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Exciting Anglo-Welsh draw for Dragons
7:06pm Monday 6th July 2009
THE Newport Gwent Dragons have some mouth-watering matches in store after the Anglo-Welsh draw saw them pitted against the Ospreys, Leicester Tigers, Sale Sharks and Saracens.
Round 1 over the weekend of November 7 sees them play Kingsley Jones’s Sharks at Rodney Parade.
Then the following weekend, the Dragons will play the mighty Tigers at the new-look Welford Road.
After Christmas, they host great Welsh rivals the Ospreys in Newport on the weekend of January 30.
Their last pool match sees them head east along the M4 to face Saracens at Watford’s Vicarage Road over the weekend of February 6.
And the BBC has lost the rights to broadcast the tournament to Sky Sports for at least the next five years.
The revamped competition is also searching for a new sponsor.
Fixtures: Round 1 (weekend of November 7, 2009)
Leeds Carnegie v Leicester Tigers
Newport Gwent Dragons v Sale Sharks
Saracens v Bath Rugby
Ospreys v Northampton
Saints Gloucester
Rugby v Blues London Irish v London Wasps
Worcester Warriors v Newcastle Falcons
Harlequins v Scarlets
Round 2 (weekend of November 14, 2009)
Leicester Tigers v Newport Gwent Dragons
Sale Sharks v Leeds Carnegie
Bath Rugby v Ospreys
Northampton Saints v Saracens
Cardiff Blues v London Irish
London Wasps v Gloucester
Rugby Newcastle Falcons v Harlequins
Scarlets v Worcester Warriors
Round 3 (weekend of January 30, 2010)
Leicester Tigers v Bath Rugby
Sale Sharks v Northampton Saints
Newport Gwent Dragons v Ospreys
Leeds Carnegie v Saracens
London Wasps v Scarlets
Cardiff Blues v Newcastle Falcons
Gloucester Rugby v Worcester Warriors
London Irish v Harlequins
Round 4 (weekend of February 6, 2010)
Northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers
Bath Rugby v Sale Sharks
Ospreys v Leeds Carnegie
Saracens v Newport Gwent Dragons
Scarlets v Cardiff Blues
Newcastle Falcons v London Wasps
Worcester Warriors v London Irish
Harlequins v Gloucester
Semi-finals (weekend of March 13, 2010, venue TBC)
Final (weekend of March 20, 2010, venue TBC)
* If the winner of the competition is an English club, they will qualify for the following season's Heineken Cup.
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Monte_Fisto, Newport says...
9:16pm Mon 6 Jul 09
Dai the Milk wrote:You waited all those weeks for a story to troll and that's the best you can do, Dai?
Ah well.
I'm disappointed.
sammyboy, newport says...
10:18am Tue 7 Jul 09
bob shillabeer, london says...
1:56pm Tue 7 Jul 09
Monte_Fisto, Newport says...
12:28pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Begby, Newbridge says...
12:33pm Thu 9 Jul 09
SWBorderer, Spalding says...
8:27am Fri 10 Jul 09
I just wish the Dragons would concentrate on the Magners instead of risking injury to key players in competitions we don't have a hope of winning. A couple of consoistent seasons in the Magners would give us a base to challenge for other comps.
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Dai the Milk, Newport says...
8:40pm Mon 6 Jul 09