Out-of-puff Dragons fail to find home comfort

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NEWPORT, WALES - MARCH 20: A sign showing that 'This is Rodney Parade' home stadium of Newport County Football Club and Newport Gwent Dragons Rugby Union Club is pictured at Rodney Parade on March 20, 2020 in Newport, Wales. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

By DELME PARFITT

 
Dragons ..............11pts
Tries: Dyer 25
Penalties: Reed 37, 40

Lions ..................21pts
Tries: Van der Merwe 34, Venter 45, Dreyer 53
Conversions: Hendrikse 34, 46, 54
DEFEAT to the Lions meant the Dragons went a full season with no league win at Rodney Parade.
It left director of rugby Dean Ryan once again stressing the need for “change”.
“I’m sad we didn’t get the chance to say goodbye to some players in a different way,” Ryan said. “First half we showed some really enterprising stuff and glimpses of the future, but in the first 20 minutes of the se...

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