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Att.: 5517 | S4C |
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WINS | |||||
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36 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
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DRAWS | |||||
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A Sam Davies drop-goal with the last kick of the match denied the Scarlets victory in a rain-soaked Guinness PRO14 encounter at Rodney Parade.
The clock was in the red when Davies’s left foot secured a 22-20 win in a tense first derby of the festive season.
Tries from Gareth Davies and skipper Ken Owens had nudged the Scarlets ahead in the first half, but for the majority of a scrappy second period only a point separated the sides.
Leigh Halfpenny, who enjoyed another exemplary match with the boot, looked to have won it for the Scarlets with a penalty four minutes from time, but it was man of the match Davies who had the final word.
In a dramatic opening, the Scarlets thought they had a try on the board with just nine seconds on the clock.
Rhodri Williams spilled the kick-off, opposite number Gareth Davies hacked through and Halfpenny won the race to the ball, only for the officials to rule he had knocked the ball on.
Instead, Halfpenny had to make do with a penalty to open the scoring.
With the visitors falling foul of referee Ben Whitehouse, Sam Davies booted the Dragons into a 9-3 lead with three successful penalty kicks.
But the game swung with the sin-binning of home lock Matthew Screech on 22 minutes as the Scarlets pressed for the game’s first try.
From a scrum that followed, scrum-half Davies sniped, dummied and darted over at the posts with Halfpenny landing the conversion from straight in front.
The vocal travelling support were celebrating a second score soon after.
A brilliantly-executed line-out drive saw the Scarlets rumble forward 20 metres and it was skipper Owens, playing his first game of the campaign, who touched down.
Halfpenny added the extras to push his side 17-9 ahead, but the Dragons struck back just before the break when home captain Rhodri Williams found a gap in the defence at the posts to cross. Wyn Jones was shown yellow and Davies converted to make it a one-point game at the interval.
With conditions worsening, the second half proved a cagey affair dominated by the boot.
Johnny McNicholl went close to a third Scarlets try, but was unable to hold onto a Ryan Lamb crossfield kick.
Davies nudged the home side back in front with a penalty with seven minutes remaining before Halfpenny’s response.
Then came the final drama as Davies missed with a penalty attempt then quickly made amends by snatching victory at the death.
Dragons - try: R. Williams. Con: S. Davies. Pens: Davies (4); D-g: Davies
Scarlets - tries: G. Davies, K. Owens. Cons: L. Halfpenny (2). Pens: Halfpenny (2)
Dragons | Scarlets | |||||||||
PEN | DG | CON | TRY | PLAYER | POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brok Harris | 1 | Wyn Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Elliot Dee | 2 | Ken Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leon Brown | 3 | Samson Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joseph Davies | 4 | Jake Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matthew Screech | 5 | Sam Lousi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cory Hill | 6 | Aaron Shingler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Taine Basham | 7 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aaron Wainwright | 8 | Uzair Cassiem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Rhodri Williams | 9 | Gareth Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sam Davies | 10 | Dan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ashton Hewitt | 11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Dixon | 12 | Hadleigh Parkes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Adam Warren | 13 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Owen Jenkins | 14 | Johnny McNicholl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Will Talbot-Davies | 15 | Leigh Halfpenny | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Hibbard | 16 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aaron Jarvis | 17 | Phil Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lloyd Fairbrother | 18 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brandon Nansen | 19 | Tevita Ratuva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ross Moriarty | 20 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tavis Knoyle | 21 | Kieran Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jacob Botica | 22 | Ryan Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tyler Morgan | 23 | Corey Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
3' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
5' | Penalty | Sam Davies has kicked the penalty goal | |
8' | Penalty | Sam Davies has kicked the penalty goal | |
18' | Penalty | Sam Davies has kicked the penalty goal | |
22' | Yellow Card | Matthew Screech has been given a yellow card | |
24' | Try | Gareth Davies has scored a try | |
25' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
26' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Lamb | |
26' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dan Jones | |
30' | Try | Ken Owens has scored a try | |
30' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
35' | Try | Rhodri Williams has scored a try | |
36' | Yellow Card | Wyn Jones has been given a yellow card | |
36' | Conversion | Sam Davies has kicked the conversion | |
40+' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tyler Morgan | |
40+' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Owen Jenkins | |
44' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Johnny McNicholl | |
44' | Replacement On | Replacement on Johnny McNicholl | |
44' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Phil Price | |
44' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
46' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Taine Basham | |
46' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ross Moriarty | |
52' | Replacement On | Replacement on Corey Baldwin | |
52' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Johnny McNicholl | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Aaron Jarvis | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Elliot Dee | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Samson Lee | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Richard Hibbard | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Leon Brown | |
59' | Replacement On | Replacement on Blade Thomson | |
59' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Uzair Cassiem | |
59' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jake Ball | |
59' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tevita Ratuva | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rhodri Williams | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tavis Knoyle | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Elias | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ken Owens | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Kieran Hardy | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Gareth Davies | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Wyn Jones | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Joseph Davies | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Brandon Nansen | |
73' | Penalty | Sam Davies has kicked the penalty goal | |
75' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
77' | Missed Penalty | Sam Davies has missed the penalty | |
80+' | Drop Goal | Sam Davies has scored a drop goal |
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Guinness PRO14 | ||||||||
Att.: 5517 | S4C |
Dragons | Scarlets | |
Rhodri Williams |
TRY |
Ken Owens Gareth Davies |
Sam Davies |
CON |
Leigh Halfpenny(2) |
Sam Davies(4) |
PEN |
Leigh Halfpenny(2) |
Sam Davies |
DG | - |
Matthew Screech |
YC |
Wyn Jones |
- | YC | - |
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WINS | |||||
17 |
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36 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
36 |
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17 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
0 |
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0 |
Dragons | Scarlets | |
Rhodri Williams |
TRY |
Ken Owens Gareth Davies |
Sam Davies |
CON |
Leigh Halfpenny(2) |
Sam Davies(4) |
PEN |
Leigh Halfpenny(2) |
Sam Davies |
DG | - |
Matthew Screech |
YC |
Wyn Jones |
- | YC | - |
A Sam Davies drop-goal with the last kick of the match denied the Scarlets victory in a rain-soaked Guinness PRO14 encounter at Rodney Parade.
The clock was in the red when Davies’s left foot secured a 22-20 win in a tense first derby of the festive season.
Tries from Gareth Davies and skipper Ken Owens had nudged the Scarlets ahead in the first half, but for the majority of a scrappy second period only a point separated the sides.
Leigh Halfpenny, who enjoyed another exemplary match with the boot, looked to have won it for the Scarlets with a penalty four minutes from time, but it was man of the match Davies who had the final word.
In a dramatic opening, the Scarlets thought they had a try on the board with just nine seconds on the clock.
Rhodri Williams spilled the kick-off, opposite number Gareth Davies hacked through and Halfpenny won the race to the ball, only for the officials to rule he had knocked the ball on.
Instead, Halfpenny had to make do with a penalty to open the scoring.
With the visitors falling foul of referee Ben Whitehouse, Sam Davies booted the Dragons into a 9-3 lead with three successful penalty kicks.
But the game swung with the sin-binning of home lock Matthew Screech on 22 minutes as the Scarlets pressed for the game’s first try.
From a scrum that followed, scrum-half Davies sniped, dummied and darted over at the posts with Halfpenny landing the conversion from straight in front.
The vocal travelling support were celebrating a second score soon after.
A brilliantly-executed line-out drive saw the Scarlets rumble forward 20 metres and it was skipper Owens, playing his first game of the campaign, who touched down.
Halfpenny added the extras to push his side 17-9 ahead, but the Dragons struck back just before the break when home captain Rhodri Williams found a gap in the defence at the posts to cross. Wyn Jones was shown yellow and Davies converted to make it a one-point game at the interval.
With conditions worsening, the second half proved a cagey affair dominated by the boot.
Johnny McNicholl went close to a third Scarlets try, but was unable to hold onto a Ryan Lamb crossfield kick.
Davies nudged the home side back in front with a penalty with seven minutes remaining before Halfpenny’s response.
Then came the final drama as Davies missed with a penalty attempt then quickly made amends by snatching victory at the death.
Dragons - try: R. Williams. Con: S. Davies. Pens: Davies (4); D-g: Davies
Scarlets - tries: G. Davies, K. Owens. Cons: L. Halfpenny (2). Pens: Halfpenny (2)
Dragons | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Brok Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Elliot Dee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Leon Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Joseph Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Matthew Screech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Cory Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Taine Basham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Aaron Wainwright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Rhodri Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Sam Davies | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
11 | Ashton Hewitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Jack Dixon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Adam Warren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Owen Jenkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Will Talbot-Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Richard Hibbard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Aaron Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Lloyd Fairbrother | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Brandon Nansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Ross Moriarty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Tavis Knoyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Jacob Botica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Tyler Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scarlets | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Wyn Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ken Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Samson Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Jake Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Sam Lousi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Aaron Shingler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Uzair Cassiem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Gareth Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Dan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Hadleigh Parkes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Johnny McNicholl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Leigh Halfpenny | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Phil Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Tevita Ratuva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Kieran Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Ryan Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Corey Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
3' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
5' | Penalty | Sam Davies has kicked the penalty goal | |
8' | Penalty | Sam Davies has kicked the penalty goal | |
18' | Penalty | Sam Davies has kicked the penalty goal | |
22' | Yellow Card | Matthew Screech has been given a yellow card | |
24' | Try | Gareth Davies has scored a try | |
25' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
26' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Lamb | |
26' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dan Jones | |
30' | Try | Ken Owens has scored a try | |
30' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
35' | Try | Rhodri Williams has scored a try | |
36' | Yellow Card | Wyn Jones has been given a yellow card | |
36' | Conversion | Sam Davies has kicked the conversion | |
40+' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tyler Morgan | |
40+' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Owen Jenkins | |
44' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Johnny McNicholl | |
44' | Replacement On | Replacement on Johnny McNicholl | |
44' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Phil Price | |
44' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
46' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Taine Basham | |
46' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ross Moriarty | |
52' | Replacement On | Replacement on Corey Baldwin | |
52' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Johnny McNicholl | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Aaron Jarvis | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Elliot Dee | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Samson Lee | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Richard Hibbard | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Leon Brown | |
59' | Replacement On | Replacement on Blade Thomson | |
59' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Uzair Cassiem | |
59' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jake Ball | |
59' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tevita Ratuva | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rhodri Williams | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tavis Knoyle | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Elias | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ken Owens | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Kieran Hardy | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Gareth Davies | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Wyn Jones | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Joseph Davies | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Brandon Nansen | |
73' | Penalty | Sam Davies has kicked the penalty goal | |
75' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
77' | Missed Penalty | Sam Davies has missed the penalty | |
80+' | Drop Goal | Sam Davies has scored a drop goal |