FULL TIME: DRAGONS 21-44 STORMERS:
The score flatters the Stormers greatly and the Dragons will be bitterly disappointed with the finish. The Stormers take a full five points from this and the Dragons get nothing at all. The first 65 minutes were tough for the Stormers but they broke out the silky skills at the death and rammed home their advantage.
CONVERSION, STORMERS, LIBBOK, 21-44:
Libbok adds another two from out wide just to cap a brilliant kicking display.
TRY, STORMERS, FEINBERG-NGOMEZULU, 21-42:
The try has been scored in the corner despite the protests of the Dragons. The Stormers looked like they were running a drill on the training park.
The Dragons spill it out wide and that will end this phase of play. The Dragons are now well and truly beaten despite being right in it just a few minutes ago.
CONVERSION, STORMERS, LIBBOK, 21-37:
Libbok converts from out wide again.
TRY, STORMERS, FEINBERG-NGOMEZULU, 21-35:
The Stormers play it sevens style and Feinberg-Ngomezulu gets in for the score after handling about three times in a sweeping play.
TRY, STORMERS, FEINBERG-NGOMEZULU, 21-35:
The Stormers play it sevens style and Feinberg-Ngomezulu gets in for the score after handling about three times in a sweeping play.
TRY, STORMERS, FEINBERG-NGOMEZULU, 21-35:
The Stormers play it sevens style and Feinberg-Ngomezulu gets in for the score after handling about three times in a sweeping play.
CONVERSION, STORMERS, LIBBOK, 21-30:
Libbok converts with another beauty to give the Stormers a cushion.
TRY, STORMERS, ROOS, 21-28:
The Stormers went to the lineout and set up a maul that couldn't be stopped.
YELLOW CARD, DRAGONS, MARTINEZ:
Another scrum penalty comes and this time they will pay the price.
The Stormers just about manage to keep the Dragons hemmed into their half. The hosts have knocked it on and the Stormers will have the scrum.
CONVERSION, STORMERS, LIBBOK, 21-23:
Libbok produces a brilliant conversion to give the Stormers the lead.
TRY, STORMERS, DAVIDS, 21-21:
Davids slips in at the corner after a multi-phase attack.
Dayimani punches a hole into the Dragons line but then Roos throws a pass to an opponent in the Dragons 22.
The Dragons win the battle in the air twice in a row and that helps them take play back up to the Stormers 22.
CONVERSION, DRAGONS, REED, 21-16:
Reed converts the try.
TRY, DRAGONS, WAINWRIGHT, 19-16:
Wainright bashes over and the Dragons are back in front. Libbok was charged down trying to exit which gave the Dragons front foot ball.
PENALTY, STORMERS, LIBBOK, 14-16:
Libbok slots the kick.
The Stormers get a penalty at scrum time and the referee has warned the Dragons. Libbok calls for the tee.
The Stormers knock on in the Dragons 22. Libbok gets in to dot down but they will come back for the scrum.
The Stormers tap and go from a free kick but then knock on after a collision between two of their players. Their coaching staff must be tearing their hair out.
The Dragons try a worked move from a lineout with a long throw but they knock on while on the ground.
The Stormers knock on off the restart and the Dragons will feed a scrum on their own 22.
PENALTY, DRAGONS, REED, 14-13:
Reed kicks the goal.
The Stormers immediately give away a penalty and its Dweba who doesn't heed the referee's call. Dweba is having a poor game even in a team playing badly.
PENALTY, STORMERS, LIBBOK, 11-13:
Libbok kicks his goal and the Stormers lead.
Malherbe dominates at the scrum and wins the Stormers a penalty. Libbok calls for the kicking tee.
The Dragons try to carry from deep and end up spilling it inside their own half.
Dragons exit safely off the restart but the Stormers have the lineout feed. They then drill a kick deep into the Dragons 22.
HALF TIME: DRAGONS 11-10 STORMERS
The Stormers are living on scraps at the moment but they are still in the game. The visitors have had little ball and have struggled to secure it from their own setpieces. The Dragons haven't made their dominance pay quite like they should have but lead by one.
The Stormers do well to hold the Dragons up in attack and win a scrum put in but there have been problems for both sides in the scrum.
Reed has a penalty kick to drive the Stormers back into their 22.
A kicking battle ends in a stalemate but the Dragons will feed the lineout on halfway.
CONVERSION, STORMERS, LIBBOK, 11-10:
Libbok converts to make it a one-point game.
TRY, STORMERS, DAVIDS, 11-8:
Gelant finds a hole and then drills a grubber into the path of Davids who snatches it and goes in to score.
The Stormers get an easy exit after a great carry from Roos sees the Dragons fall on the wrong side of the ruck and get penalised.
PENALTY, STORMERS, LIBBOK, 11-3:
Libbok puts the Stormers on the board.
The Scrum goes down and this time the Stormers get the penalty and again the front rows look perplexed. Libbok will call for the tee.
The Stormers don't protect the ball in attack again and the Dragons rip it clear. They will come back for a scrum after a knock on in the tackle from the Stormers.
PENALTY, DRAGONS, REED, 11-0:
Reed now slots a penalty as the Stormers cough up another.
The Dragons win another penalty on attack and set up another lineout.
Reed puts a scrum penalty out inside the Stormers 22 with a great kick and the Dragons have another attacking setpiece.
The Stormers are making an error almost every time they touch the ball as they throw a forward pass in midfield. These schoolboy errors have mounted up for the Stormers this season and are the reason this side has yet to seal a playoff spot.
Another messy lineout from the Stormers sees the ball miss everyone and Dee snaffles it up for the Dragons. The kick clear and to touch.
Now the Stormers get the scrum penalty and they put it out into the corner for an attacking lineout.
The Dragons get a use it call and don't hustle so Busby gives the Stormers a scrum close to the 22 of the Dragons.
Reed misses his kick and the Dragons lead stays at eight. The Stormers haven't fired a shot and got sucked into arguing with the referee which isn't a good sign.
TRY, DRAGONS, KEDDIE, 8-0:
Keddie powers over and has scored.
The Dragons get a scrum penalty and the referee marches it ten forward as the Stormers kick the ball away.
The scrum is taking an age to get right and has been reset twice. Not great officiating to allow this to take up so much time.
The Dragons test the Stormers with another kick but this time they knock it on in the air and the Stormers have a scrum feed close to their own 22.
Hartzenburg knocks on and is confused by the referee's call but he shouldn't be as he clearly knocked it on.
PENALTY, DRAGONS, REED, 3-0:
Reed slots the kick to give the Dragons the lead.
The Dragons pull a worked move from the lineout and go close but are stopped. They keep coming but eventually have to settle for a penalty.
Gelant spills a ball into touch to gift the Dragons another attacking lineout.
Wainwright carries well but then the Stormers set their defence again and eventually force the Dragons into touch.
The Stormers can't feed a lineout straight and the Dragons set a lineout and maul. The Stormers hold them up and it's a goal-line dropout.
KICK OFF: The Stormers take in the kick off with the field clouded in smoke. The Stormers kick but don't find touch and are under pressure.
The Dragons have never beaten the Stormers but the South African side have struggled in recent matches in Wales.
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Willie Engelbrecht, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Sti Sithole.
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Hacjivah Dayimani, 21 Stefan Ungerer, 22 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.
Dragons: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Rio Dyer, 13 Steff Hughes (captain), 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Chris Hollis, 10 Will Reed, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Harri Keddie, 6 Sean Lonsdale,5 George Nott, 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Chris Coleman, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Rhodri Jones.
Replacements: 16 Brodie Coghlan, 17 Rodrigo Martinez, 18 Dmitri Arhip, 19 James Benjamin, 20 Taine Basham, 21 Morgan Lloyd, 22 Angus O’Brien, 23 Sio Tomkinson.
Greetings and a warm welcome to our coverage of the Round 16 United Rugby Championship match between the Dragons and the Stormers from Rodney Parade.
