A Boxing Day local derby that failed to catch fire. Ceri Sweeney scored a try to put the Blues into the lead in the last quarter of the match. The Rodney Parade faithful loved that; not. The best rugby was reserved for the last 7 minutes of the game. The home side had the ball in their own half and proceeded to keep possession for the last five minutes of the game and another 2 minutes. It was probably the longest passage of unbroken play I'd see all year, and very exciting as well. The Dragons only needed three points to win and managed to get within the Blues 22 to set-up a drop kick chance. Sadly it was charged down and rebounded into a Dragons player. Cue another minute of rugby, then another drop kick chance. Amazingly this was charged down as well and fell into the hands of a Dragons' player again. Guess what? Yes, another drop kick chance was engineered but this third attempt was not to be lucky, it drifted well wide of the left hand post. The game ended in anti-climax for the Dragons, but what a last seven minutes. Fantastic.
My man of the match: Ben Blair. Solid as usual.
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