Fixtures Edinburgh Men 25/26 BKT United Rugby Championship
Sat 9 May 2026 Rodney Parade
DRAGONS-RFCDragons RFC
15 - 24 Away
ER-Full-500×500Edinburgh
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80

FT

That’s five points in Newport!

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80'

Closing it out

A scrum penalty, followed by a lineout penalty.

Closing this one out as we kick to the corner.

75'

DUHAN!!!!

VINTAGE DUHAN!

The big winger takes a short switch from Shiel and races in from 15m out, beating three defenders en route to the whitewash!

It’s 15-24!

73'

Penalty Dragons

Scrum penalty and Dragons can nudge it upfield from their 22.

73'

Knock on

We build the phases but the lads are on their feet.

Ashman’s offload to Hill is spilled forward. Dragons scrum about 8m out from their line.

71'

Huge penalty!

Shiel kicks down the tram line and we chase well.

Liam McConnell is on ball and we win the penalty!

Thompson into the corner…

68'

Penalty Edinburgh

Ashman was indeed illegally pulled out the way to create the space for the try.

No score, Thompson kicks clear.

68'

Dragons think they've scored

Surely Ashman has been thrown out the way illegal though?

67'

Offside

We’re pinged on three different occasions. Holding on here.

65'

Dragons kick to the corner

Big moment in the game coming up.

65'

Venter shown yellow

It’s a late and high hit from Boan Venter. He’s shown yellow.

65'

Dragons penalty

Hector Patterson covers well as Dragons grubber through but is penalised after playing it on the deck.

Meanwhile TMO is checking a high shot from Boan Venter.

65'

Blood replacement and Richardson returns

Sykes is off for Liam McConnell (blood replacement)

Meanwhile Richardson returns following 10 mins in the bin.

62'

HUGE TURNOVER!

What a defensive set.

Dragons attacking for a solid three minutes straight.

Gilchrist eventually gets on ball for the jackal turnover!

60'

Knock on

It’s brought back as the referee spots an Edinburgh knock on at the breakdown.

Dragons scrum on half-way.

58'

Dragons forward pass

Scrum Edinburgh just shy of half-way.

56'

Dragons scrum

We knock on at the resulting lineout.

56'

Huge turnover!

Brilliant scramble defence!

We eventually turn the Dragons over and kick long.

53'

Into the corner

We’re offside, Dragons kick to the corner…

51'

Richardson sent to the bin

Dylan handles on the ground with Dragons only metres out.

The hosts take the quick tap penalty.

49'

TRY DUHAN!

That’s a beauty down the the short side following the lineout drive!

Patterson and Thompson link up before the final pass finds Duhan who does what he does best!

48'

Changes

Boan Venter, Marshall Sykes, Dylan Richardson and Magnus Bradbury on!

47'

Dragons penalised

In from the side.

Penalty inside the Dragons 22 which we kick to lefthand corner.

44'

Try Dragons

The hosts score as Harrison Keddie finishes a well-worked team move.

The conversion is wise and it’s 15-14.

43'

Edinburgh penalty

Dragons don’t release at the breakdown.

We kick into the hosts 22!

41'

Back underway!

We return to action at Rodney Parade with a four-point lead!

40'

Half-time

We have our noses in front thanks to Tom Currie’s late try!

40'

TRY TOM CURRIE!

We break the Dragons defence just before half-time!

Thats a massive carry from Tom Currie who powers over only metres out and we take a four-point lead as Thompson converts!

38'

Dragons knock on in the tackle

The hosts knock in the tackle as we attack their try line.

Thankfully the TMO is on it as they raced in for a 90m try…

Scrum Edinburgh, five metres out.

35'

Dragons clear

The hosts clear from their try line and we’ll have a lineout around the Dragons 22.

34'

Phases

We’re just shy of the Dragons 22. It eventually trickles into touch as we try everything to break the gain line!

Looked like around 30 phases there!

30'

Not straight

Ashman’s dart drifts just wide, not straight and scrum Dragons just over their 22.

27'

Try Dragons

The lineout drive is effective and Dragons power over through Dillon Lewis. O’Brien adds the extras.

27'

Scrum pen Dragons

Proper contest.

We thought it was going our way, but its Dragons who win the penalty.

It’s nudged into the corner.

25'

Dragons break but spill

The hosts break at speed from a lineout on half-way.

They get a bit excited however and its spilled in midfield.

23'

Brilliant hands

Beautiful counter attacking play.

Darcy Graham and Mosese Tupulotu linking up really nicely and we nearly break through again.

21'

Thompson breaks

We again attack the line flat but Thompson is isolated and Dragons steal.

We then go long with a kick and it’s Thompson who is first man chasing!

20'

Dragons knock on

Dragons knock on just a few phases following the restart.

18'

TRY ASHMAN!

Our gamble pays off!

A slick lineout, three phases, a hard line from Ashman and ANOTHER try from the hooker!

Thompson converts and it’s 3-7!

17'

Scrum penalty

We again get the scrum penalty. We turn down the easy three points in front of the sticks and kick well to the corner…

16'

Dragons knock on in the tackle

Thompson is hit hard but the Dragons knock in the tackle. We’ll have a scrum in dangerous territory.

14'

Linking up well

Dragons overthrow their lineout and we steal.

Patterson breaks and offloads to Darcy Graham who grubbers though.

We chase well and Dragons are forced into a hurried clearance in their 22.

13'

Patterson clears well

It’s a clean lineout and clean exit from Patterson.

13'

Dragons pin us deep

We attack at speed again and Patterson attempts a chip over the top to the supporting Darcy Graham.

Dragons then go quick with a chip to the corner which pins us deep in our 22.

11'

Dragons attack well but spill

The hosts have a good attack down the short side.

They try to move it quickly but its spilled in midfield.

Scrum Edinburgh.

11'

Forward pass

Thats unlucky again.

We attack at speed but RT’s short pass is deemed to have been thrown forward.

Scrum Edinburgh.

8'

Penalty Dragons

Angus O’Brien splits the uprights from short distance.

7'

Turned over

Dragons get on Ross Thompson who has a pass thrown behind him.

The hosts will take a shot at the sticks.

5'

Unlucky

Heccy snipes and breaks but his offload to Hunter-Hill just falls short and it’s knocked on.

4'

Knocked on

Ashman peels and breaks down the short side.

He offloads to Hector Patterson who knocks on.

3'

Scrum pen

We built phases but its brought back as we had advantage from the scrum penalty.

2'

Back underway

We’ll have the scrum ono half-way.

2'

Early stoppage

We have a Dragons player down. The officials have stopped play as the medical team make their way onto the field.

1'

Kick-off!

Dragons kick-off and we’re underway at Rodney Parade!

19:18

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