2024–25 Dragons RFC season

Dragons RFC

Full name	Dragons RFC
Union	WRU
Founded	2003
Location	Newport
Region	Gwent
Ground(s)	Rodney Parade (Capacity: 8,700)
Chairman	David Wright
Coach(es)	Filo Tiatia (interim)
Captain(s)	Ben Carter
League(s)	United Rugby Championship
2023–24	15th (Welsh Shield: 4th)
1st kit 2nd kit 3rd kit
Official website
www.dragonsrugby.wales
Current season

The 2024–25 season is Dragons's fourth season in the United Rugby Championship, and their 23rd season of professional representative rugby. Along with competing in the URC and its Welsh Shield competition, the club will also participate in the 2024-25 European Rugby Challenge Cup.

Senior squad

For player movements before or during the 2024–25 season, see List of 2024–25 United Rugby Championship transfers § Dragons.

Dragons United Rugby Championship squad
Props Dmitri Arhip Christian Coleman Rhodri Jones Paula Latu Rodrigo Martínez Josh Reynolds Luke Yendle Hookers James Benjamin Oli Burrows Brodie Coghlan Elliot Dee Locks Ben Carter (c) Steve Cummins Joe Davies Barny Langton-Cryer Matthew Screech	Back row Taine Basham Solomone Funaki Harrison Keddie Shane Lewis-Hughes Dan Lydiate George Nott Aaron Wainwright George Young Scrum-halves Dane Blacker Rhodri Williams Che Hope Fly-halves Lloyd Evans* Angus O'Brien Will Reed	Centres Aneurin Owen Harry Wilson Wings Rio Dyer Ashton Hewitt Ewan Rosser Jared Rosser Fullbacks Cai Evans Jordan Williams
(cc) denotes the team co-captains, Bold denotes internationally capped players. * denotes players qualified to play for Wales on residency or dual nationality. ST denotes a player signed on a short-term deal. L denotes a player on loan at the club. Players and their allocated positions from the Dragons website.

Results

United Rugby Championship

Main table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Leinster	12	12	0	0	360	166	+194	52	24	9	0	57	Play-offs & Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup
2	Glasgow Warriors	12	8	0	4	353	225	+128	53	29	8	4	44
3	Bulls	12	8	0	4	316	249	+67	41	29	6	3	41
4	Sharks	12	8	0	4	313	309	+4	40	43	5	2	39
5	Munster	12	6	0	6	287	294	−7	46	41	8	1	33
6	Cardiff	12	5	1	6	263	321	−58	41	44	7	2	31
7	Edinburgh	12	5	0	7	295	300	−5	41	41	5	5	30
8	Lions	12	6	0	6	280	269	+11	36	38	3	2	29
9	Connacht	12	5	0	7	277	296	−19	42	38	6	3	29	Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup
10	Scarlets	12	5	1	6	271	255	+16	29	36	2	4	28
11	Ospreys	12	5	1	6	258	258	0	34	33	3	3	28
12	Stormers	12	5	0	7	272	293	−21	34	37	5	3	28
13	Benetton	12	5	1	6	251	317	−66	31	44	5	1	28
14	Ulster	12	5	0	7	269	294	−25	39	42	3	4	27
15	Zebre Parma	12	5	0	7	196	268	−72	25	38	2	3	25
16	Dragons	12	1	0	11	226	374	−148	28	53	1	3	8

Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won 2) The difference between points for and points against 3) The number of tries scored 4) The most points scored 5) The difference between tries for and tries against 6) The fewest red cards received 7) The fewest yellow cards received.

2024–25 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield Pools
Welsh Shield
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts	Pos overall
1	Cardiff	5	3	1	1	111	98	+13	16	11	3	1	18	6
2	Scarlets	4	2	0	2	94	81	+13	10	11	1	1	10	10
3	Ospreys	3	1	1	1	57	58	–1	6	4	0	1	7	11
4	Dragons	4	1	0	3	83	108	–25	9	14	0	1	5	16
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards received
Green background indicates teams currently leading the regional shield. Upon the conclusion of the regular season, these teams win their respective regional shields. (S) : URC Shield champion

Round 1

21 September 2024 15:00

Dragons	23–21	Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: Keddie 26' c Yendle 83' c Con: L. Evans (2/2) 27', 84' Pen: L. Evans (3) 1', 23', 77'		Try: K. Williams 19' c Conbeer 45' m Con: Edwards 20' (1/2) Pen: Edwards (3) 7', 33', 37'

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 5,181 Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)

Round 2

27 September 2024 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	34–6	Dragons
Try: Conan 17' m R. Byrne 37' m Deegan 46' c McCarthy 64' m Larmour 68' c King 81' m Con: R. Byrne (2/6) 46', 65'		Pen: L. Evans (2/3) 25', 40'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 18,397 Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

Round 3

5 October 2024 17:15

(1 BP) Dragons	30–33	Sharks (1 BP)
Try: Basham 17' c Coleman 26' m R. Williams 37' c Carter 54' m Con: L. Evans (2/3) 17', 38' Pen: L. Evans 3' Reed 58'		Try: V. Tshituka 21' m Ja. Hendrikse 39' c Julius 44' c Hooker 48' c Mbatha 80'+4 Con: Masuku (4/5) 40', 45', 49', 80'+7

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,591 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Round 4

13 October 2024 14:30

(1 BP) Dragons	19–23	Lions
Try: Keddie 14' c Basham (2) 24' m, 42' c Con: Evans (2/3) 15', 43'		Try: Q. Horn 10' c Cairns 51' c Con: Steyn (1/1) 11' Nohamba (1/1) 52' Pen: Steyn (2/2) 28', 40+1' Nohamba (1/1) 49'

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4 237 Referee: Fillipo Russo (Italy)

Round 5

19 October 2024 19:35

Dragons	21–31	Benetton (1 BP)
Try: Westwood 26' c L. Evans 49' c Lewis-Hughes 72' c Con: L. Evans (2/2) 28', 50'. O'Brien 73'		Try: Bernasconi 36' c Avaca 45' c Manfredi 60' c Cannone 67' c Con: Umaga (2/2) 37', 47' Albornoz (2/2) 61', 68' Pen: Umaga 32'

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,132 Referee: Peter Martin, Ireland

Round 6

26 October 2024 19:35

(1 BP) Connacht	31–7	Dragons
Try: Boyle 5' c Blade 19' c Prendergast 38' m Forde 73' c Devine 80' m Con: Forde (3/5) 7', 20', 74'		Try: Basham 77' c Con: O'Brien 78'

The Sportsground, Galway Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi, Italy

Round 7

30 November 2024 17:15

(1 BP) Cardiff	31–23	Dragons
Try: Mann 31' c Millard 42' c Sheedy 42' c Lee-Lo 49' c Con: Sheedy (4/4) 32', 43', 43', 50' Pen: Sheedy 7'		Try: Lloyd 64' c Seiuli 71' c Con: O'Brien (2/2) 65', 72' Pen: O'Brien (3) 11', 23', 28'

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Attendance: 9,638 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Round 8

26 December 2024 15:00

(1 BP) Dragons	22-24	Cardiff (1 BP)
Try: Wainwright 14' c Dyer 19' m R. Williams 68' c Con: O'Brien (2/3) 15', 69' Pen: O'Brien 17'	Report	Try: Williams 32' m Adams 44' c Hamer-Webb 56' c Lloyd 75' m Con: Sheedy (2/4) 45', 57'

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 8,511 Referee: Adam Jones

Round 9

1 January 2025 17:15

Scarlets	32–15	Dragons
Try: Murray (2) 7', 15' Macleod 29' Mee 42' Con: Costelow (3/4) 8', 16', 31' Pen: Costelow 11' Lloyd 69'	Report	Try: Basham 49' Anderson 66' Con: O'Brien (1/2) 50' Pen: O'Brien 14'

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli Attendance: 7,605

Round 10

25 January 2025 19:35

Dragons	19–38	Munster

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,562

Round 11

16 February 2025 14:00

Dragons	20-45	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Benjamin, 10'c Lewis-Hughes, 41'c Con: Evans, 11', 42' Pen: Evans, 2', 26'	[ Report]	Try: Matthews, 23'c Mann, 28' Horne, 30', 47'c Weir, 38'c McBeth, 42'c Cancelliere, 72'c Con: Weir, 24', 38', 43', 48', 73'

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,109

Round 12

28 February 2025 20:35

(1BP) Zebre Parma	31-21	Dragons
Try: Licata, 15'c Stavile, 39'c Prisciantelli, 41'c Paea, 59'c Con: da Re (4) Pen: Prisciantelli, 79'	Report	Try: Coghlan, 12'c, 25'c Westwood, 29'c Con: Reed (3)

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma Attendance: 2,348

Round 13

22 March 2025 17:15

Dragons	v	Ulster

Rodney Parade, Newport

Round 14

28 March 2025 19:35

Edinburgh	v	Dragons

Hive Stadium, Edinburgh

Round 15

19 April 2025 17:30

Dragons	v	Scarlets

Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Round 16

26 April 2025 15:00

Ospreys	v	Dragons

Swansea.com Stadium

Round 17

10 May 2025 18:15

Stormers	v	Dragons

Cape Town Stadium

Round 18

17 May 2025 15:00

Bulls	v	Dragons

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

European Challenge Cup

EPCR Challenge Cup Pool 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Montpellier (2)	4	4	0	0	131	41	+90	19	6	3	0	19	Home round of 16
2	Ospreys (4)	4	3	0	1	111	116	−5	16	17	3	0	15
3	Pau (7)	4	2	0	2	119	108	+11	10	10	3	1	12
4	Lions (14)	4	2	0	2	122	103	+19	18	13	2	0	10	Away round of 16
5	Dragons	4	1	0	3	61	116	−55	8	15	0	1	5
6	Newcastle Falcons	4	0	0	4	55	115	−60	8	16	0	0	0

Source: EPCR
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Pool matches

Dragons were eliminated after the pool stages, finishing fifth in their pool.

Round 1

6 December 2024 20:00

(1 BP) Dragons	14–18	Montpellier
Try: Basham 26' c O'Brien 39' c Con: O'Brien (2/2) 27', 40+1'	Report	Try: Tambwe 12' m Tauleigne 19' c Con: Barreau (1/2) 20' Pen: Barreau (2/2) 3', 8'

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,012 Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)

Round 2

15 December 2024 15:15

Newcastle Falcons	14–22	Dragons
Try: Radwan 36' c Hearle 46' c Con: Wilkinson (2/2) 37', 47'	Report	Try: Martínez 15' c Wainwright 49' m Anderson 59' c Con: O'Brien (1/2) 17' C. Evans (1/1) 60' Pen: O'Brien (1/1) 34'

Kingston Park, Newcastle Attendance: 2,801 Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)

Round 3

12 January 2025 15:15

Dragons	15–24	Pau
Try: Wainwright 37' m Dyer 77' c Con: Lloyd Evans (1/1) 77' Pen: Lloyd Evans (1/1) 13'	Report	Try: Mondinat 52' c Jooste 63' m Con: Desperes (1/2) 53' Pen: Desperes (1/1) 11', 23', 28', 47'

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,009 Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)

Round 4

18 January 2025 17:15

(1 BP) Lions	60–10	Dragons
Try: Horn (2) 8' c, 48' m Francis 15' c Venter (2) 22' c, 65' c Mafura 26' c Lombard 56' m Visagie 61' m Rass 80' c Con: Francis (4/4) 9', 16', 23', 27' Lombard (2/5) 66', 80' Pen: Francis (1/1) 3'	Report	Try: Latu 53' c Con: Reed (1/1) 54' Pen: Reed (1/2) 7'

Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg Attendance: 2,562 Referee: Evan Urruzmendi (France)

Home attendance

As of 16 February 2025

Domestic League						EPRC Challenge Cup						Total
League	Fixtures	Total Attendance	Average Attendance	Highest	Lowest	League	Fixtures	Total Attendance	Average Attendance	Highest	Lowest	Total Attendance	Average Attendance
2024–25 United Rugby Championship	7	35,323	5,046	8,511	4,109	2024–25 European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	8,021	4,010	4,012	4,009	40,344	4,483