Fiery Dragons lack some heat as Munster stroll home
- Updated: 26/01/2025
Dragons 19, v Munster 38
THE home side may have taken some solace from the three scores theynotched in the second half. but for Munster this was a ‘walk in the park.’
Right from the kick-off the red tide was flowing towards the home posts and after four minutes Diarmuid Kilgallen touched down but Burns missed the conversion. Tries followed as the game progressed from Alex Kendellen, Ben O’Connor Dian Bleuler, John Hodnet and a penalty try.
As the visitors emptied the bench, the Dragons scored tries by Chris Coleman, Harry Wilson and Dane Blacker with Will Reid and Lloyd Evans adding the extras. The win sees Munster move up to 7th in the URC table with their next game a home tie against Scarlets in Thomond Park on February 19.
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR, 35th league game)
AR 1: Ben Connor (WRU) AR 2: Matthew Leon (WRU)
TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR)
Dragons RFC: Huw Anderson, Rio Dyer, Aneurin Owen (CAPT), Harri Ackerman, Jared Rosser, Lloyd Evans, Morgan Lloyd, Rodrigo Martinez, Brodie Coghlan, Chris Coleman, Joe Davies, Ryan Woodman, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Dan Lydiate, Taine Basham
Replacements: James Benjamin, Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths, Paula Latu, Barny Langton-Cryer, George Young, Dane Blacker, Will Reed, Harry Wilson
Munster: Ben O’Connor, Diarmuid Kilgallen, Tom Farrell, Rory Scannell, Shane Daly, Billy Burns, Ethan Coughlan, Dian Bleuler Diarmuid Barron, Oli Jager, Fineen Wycherley, Tom Ahern, Jack O’Donoghue (CAPT), Alex Kendellen, Gavin Coombes
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