the Dragons into action as a lucky break brought another try, the ball being dislodged from the grip of flanker Joe Bearman near the line but breaking kindly for Wyatt to be able to snap up his second score.

Both sides managed tries from close range, Colin Charvis going over for the home side and captain Ally Kellock for the visitors before Arlidge had the last word.

LINEUPS

SCORING SUMMARY

TIMELINE

Newport Gwent Dragons

Glasgow Warriors

	32 - 22
	Half-Time 14 - 10

Subs	Scoring	Name	No.	Name	Scoring
		Phillip Dollman	15	Bernardo Stortoni
	2T	Gareth Wyatt	14	Lome Fa'atau	1T
		Rory Sidey	13	Max Evans	1T
		Marc Stcherbina	12	Graeme Morrison
		Richard Fussell	11	Hefin O'Hare
	1C 2DG 3P	James Arlidge	10	Colin Gregor	2C 1P
		Wayne Evans	9	Mark McMillan
		Adam Black	1	Justin Va'a
		Tom Willis	2	Dougie Hall
		Rhys M. Thomas	3	Moray Low
		Adam Jones	4	Opeta Palepoi
		Luke Charteris	5	Alastair Kellock	1T
		Joe Bearman	6	Kelly Brown
	1T	Colin Charvis	7	John Barclay
		Lewis Evans	8	Johnnie Beattie
Replacements				Replacements
		Steve Jones	16	Ed Kalman
		Aaron Coundley	17	Kevin Tkachuk
		Grant Webb	18	Tim Barker
		Andrew Hall	19	Stevie Swindall
		Rob Lewis	20	Andrew Henderson
		Shaun Connor	21	Ruaridh Jackson
		Ashley Smith	22	Richie Vernon
Penalty Tries
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