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Dragons beat Zebre 35–14 at Rodney Parade with five tries

Anzelo Tuitavuki, Fine Inisi, David Richards and Cai Evans scored tries and Tinus de Beer kicked four conversions as Dragons beat Zebre 35–14 at Rodney Parade.

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Sat 17:30 · Rodney Parade, Newport · United Rugby Championship

Match report

Dragons beat Zebre 35–14 in the United Rugby Championship at Rodney Parade on Saturday, scoring four tries and a penalty try.

How the scoring went

David Richards scored in the sixth minute and Anzelo Tuitavuki added a second on 29 minutes, with Tinus de Beer converting both. Fine Inisi crossed on 55 minutes and replacement Cai Evans on 72, both converted by de Beer, and a penalty try on 81 minutes completed Dragons' scoring. Zebre's replacements Matteo Canali (64) and Tobias Wade (79) scored tries, each converted by Giacomo da Re. Zebre wing Simone Gesi was shown a yellow card on 55 minutes.

The numbers

Zebre had 55% of possession and 54% of territory, according to the URC match centre, and gained 428 metres to Dragons' 231. Dragons made 181 tackles to Zebre's 116, won seven turnovers to five and conceded eight penalties to Zebre's 10.

The match in numbers

The numbers

Dragons · Zebre

5
Tries
2
45%
Possession
55%
46%
Territory
54%
231
Metres gained
428
181
Tackles
116
14
Missed tackles
14
17
Lineouts won
18
8
Penalties conceded
10
0
Yellow cards
1

Source: URC match centre

Teams

Rugby team sheets

Dragons

Starting side

  1. 1Jordan Morris
  2. 2Elliot Dee
  3. 3Chris Coleman
  4. 4Barny Langton-Cryer
  5. 5Matthew Screech
  6. 6Shane Lewis-Hughes
  7. 7Evan Minto
  8. 8Harrison Keddie
  9. 9Rhodri Williams
  10. 10Tinus de Beer
  11. 11Anzelo Tuitavuki
  12. 12Joe Westwood
  13. 13Fine Inisi
  14. 14David Richards
  15. 15Angus O'Brien
Replacements (8)
  1. 16Brodie Coghlan
  2. 17Rodrigo Martinez Manzano
  3. 18Owain James
  4. 19Nick Thomas
  5. 20Sam Scarfe
  6. 21Morgan Lloyd
  7. 22Cai Evans
  8. 23Brogan Leary

Zebre

Starting side

  1. 1Sergio Pelliccioli
  2. 2Giampietro Ribaldi
  3. 3Juan Barbotti
  4. 4Francesco Ruffolo
  5. 5Leonard Krumov
  6. 6Giacomo Ferrari
  7. 7Bautista Stavile Bravin
  8. 8Davide Ruggeri
  9. 9Thomas Dominguez
  10. 10Giacomo da Re
  11. 11Simone Gesi
  12. 12Riccardo Casarin
  13. 13Marco Zanon
  14. 14Leonardo Sodo Migliori
  15. 15Giovanni Montemauri
Replacements (8)
  1. 16Francisco Minervino
  2. 17Federico Pisani
  3. 18Octavio Barbatti
  4. 19Matteo Canali
  5. 20Jacopo Botturi
  6. 21Patricio Baronio
  7. 22Giovanni Licata
  8. 23Tobias Wade

Source: URC match centre

Recent form and next fixtures

Dragons: next 5

  1. AEdinburghUnited Rugby ChampionshipFri 4 Dec 19:45
  2. ACardiff RugbyUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 19 Dec 15:00
  3. HCardiff RugbyUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 26 Dec 15:00
  4. AScarletsUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 2 Jan 15:00
  5. ALeinsterUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 23 Jan 17:30

Zebre: next 2

  1. HScarletsUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 27 Feb 17:30
  2. HOspreysUnited Rugby ChampionshipFri 23 Apr 18:00
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