N-G Dragons vs Glasgow Warriors

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GlasgowWarriors:

Murchie McGuigan Bennett Dunbar van der Merwe Weir Pyrgos; Reid MacArthur Welsh Swinson Ryder Eddie Barclay Wilson (c)

Subs: Price Fainga'anuku Low Gray Strauss Matawalu Wight Thomson

And the Messiah gets a start at last!

C'mon the Warriors

Didn't realise that it is 5 years since a Scottish club last won a game at Dave Parade (Wighty via Muppet) - puts it all in perspective. Mon the Warriors

Aye Dragons have always been our bogey team - along with Leinster but obviously there are different reasons for that !

Who was that nutter winger that played for the Dragons - DTH and him had a wee at Firhill a few seasons ago - totally overrated but I remember Dragons fans calling for him to get a Wales call up ?

Brew

Looks like a mud bath tonight, how do they play football on that pitch!

Sorry if It's been mentioned before - but why haven't Glasgow got a shirt sponser?

Be interested in seeing how gerwyn goes for Glasgow - also looking forward to seeing Bennett playing. Heard a lot about him on here, but never seen him play.

Whisper it quietly, but the Messiah just scored...

Boom! Lucky bounce and 2nd try for Glasgow

Glasgow have to be looking for a bonus point now.

Sweet try from the boy Nico - lucky bounce, to be sure, but we'll take it.

The messiah's had an effect on the Welsh commentators too, he's developing followers

Really nice to hear some proper silence for the kicks.

Well done Rodney Parade.

3rd try

IanBru wrote:Whisper it quietly, but the Messiah just scored...

I want him to get in a fight or make a stupid mistake just so I can say it...

Well done Glasgow shoould get the bonus point soon after half time. Dragons are rubbish the defence is very poor.

Glasgow back row has been immense. So far!

Don't know how strong the Dragons scrum is but Welsh looks a hell of a lot better at 3 than Cross does. I'd like him to go straight in to the squad for the Ireland game on this showing.

Yep - Welsh is ten times the player Cross is esp at scrum time

Taylor Paris just on the pitch and that's the bonus point!!!!

Dragons are a funny old outfit to watch. Individually the majority of their players look skilled, fit, quite quick and competent.

They just seem to have perfected the art of doing all the wrong things at all the wrong times.

Car crash rugby.

Great finish by Paris. Dunbar has to remain at 12 now surely no more swapping to 13.

Wowzers! 5th try, power play from the pack

10 tries in 2 matches , great effort

And another try, 6 now, as Strauss finishes off a great bit of play

make that 11 tries

Hope Newport come back from this gotta get behind our regions after all

Casartelli wrote:Dragons are a funny old outfit to watch. Individually the majority of their players look skilled, fit, quite quick and competent.

They just seem to have perfected the art of doing all the wrong things at all the wrong times.

Car crash rugby.

Sounds like a coaching issue, how come there are three Welsh coaches in the Aviva Premiership doing reasonably well yet the Regions seem to be awful? The Welsh need to introduce similar rules to the English when it comes to playing for Wales?

Swinson gets a 2nd try and that's Glasgow's 7th try and they've broken the 50 point mark

Turned over to this about 10 minutes ago after my girls had finished watchin their film. Boy it is embarrassing.

So the influence of the messiah then???

Hope the WRU keep the current regional system going

Final score dragons 3 - Glasgow 60

Very impressed with Glasgow. They've patiently & systematicaly took the Welsh to pieces. Dragons had nothing in the tin to bring out.

Even more impressively, Glasgow could play another complete competitive XV:

1. Grant
2. Hall
3. Cusack
4. Kellock
5. Campbell
6. Harley
7. Fusaro
8. Ashe
9. Cusiter
10. Jackson
11. Lamont
12. Horne
13. Lamont
14. Maitland
15. Hogg

How was Weir? I didn't see the game. Glad he got some gametime

I left for 20minutes while the dragons were behind by 30, came back and it was 60.

Oh dear.

Followed the game on Twitter, seemed to be a combination of Glasgow being very good and the Dragons being completely useless. Sounds like Dunbar had a very good game, I really feel he plays all his best rugby at 12. Also glad for some of the guys who have been on the fringes: Bennett, Paris and Thomson getting a run out and a good win.

123456789 wrote:

Casartelli wrote:Dragons are a funny old outfit to watch. Individually the majority of their players look skilled, fit, quite quick and competent.

They just seem to have perfected the art of doing all the wrong things at all the wrong times.

Car crash rugby.

Sounds like a coaching issue, how come there are three Welsh coaches in the Aviva Premiership doing reasonably well yet the Regions seem to be awful? The Welsh need to introduce similar rules to the English when it comes to playing for Wales?

Coach is an ex London Irish player I think - one of the Dragons fans will know. Excellent point though. If we had any rules/plans in Wales we could probably save a ton of cash by paying four Kiwis/Aussies/Saffers to coach the regions. The talent is there but the Dragons were playing like it was the first time they'd ever seen a rugby ball. And weren't sure about any of the rules.

Bugger me sideways! Just back from uni and caught the last try. What a ridiculous score line! I never dreamed Glasgow would win by that much away to dragons, thought it might be a tight game. Fair play though, that is a crazy score. Will have to watch full game once up on Iplayer. Well done Glasgow!!

Bad luck dragons fans, hope wru sort their s**t out with regions.

TJ wrote:How was Weir? I didn't see the game. Glad he got some gametime

He played very well and linked well with Dunbar and Bennett, surely we've got to be looking this side for the rest of the season:

1. Grant
2. MacArthur
3. Low
4. Swinson
5. Kellock
6. Harley
7. Barclay/ Fusaro
8. Strauss/ Wilson
9. Cusiter/ Matawalu/ Pyrgos
10. Weir/ Jackson
11. VDM
12. Dunbar
13. Bennett
14. Maitland
15. Hogg

16. Welsh
17. Hall
18. Cusack
19. Ryder
20. Any of the Back rows not playing
21. Any of the scrum halves
22. Weir/ Jackson
23. Any of the Lamonts, Seymour, Horne, Morrison, etc.

The Glasgow squad is looking very strong and very competitive, if this side can be kept together we could be looking at competing in Europe in 4-5 years.

Very depressing even though I wanted the jocks to win and I couldn't believe my eyes when Gerwyn Price came on as a replacement for Glasgow, so I did a google and found this;

"CROSS Keys director of rugby Jonathan Westwood has slammed the Newport Gwent Dragons for allowing home-grown talent like Gerwyn Price to slip through the net."

If we can't keep players like him in Wales then we really are in trouble.

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/dragons/10203639.Keys_coach_hits_out_at_Dragons_as_Gerwyn_Price_heads_for_Glasgow/

Matawalu has to be on the field somewhere - he makes things happen anywhere and everywhere. Dunbar MoM although Swinson and Barclay and Mata could have had it too. Wee Meatball back to his lethal best too

Wow

There is no more to be said

The messiah has arrived

Bloody hell Numbers, it's sickening how much talent we've got at the moment.

That team will make a VERY strong challenge in the playoffs.

BTW the diddy,useless BBC Rugby site gave try to Scott White (sic) whoever the feck he is - ah Scott Wight right - and not the real 8th try scorer Fraser Thompson

Alba commentator: "thought there were two Matawalus on the field involved in that move!"

ASBO/fES,

I think he is The Messiah !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have never seen so little heart from a Dragons side.I could not believe that I was watching professional Rugby players.Our lowest point on the pitch.Simply dreadful.

bsando wrote:Bad luck dragons fans, hope wru sort their s**t out with regions.

Why whats wrong with the current setup? Its perfect. People just need to get behind the fantastic regions we have in Wales