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August 31, 2005

Haulage named to face Glasgow

Posted by Assistant Editor on August 31, 2005 01:09 PM | One comment | Print | E-mail author

Andy Hall will be in the Dragons' squad to face his old team-mates on Friday
Andy Hall has been named in the Newport Gwent Dragons squad which will face Glasgow at Hughenden to kick off this new Celtic League.

The Dragons have been boosted with three wins from three in their pre season matches and were the only Welsh Region to record a win over Guinness Premiership opposition beating Bath 20-14 last weekend.

"Naturally the pre season matches have given us a boost," commented Head Coach Paul Turner. "However, they count for nothing now we are entering the competitive stage of the season. We have a difficult start to our League campaign with three away matches so our feet are firmly on the ground despite last Saturday's result. We need to get some away wins if we are to be competitive in the league and we are targeting getting a couple of wins from our first three games. There is no doubt Saturday's victory has given the squad a boost especially when they were at full strength and we were missing a number of our internationals."

The Dragons recorded two wins from two last season against Glasgow beating them 29-38 at Hughenden and 21-16 at Rodney Parade.

"The good thing is we know how to win at Glasgow but we are aware of the challenge they pose and are not underestimating them in the slightest," continued Paul. "We welcome Kevin and Ceri back into the squad and will look to carry on from where we left off against Bath. That game highlighted there were certain areas that needed work such as our ball retention but we have been addressing that in training this week. What has been especially pleasing is the players attitude and there is tremendous spirit in the squad which is hugely important and we travel to Glasgow looking to start our Celtic League campaign with a win."

The Dragons squad is as follows:

Kevin Morgan, Leigh Hinton, Gareth Wyatt, Hal Luscombe, Sione Tuipulotu, Jon Bryant, Richard Fussell, Ceri Sweeney, Craig Warlow, Alex Walker, Gareth Baber, Adam Black, David Maddocks, Kieran Crawford, Gethin Robinson, Rhys Thomas, Ian Gough, Luke Charteris, Peter Sidoli, Andrew Hall, Rhys Oakley, Jason Forster, Jamie Ringer, Richard Bryan.

For the full story, check out the Dragon's site.


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Posted by Big Blue on September 1, 2005 10:44 AM | Reply to this comment

I'm sure the big fella will get a good welcome. Other than the few who were at Lansdowne Road, the fans didn't really get the chance to thank him for his efforts in a Glasgow shirt and wave him goodbye.

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