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MATCH REVIEW
ULSTER
V
NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS
GUINNESS PRO12 2015/16 ROUND 12
REARRANGED
AT KINGSPAN STADIUM
This game was postponed from its original date in early January to accommodate the rearranged
European Champions Cup game between Ulster and Oyonnax.
Ulster’s only defeat in their last four fixtures was 17-33 at Saracens in the Champions Cup on 16
January. Ulster slipped up in their most recent Guinness PRO12 home game: 7-9 to Munster in the on
2 January and have not lost back-to-back games in Belfast in the tournament since December 2010.
Newport Gwent Dragons beat Leinster 23-13 at Rodney Parade on Friday and have not won
successive games in the Guinness PRO12 since last April. Dragons have not won away from home in
the competition since a trip to Treviso on 28 March last year.
Ulster have lost only one of their last four Guinness PRO12 encounters with Dragons: 22-26 at Rodney
Parade on 8 March 2015. The Welshmen have not been victorious in Belfast since September 2008.
MATCH OVERVIEW
CURRENT FORM
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
ULSTER
DRAGONS
DATE VENUE
U N SCORERS
SCORERS
08.11.15 Rodney Parade
19 12
Dorian Jones
(3P)
Jason Tovey
(P)
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
27
15
11
1
68
48
50
3
595
PLAYED
WINS
LOSSES
DRAWS
TRIES
CONVERSIONS
PENALTIES
DROP GOALS
POINTS
27
11
15
1
40
24
69
5
470
DRAGONS FORM GUIDE
ULSTER FORM GUIDE
WIN
DRAW LOST
LAST 3 MATCHES
WIN
DRAW LOST
LAST 3 MATCHES
01.11.14 Kingspan Stadium
23 6
Angus O’Brien
(2P)
Paddy Jackson
(2P)
Stuart
Olding
(2T)
Declan Fitzpatrick
(T)
Ian Humphreys
(C)
28.02.14 Kingspan Stadium
38 8
Ross Wardle
(T)
Geraint Rhys Jones
(P)
Paddy Jackson
(5C)
Sean Doyle
(T)
Tommy Bowe
(2T)
Penalty Tr
y(T)
Ruan Pienaar
(T/P)
LAST TIME
12 19
08.11.15
RODNEY PARADE
CURRENT STANDINGS
5th 10th
Carl Meyer
(T)
Dorian Jones
(C/P)
Jonathan Evans
(T)
Tom Prydie
(2P)
Rhys Buckley
(T)