Newport Gwent Dragons

Newport Gwent Dragons

Full name	Newport Gwent Dragons
Nickname (s)	Dragons
Founded	2003
Stadion	Rodney Parade
Places	11,676
president	David Buttress
Trainer	Dean Ryan
Homepage	www.newportgwentdragons.com
league	Pro14
2018/19	6th place (conference B)
home Away

The Newport Gwent Dragons ( Wal . : Dreigiau Casnewydd Gwent ) are a professional rugby union team from the Welsh town of Newport . You play in the international Pro12 championship and in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the Anglo-Welsh Cup . The home games are played in Rodney Parade .

history

Until the 2003/04 season, Welsh rugby was structured in a typical league pyramid, with nine professional clubs in the top division. The system was thus similar to the Guinness Premiership in England and the Top 14 in France. However, the Welsh market turned out to be too small for nine professional teams. Then the nine professional clubs began to combine to form regional teams. In the Newport region, these were the Newport RFC and the Ebbw Vale RFC . The amateur and junior teams continue to operate under the original names.

In their first season (2003/04), the Dragons achieved their best result in the Celtic League with third place. They have never been able to qualify for the quarter-finals in the European Heineken Cup . In 2007 they reached the semi-finals in the European Challenge Cup , but then lost to the French club ASM Clermont Auvergne . In both 2015 and 2016, Newport made it to the semi-finals again.

Regional division

Welsh rugby regions

Professional rugby in Wales is based on four franchises owned by the Welsh Rugby Union and covering a specific area. The Newport Gwent Dragons franchise covers the most southeastern part of Wales. The team may include all players who play for clubs in this area in their squad.

successes

• Celtic League: 3rd place 2004
• European Challenge Cup: semi-finalist 2007, 2015, 2016

player

Current squad

The squad for the 2019/2020 season:

Front side (forwards) pier  Ryan Bevington  Leon Brown  Christian Coleman  Jack Cosgrove  Lloyd Fairbrother  Brok Harris  Aaron Jarvis  Josh Reynolds hooker  Elliot Dee  Richard Hibbard  Rhys Lawrence  Ellis Shipp  Thomas Rhys Thomas Second row striker  Joseph Davies  Cory Hill  Brandon Nansen  Matthew Screech  Max Williams Winger / Number Eight  Taine Basham  James Benjamin  Nic Cudd  Lewis Evans  Ben Fry  Lennon Greggains  Oliver Griffiths  Harrison Keddie  Ross Moriarty  James Sheekey  Huw Taylor  Aaron Wainwright

Back line (backs) Half of the crowd  Daniel Babos  Luke Baldwin  Tavis Knoyle  Rhodri Williams Connection half  Jacob Botica  Sam Davies  Josh Lewis  Arwel Robson Inner three quarters  Jack Dixon  Connor Edwards  Tom Griffiths  Tom Hoppe  Tyler Morgan  Aneurin Owen  Adam Warren Outer three-quarters  Rio Dyer  Ashton Hewitt  Dafydd Howells  James McCarthy  Jared Rosser Goalkeeper  Will Talbot-Davies  Jordan Williams

British and Irish Lions

The following players have been nominated for the British and Irish Lions .

trip	player
2005	Michael Owen
	Gareth Cooper
2013	Dan Lydiate
	Taulupe Faletau
2017	Cory Hill

Records

Most games

	Surname	Games
1.	Lewis Evans	222
2.	Steve Jones	180
3.	Jason Tovey	169
4th	Adam Black	163
5.	Ashley Smith	161
6th	Phil Price	159
7th	Wayne Evans	157
8th.	Hugh Gustafson	151
9.	Luke Charteris	142
10.	Jamie Ringer	140

Most attempts

	Surname	tries
1.	Aled Brew	43
2.	Hallam Amos	36
3.	Gareth Wyatt	29
4th	Kevin Morgan	25th
5.	Adam Black	24
	Jason Forster
	Richard Fussell
8th.	Adam Hughes	22nd
9.	Ashton Hewitt	21st
	Will Harries

Most of the points

	Surname	Points
1.	Jason Tovey	1009
2.	Ceri Sweeney	570
3.	Tom Prydie	447
4th	Craig Warlow	351
5.	Angus O'Brien	305
6th	James Arlidge	259
7th	Percy Montgomery	251
8th.	Steffan Jones	220
9.	Aled Brew	215
10.	Dorian Jones	208

Web links

• Newport Gwent Dragons website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Squads. Newport Gwent Dragons, accessed August 30, 2019 .