By ALEX BYWATER

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Dragons v Scarlets
Today. Kick-off 1pm, Rodney Parade

RYAN Elias admits he thought long and hard about leaving the Scarlets at the end of this season, but after deciding to stay the Wales hooker has been rewarded with the region’s captaincy.
Elias will lead Glenn Delaney’s side for the first time and on a short-term basis when the men from Llanelli travel east to face the Dragons at Rodney Parade in the first round of the new Rainbow Cup competition – one which will take place without the four new South African sides travelling to Eur...