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MATCH PREVIEW
Ulster have lost just once on the opening weekend of the Guinness PRO12 since 2009: 8-15 to the
Dragons in Newport in 2013.
The Ulstermen were defeated by Leinster in Dublin in last season’s semi-finals, but finished the
regular season with a run of four straight victories.
Newport Gwent Dragons are in the midst of their worst ever sequence of results in the Guinness
PRO12 having lost their last ten encounters since beating Leinster at Rodney Parade on 29 January,
whilst their most recent away win in the Championship came on a trip to Treviso in March 2015.
Ulster have lost just one of their last five contests with Dragons: 22-26 at Rodney Parade in March
2015 whilst the Welshmen have not been victorious at Kingspan Stadium since a 16-14 win in
September 2008.
PRO12 PREVIEW
CURRENT FORM
ULSTER
DRAGONS
DATE VENUE
U N SCORERS
SCORERS
08.11.15 Rodney Parade
19 12
Dorian Jones
T
Jason Tovey
T
Paddy Jackson
C/4P
Paul Marshall
T
08.03.15 Rodney Parade
22 26 Craig Gilroy
2T
Ross Adair
T
Ruan Pienaar
2C/P
HEAD
TO HEAD
28
16
11
1
70
50
54
3
612
PLAYED
WINS
LOSSES
DRAWS
TRIES
CONVERSIONS
PENALTIES
DROP GOALS
POINTS
28
11
16
1
42
25
70
5
485
DRAGONS FORM GUIDE
ULSTER FORM GUIDE
WIN
DRAW LOST
LAST 3 MATCHES
WIN
DRAW LOST
LAST 3 MATCHES
LAST TIME
17 15
05.02.16
KINGSPAN STADIUM
CURRENT STANDINGS
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Carl Meyer
T
Dorian Jones
T
Jonathan Evans
T
Tom Prydie
T
Rhys Buckley
T
ULSTER
V
NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS
GUINNESS PRO12 2016/17 ROUND 1
AT KINGSPAN STADIUM
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
05.02.16 Kingspan Stadium
17 15
Angus O’Brien
C/P
Carl Meyer
T
Adam Hughes
T
Paddy Jackson
C/4P
Sean Reidy
T
Ian Humphreys
C
Penalty Try
T