Dragons may have finished a losing streak of 18 games at the United Rugby Championship (URC), but a golden opportunity exploded to claim that elusive victory.
A 17-17 draw with sharks may have been a good result in the paper, but it was the decision to reject a goal attempt as the clock spent more than 80 minutes that they will surely regret it …
The last victory of the dragons against the South African opposition was against the Cheetahs in 2020 when Sam Davies reduced a penalty with the last kick to claim a 13-10 victory.
Beer’s Tinus could have been the hero on Friday night when the strikers moved away one meter from the Try line.
The dragons were in front of the posts and it was a simple goal of fall, even in the slippery conditions of the storm Amy, but the passage back to the pocket never arrived.
On the other hand, the ball was thrown to the right, Angus O’Brien approached an attempt and then the support of the tight head, Rob Hunt, who continued again because the replacement Chris Coleman was in the bin of sin, hit the resultant blow.