| Dragons strike late to beat Edinburgh |
Newport Gwent Dragons |
17 - 10 |
Edinburgh |
| Rodney Parade Att: 3,846 |
| Referee: Colin Stanley |
| Friday 10th November 2006, 19:10 |
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| Two second-half tries from Nic Fitisemanu and Nathan Brew were the cornerstones of the Dragons' fightback at Rodney Parade. |
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| Dragons' Adam Black on the charge |
| © Steve Pope Photography |
| Edinburgh had led 10-0 at half-time, as a combination of dreadful conditions and autumn international absences kept scoring to a minimum.
Gunners' winger David McCall opened the scoring after 11 minutes with a try converted by Duncan Hodge. It had come against the run of play, following Colin Charvis and Aled Brew spills with the line at their mercy.
These were compounded by Mike Hercus's penalty miss 13 minutes before the break and Hodge's three-point success in first-half injury-time.
The Dragons made wholesale changes after half-time, and after replacement Nic Fitisemanu's try - converted by Craig Warlow - they took control.
Nathan Brew's 70th-minute try gave the Welshmen the lead for the first time which, with Aled Thomas's conversion and late penalty, they did not relinquish.
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| First half timeline |
| 11 | Edinburgh | Try - D McCall |
| 11 | Edinburgh | Conversion - D Hodge |
| 20 | Edinburgh | Substitution - S Cross on for S Taylor |
| 30 | Edinburgh | Substitution - L Lopez Fleming on for D McCall |
| 30 | Edinburgh | Substitution - S Taylor on for S Cross |
| 40 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - B Daly on for K Crawford |
| 40 +4 | Edinburgh | Penalty kick - D Hodge |
| Second half timeline |
| 41 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - G Baber on for A Walker |
| 41 | Edinburgh | Substitution - C Bentley on for S Turnbull |
| 46 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - C Warlow on for M Hercus |
| 50 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - N Fitisemanu on for J Bearman |
| 58 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Try - N Fitisemanu |
| 58 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Conversion - C Warlow |
| 60 | Edinburgh | Substitution - S Cross on for S Taylor |
| 70 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Try - N Brew |
| 70 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Conversion - A Thomas |
| 80 | Edinburgh | Substitution - R Rennie on for A MacDonald |
| 80 +4 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Penalty kick - A Thomas |
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