By Roger Panting

Dragons ............. 21pts
Tries: Westwood 27, Evans 50, Lewis-Hughes 73
Conversions: Evans 27, 50; O’Brien 74

Benetton ........... 31pts
Tries: Bernasconi 36, Avaca 45, Manfredi 61, L Cannone 67
Conversions: Umaga 36, 45, Albornoz 61, 67
Penalty: Umaga 31
After a couple of narrow defeats, Dragons targeted this fixture as a must win to justify their improved performances but it wasn’t to be as the Italians, containing 13 internationals in their line-up, proved too strong.
It may have been a different story if Dragons had capitalised on their first-half dominance but ...