JARED Rosser warmed up for a return the Dragons’ side by running in five tries in the A team’s 53-38 Celtic Cup win against Connacht Eagles.

The speedster, who scored seven tries in seven games at the end of last season, put the heat on the senior side’s back three with his finishing at Ystrad Mynach.

Hallam Amos would go on to suffer a dislocated elbow in the Dragons’ loss at Leinster and head coach Bernard Jackman stated post-game that Rosser will return in the Guinness PRO14 clash with Zebre at Rodney Parade on Saturday.

The winger, who played for Wales at the Sevens World Cup this summer, will head into that game in fine fettle after being the match-winner at the Dragons’ training base.

The home side went to the break 22-10 ahead with the Irish points coming via a Conor McKeon try and the boot of Conor Fitzgerald.

Loosehead Gerard Ellis, Rosser (2) and tighthead Chris Coleman had given the Dragons a comfortable interval lead and the scoring intensified after the break.

Connacht came roaring back through Fitzgerald, Colm de Buitlear and Sean O’Brien added a brace.

But in a pulsating tie it was not enough as the outstanding Rosser scored three more of his own and full-back Carwyn Penny and centre/wing Calvin Wellington completed a home success.

The home side started brightly with Ellis, who scored for Cross Keys in the Premiership last week, charging down a clearance and running in for a try which McKeon responded to almost immediately. Conor Fitzgerald converted.

De Buitlear then had a try ruled out for a forward pass, but Dragons seemed to take control as two quick scores from Rosser and an effort from Coleman put them ahead.

Will Talbot-Davies was only able to add one conversion from those four tries which left the door open for a Connacht comeback and so it proved.

The visitors started the second-half much the stronger side and began to assert their authority on proceedings, running in three unanswered tries through Fitzgerald, De Buitlear and O’Brien and three inch-perfect kicks from Fitzgerald.

Connacht had the better of the possession as well as the territory, but out of nowhere the Dragons came back fighting with Rosser the leading light.

He added a second-half hat-trick to his brace in the first period and the best of his five tries came when he skipped through the defence before running in under the posts in the first half.

Rosser was simply too good for the Connacht defence and with his scores, plus those from Penny and Wellington, the Dragons came out on top despite another effort from O’Brien.