This was your classic game of two halves. The home side were totally dominant in the first half scoring three tries. The Dragons were impressive in defense and created alot of pressure when the Scarlets had the ball. By half time it was 25-6 and I thought the game was pretty much over. How wrong I was. If any team can lose a good lead it's the Dragons and in the second half they went totally to sleep. All of the dynamism of the first half performance disappeared and the Scarlets were the team with all the possession.
The moment of the match came from Scarlets right wing Darren Daniel. He received the ball out wide and skinned his opposite number and proceeded to turn inside the covering fullback. This was all done with a tidy turn of pace and he looked to be in for a great try under the posts when Marc Strchbina brilliantly tap tackled him to end the run.
In the post-match interview Dragons coach Paul Turner summed it up very well - "It's difficult to do this interview. I'm quite numb at the moment". With that he walked off to ponder how his team had thrown the game away.
Man of the match: Marc Strchbina
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