DRAGONS have been told they must learn how to deal with the intense heat that quality sides such as champions Leinster can hit a team with as they fell to another big defeat in Dublin.
Their tenth successive loss was on the cards after Leinster blitzed them for three tries in the opening quarter in a Rainbow Cup tie played in front of 1,200 fans, the first supporters to attend a rugby match in Ireland in 16 months.
“We knew it was going to be tough, but we made ourselves a mountain in the first 20 or 30 minutes,” said Dragons director of rugby Dean Ryan.
“I think we have got a lot to learn ...