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Dragons RFC: Angus O’Brien (C), Rio Dyer, Aneurin Owen, Harri Ackerman, Fine Inisi, Tinus de Beer, Rhodri Williams; Wyn Jones, Brodie Coghlan, Robert Hunt, Seb Davies, Ben Carter (C), Shane Lewis-Hughes, Harry Beddall, Aaron Wainwright Replacements: Oli Burrows, Rodrigo Martinez, Dillon Lewis, Matt...

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In terms of team selection, Tiatia confirmed Levi Douglas will sit out the Friday night showdown after injuring his ankle against Glasgow Warriors. “Levi is being assessed by the medical team, but he won’t be available this week,” he confirmed. “Fetuli (Paea) is back in the club and able to start t...

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Scarlets calling in the cavalry....they've signed a number 8, Fletcher Anderson from NZ, and then had to sign two locks on loan, Harvey Cuckson and Stormers' Alex Groves. Cuckson is Welsh qualified, plays for Bath, Groves is apparently 6'9, which is no indication of quality but at least he's not a b...

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The Shartlets have the worst pack in Wales. By far. Probably the worst in pro rugby. The West Wayuls teams need to merge. Only Dregs could look at another Welsh region being blanked by 34 points and say "hold my pint - we can do a lot worse". I'm not even laughing though. Welsh rugby. Having watche...

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Theflier wrote: ↑Sat Oct 11, 2025 6:35 pm Ackerman would make a fantastic 13

He's been impressive. Not too many that sit tuipolotu down.

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To lost Paea and Douglas so quickly and both likely for a while, it's pretty gutting. Two players that looked as advertised.

Considering this is a b team they're doing ok... But need to sharpen up in attack. Pretty toothless.

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Theflier wrote: ↑Sat Oct 11, 2025 5:52 pm Welcome to the level of having to beat the referee as well dregs

We do some dumb shit, no argument, but some of the decisions are based on historical precedent rather than reality. Going to be a long evening if we don't get the sort of decision Owen had go against him.

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Butchered the bonus point but a dominant win.

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As I say that Botha wakes up and wins a scrum pen.

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Ospreys playing some nice stuff again, but another Welsh scrum looking wobbly... All our welsh fatties are a disgrace to pro rugby. I don't think the looseheads are that bad, but the tightheads are a realworry. We could merge all four regions, include the nwq ones and we'd still struggle to find a ...

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Lovely try! After last night I'm sure it's a relief to Tandy watching some competence.

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Ospreys playing some nice stuff again, but another Welsh scrum looking wobbly...

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That was one painful watch Steve Tandy watching the game with a 1000 yard stare... The saddest thing was our starting 3, 11, 8, possibly 12 and 10 (on the bench) was out there tonight 😢 Plumtree is behind faletau, Wainwright and very soon Morgan Morse too I think. I don't think you can judge the ba...

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Scarlets: Murray; Rogers, J Roberts, J Williams (capt), Mee; Hawkins, G Davies; Hepburn, Van der Merwe, H Thomas, T Davies, Douglas, Taylor, Davis, Plumtree. Replacements: Myhill, S O'Connor, Holz, Cummins, B Williams, Blacker, Costelow, Page. Stormers: D Willemse; Senatla, Simelane, R Nel (capt), ...

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I assume they’ve cut their losses with Funaki and trying to ship him off On the injured list, so still technically a Dragons player, but at this point he's more myth than man. With Cummins loaned out to the Scarlets having played 6 games last year, Lloyd Evans and Harry Wilson binned and Funaki yet...

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Glasgow: J McKay; Steyn (capt), O Smith, Tuipulotu, Dobie; Hastings, Horne; Sutherland, Hiddleston, Richardson, Craig, Cummings, G Brown, Duncan, Ferrie. Replacements: Matthews, Schickerling, Walker, Samuel, Williamson, Fraser, Afshar, Lancaster. Dragons: Anderson; Inisi, Owen, Ackerman, Richards; ...

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Ospreys: Walsh; Kasende, P Cokanasiga, K Williams, Giles; Edwards, Hardy; G Thomas, Lake (capt), Botha, Ratti, Sutton, Moriarty, Deaves, Morse. Replacements: L Lloyd, Phillips, Warren, R Davies, Fender, Morgan-Williams, Florence, Hopkins. Zebre: Montemauri; Pani, Zanon, Lucchin, Gesi; Farias, Domin...

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Cardiff: Winnett; Beetham, Millard, S Emanuel, Bowen; Sheedy, Mulder; Southworth, Belcher (capt), Assiratti, McNally, T Williams, Donnell, Thomas, Lawrence Replacements: D Hughes, Barratt, Sebastian, Nott, Basham, A Davies, I Lloyd, Darwin-Lewis. Connacht: Naughton; Mullins, Hawkshaw, Forde, Bolton...

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Scarlets: Murray; Rogers, J Roberts, J Williams (capt), Mee; Hawkins, G Davies; Hepburn, Van der Merwe, H Thomas, T Davies, Douglas, Taylor, Davis, Plumtree. Replacements: Myhill, S O'Connor, Holz, Cummins, B Williams, Blacker, Costelow, Page. Stormers: D Willemse; Senatla, Simelane, R Nel (capt), ...

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A belated note on the Dragons failure to go for a drop goal...when you are trying to pick and drive and force a penalty, making it look like you are going to go for a drop goal forces the defence into making decisions that they don't want to have to make. Trying to shut down the 10 in the pocket req...

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Stormers: Simelane; Senatla, Nel (capt), Du Plessis, Zas; Matthee, Duvenage; Matongo, Venter, Fouche, Smith, Schickerling, Theunissen, Evans, Roos. Replacements: Kotze, Vermaak, Sandi, Van Heerden, Dixon, De Villiers, Ungerer, Swart. Ospreys: Walsh; Kasende, P Cokanasiga, K Williams, Giles; Edwards...

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Dragons: O'Brien (co-capt); Dyer, Paea, Owen, Inisi; De Beer, R Williams; W Jones, Coghlan, Hunt, Screech, Carter (co-capt), Woodman, Lewis-Hughes, Wainwright. Replacements: Burrows, Martinez, Coleman, Douglas, Keddie, Hope, Ackerman, Anderson. Sharks: Van der Merwe; Sobahle, Julius, Am, Grobbelaar...

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Wales centre Ben Thomas has been given a three-game ban after his 20-minute red card in Cardiff's United Rugby Championship (URC) win against Lions. Stupid decision and not a ban he's going to learn a lot from. Still, chance for Beetham to grab his chance at 12 perhaps ahead of the Autumn internati...

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If you look at what we expected from those games; Cardiff beating Lions at home - they did and played a good brand of rugby. Ospreys losing away at Bulls - was anyone predicting a win, even with a weakened Bulls side? I don't think so, and, again, they played a good brand of rugby. Keep that physica...

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In summary of the opening weekend: Plus ca change. 4 games, 3 losses, very few high points. Ospreys shipped a half century to the Bulls B team in front of an empty stadium, while the Scarlets and Dregs barely fired a shot against very ordinary Irish sides. Your usual harsh take.... We were a dodgy ...

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I loved the style of rugby Cardiff played. Lots of intelligent movement and passing. They gave the crowd plenty to enjoy. I'd love to see the dragons play with that ambition.

I know the lions were pretty crap but they're still a hugely physical team and they still needed to be put away. Good win.

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Some half for the ospreys, and Tandy must be impressed by the physicality of guys like Rhys Davies. Really taking it to the bulls and playing some good rugby out wide too.

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Not the result the Dragons would have wanted but it's only the first game of the season, more to come :uhoh: Anyway, the Blues on S4C tonight! That try that was chalked off as a forward pass, I watched it back a few times, and it was incredibly marginal. Could have been a couple of bonus points and...

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Theflier wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 9:34 pm Those two forward passes are very harsh given what he let ulcer have in the first half

Killers. Would have made the last ten fun....

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Three injuries already including two at hooker and outside centre where we're light. Christ, tough going already.

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Try and a scrum penalty in the first five minutes... The bastards are going to get my hopes up again.

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 2:20 pm I note that Cardiff are persisting with Ben Thomas at 12.

What's that quote about the definition of insanity again?

He's pretty good at 12 for Cardiff, just not at international level.

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LandOTurk wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 1:53 pm
Our FR is underpowered. And third choice hooker after Marnus and Elias. Talent in the backs, just hope we get enough ball.

Young Harry Thomas is a great prospect though - one of the standouts for the under 20s.

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Scarlets: Murray; Rogers, Roberts, Hawkins, Mee; Costelow, G Davies; Mathias, H Thomas, H Thomas, Ball, Lousi, T Davies, Macleod (capt), Plumtree. Replacements: Myhill, Hepburn, O'Connor, Douglas, Taylor, Blacker, Williams, Page Munster: Haley: Daly, Kelly, Nankivell, Abrahams; Hanrahan, Casey (C);...

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Cardiff: Winnett; Adams, Millard, B Thomas, Bowen; Sheedy, Mulder; Barratt, Belcher (capt), Sebastian, McNally, T Williams, Mann, Basham, Lawrence. Replacements: E Lloyd, Southworth, Assiratti, Donnell, D Thomas, Davies, I Lloyd, Beetham. Lions: Q Horn, Mafura, Van Wyk, Kriel, Davids; Dobela, N Ste...

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Bulls: D Williams; Jooste, Kriel, Serfontein, Isaacs; Johannes, Papier; Shekwani, Johan Grobbelaar, Smith, Jaco Grobbelaar, van Heerden, Coetzee (capt), Gumede, van der Westhuizen. Replacements: Else, Swart, Klopper, C Wiese, Xaba, de Wet, Vorster, Gans. Ospreys: Walsh; Kasende, P Cokanasiga, K Wil...

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Dragons RFC: Angus O’Brien (CC), Rio Dyer, Joe Westwood, Aneurin Owen, Jared Rosser, Tinus de Beer, Rhodri Williams; Wyn Jones, Elliot Dee, Rob Hunt, Matthew Screech, Ben Carter (CC), Shane Lewis-Hughes, Harrison Keddie, Aaron Wainwright Replacements: Brodie Coghlan, Rodrigo Martinez, Dillon Lewis,...

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Odd with all the signings to start broadly the same side as last year Young is injured and Fetuli Paea is only just back from Tonga's internationals recently, so those two couldn't start. You have Wyn Jones, Robert Hunt (and only one of him and Dillon Lewis could start), and de Beer starting. Lewis...

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Dragons RFC: Angus O’Brien (CC), Rio Dyer, Joe Westwood, Aneurin Owen, Jared Rosser, Tinus de Beer, Rhodri Williams; Wyn Jones, Elliot Dee, Rob Hunt, Matthew Screech, Ben Carter (CC), Shane Lewis-Hughes, Harrison Keddie, Aaron Wainwright Replacements: Brodie Coghlan, Rodrigo Martinez, Dillon Lewis,...

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He's still leaning to the crazy side of optimistic with top 8 talk Massively so. A Top 12 finish would be a huge step forward. but I see what he's saying. That Ulster game is a good example. Kelleher-Griffiths having to play 80 minutes because there was no loosehead on the bench, just Nathan Evans ...

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