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Dragons play their home games at Rodney Parade, Newport, which was the home of Newport RFC from 1877 to 2017, and is shared with Newport County AFC, the city's English Football League team. [2] They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup / European Rugby Challenge Cup .
Westwood missed the first part of the season with an injury sustained while playing for Newport RFC, but made his Dragons debut on 21 January 2024 against the Sharks. [7] [8] Westwood made his first start on 2 March 2024 on the wing, against Ulster, before starting at centre against the Bulls.
Oliver Griffiths (born 23 March 1995) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played for the Dragons regional team as a flanker. Griffiths made his debut for the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team in 2014 having previously played for the Dragons academy, Cross Keys RFC and Newport RFC. Griffiths was made Newport RFC’s youngest ever captain.
Newport Gwent Dragons: 2008-2012 [ edit ] Tovey made his debut for Newport Gwent Dragons against the Ospreys in a Celtic League defeat on Friday 25 April 2008 [ 1 ] On 22 February 2009 he became the first Dragons player to score a hat-trick of tries in an official match, scoring 23 of the 26 points in the win over Ulster at Rodney Parade .
Ashton Hewitt (born 20 November 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Dragons regional team, having previously played for Cross Keys RFC and Newport RFC. He is a Wales under-20 international. Hewitt made his Dragons debut in an LV Cup match against the Scarlets on 8 November 2013.
Lewis Evans (born 9 July 1987, Newport, Wales) is a former Welsh rugby union player. A back row forward, he previously played his club rugby for the Dragons for the duration of his fifteen-year career. After being invited into the Newport Gwent Dragons academy in 2005, he then went on to play his rugby for [Ebbw Vale RFC] and Newport RFC.
Wainwright made his debut for the Dragons regional team in 2017 having previously played for Newport RFC.The back row completed a clean sweep at the region's end of season awards in May 2019 as he was named the Coaches Player-of-the-Year, Players' Player-of-the-Year and DOSC Player-of-the-Year.
Woodman was born in Newport and grew up in Caldicot, where he began playing rugby for Caldicot RFC. His family is originally from England but settled in Wales before he was born. [2] Woodman came through the Dragons academy and debuted for the Dragons in 2022. [3] Woodman represented Wales U20 in 2022, [4] before being named captain in 2023. [5]