at Motorpoint. second hand cars at great prices.

i like it, i think.

where’s the tail?

EDIT:

22nd August

Meet the squad, including the new signings, at Motorpoint.

There’s still a few terrace tickets for tonight. You’ll all have heard the comments from players and coaches over the past few weeks about how much difference WE make when we’re in full voice. This is our chance to go out with a bang at home – if we make the play offs it will be an away semi, so get your throats well lubricated for tonight. if you haven’t got a ticket, ring the ticket office cos there won’t be much in the way of walk ups available. This is our last chance this season, and lets face it there would be nothing sweeter than sending cardiff bloos home with their tails between their legs, their ears ringing from the noise.
be under no illusions, this will be the toughest match of the season and there’s no guarantee we’ll win. if we’re not at the top of our game we’ll get a shock. Help the team – SHOUT YOUR GUTS OUT.

It’s also a chance to say farewell and thanks to a player or two. Hoani Macdonald is off to the new Melbourne Rebels team next season, so it’s tara and thanks for all the fish to the Purple Helmet. Richard Fussell will be off to warm the bench for the ‘sprays, when he’s picked at all. Come on Rich, ask to be loaned back – we appreciate you a damn sight more than the sprays will. There’ll be one or two others, i should think, an all, who’ll be appearing for the last time in drags colours at RP. show them some love. SHOUT YOUR GUTS OUT.

We’ll be saying hello to a familiar face as well; Mr Sweeney. I’m sure we all remember how he feels about us. let him know we’re still here. SHOUT YOUR GUTS OUT.

right – the teams:

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As you can see, there’s a few faces missing, there. Luke hasn’t properly recovered from his neck injury up in Glasgow. Jason is still concussed. It looks like Joe wasn’t ready last week, after all. Aled, Patsy Palmer, Danny, Adam are still carrying injuries and we won’t see them again this season, it looks like. We’l;l miss them, but not too much, i hope.
The blues are resting Gethin Jenkins, Martyn Williams and Laulala for next weeks amlin semifinal.

right, that’s it. Get on the phone NOW, get your terraceticket, come down and SHOUT YOUR GUTS OUT.

One hell of a match coming up tomorrow, boys. The Ospreys have named pretty much the strongest team they can field, and will be all out for a bonus point win over us. It’s really important we give them a big old Rodney Parade welcome. There’s been a lot of stuff in the papers this week from the ‘sprays about how they’re better than us, and they love a bit of banter. don’t believe a word of it. With the pressure on they have folded time and again to worse teams on paper than us – the Saracens in the HEC being an example.
If you were wondering whether you could be bothered, STOP. get down to RP tomorrow. Take a mate. take the family. take your beer money. AND SHOUT YOUR GUTS OUT.

“But do the team even notice?” yes they do. when we get in full voice the players love it. Even the “men of gwent” song..!

SHOUT YOUR GUTS OUT. let them know we love ‘em.

and the opposition hate it. I’ve often had opposition supporters say to me how much they love Newport before and after a match, but how hostile it is when the rugby is on, and their players feel the same.

SHOUT YOUR GUTS OUT. put their players off their game.

we may win. we may lose. but make them go home DEAF.

anyone who was at the munster match will tell you, if you weren’t there, there is nothing like watchingYOUR team beat highly favoured opposition on a saturday night. It’s a feeling that’ll be keeping you warm on monday morning. not just next monday morning, but mondays next month, hell, next year an all.

so get down to RP tomorrow afternoon, anyway you can. be thirsty. be loud.

SHOUT YOUR GUTS OUT.

GO DRAGS!

Mighty Joe is a late injury, whilst Tovey and Fussell are on the bench. Bracken starts with Phil Price in our prop-ravaged times. Interesting, and a bit nervy!

Gloucester: Tom Voyce; Charlie Sharples, James Simpson-Daniel, Tim Molenaar, Lesley Vainikolo; Nicky Robinson, Rory Lawson; Alasdair Dickinson, Scott Lawson, Greg Somerville; Dave Attwood, Alex Brown; Alasdair Strokosch, Akapusi Qera, Gareth Delve (capt).
Replacements: Darren Dawiduik, Paul Doran-Jones, Pierre Capdevielle, Peter Buxton, Andrew Hazell, Dave Lewis, Freddie Burns, Jonny May

Dragons: Jason Tovey; Aled Brew, Tom Riley, Ashley Smith, Richard Fussell; James Arlidge, Wayne Evans; Ali McKenzie, Steve Jones, Nigel Hall, Robert Sidoli, Luke Charteris, Dan Lydiate, Gavin Thomas, Joe Bearman.
Replacements: Duane Goodfield, Hugh Gustafson, Peter Bracken, Lewis Evans, Hoani MacDonald, Danny Lee, Shaun Connor, Martyn Thomas.

it’s a biggie. do well tonight, and my god our season could take off.

Heed the words of Tom Willis below, and make some noise.

DRAAAAAGONS.

Dragons captain Tom Willis has appealed for fans to be the 16th man at their opening Heineken Cup match against Gloucester at Kingsholm tomorrow night. (8pm)

“The Gloucester supporters are renowned for their passion and the way they support their team so the Dragons supporters can really make a difference on Friday,” he said. “We have had some fantastic atmospheres at Rodney Parade over the last couple of seasons and the boys know that there is a big group of Dragons supporters going up to Kingsholm.

If they really get behind us, it’s a real opportunity to affect the game. People say that the crowd doesn’t make a difference, but going to an away ground and hearing your own supporters is a great feeling, especially when the home team has very vocal supporters, if our fans can give the Gloucester boys a run for their money – it will give the Dragons a real boost.”

if you got this team from the Beeb, you may have missed the inclusion of Danny Lydiate at 6. how many players called keogh have they got? God knows.

It’s a big ask to go to the home of the European Champions and expect a win. None the less, that’s what we expect. Us by less than 7 points. Early season optimism? What’s that, then?

First Online Pics of the Dragons new European kit!!

Now I don’t know whether the drags wanted this leaked – but I’m going to!

Simply because I coud have bought it somewhere in South Wales- TODAY!!

Where was the kit launch for this then? Utter Shambles from Rodney Parade Ltd AGAIN.

Pics are not the greatest sorry – mobile phone – and I had to be quick!

Front View

Back view

Chest

Cheeky Tail

Back view

Not in a Drags shirt anyway!

Adam ,
On behalf of us all here at dragged up , thank you for your efforts and best of luck at Worcester.

You have been the epitome of what a professional rugby player should be these last 6 years, and you deservedly rounded off your Dragons career with a brace of tries.

I , for one ,will never forget your “ Ooh La La” try in Clermont -sheer poetry!

Pointing the way as ever!

PS – great win tonight boys – well done.