Dragons stun Ospreys with last-gasp derby win

United Rugby Championship: Dragons v Ospreys

Dragons (13)

Tries: Keddie, Yendle Cons: Evans 2 Pens: L Evans 3

Ospreys (16)

Tries: K Williams, Conbeer Cons: Edwards Pens: Edwards 3

Dragons replacement prop Luke Yendle scored a last-minute effort to bargain a celebrated triumph against Ospreys successful nan United Rugby Championship (URC) opening time Welsh derby.

Ospreys led 21-13 pinch 5 minutes remaining earlier nan hosts battled backmost pinch Yendle's effort and a conversion from Lloyd Evans.

It completed a 13-point haul for Evans successful his first competitory crippled since his presence from Gloucester, while flanker Harrison Keddie besides crossed.

Ospreys duo Keiran Williams and Ryan Conbeer scored tries while fly-half Dan Edwards added 11 points.

Ospreys will beryllium kicking themselves for their wastefulness aft dominating nan 2nd half arsenic they suffered a 3rd successive conclusion astatine Rodney Parade.

Dragons caput coach Dai Flanagan will beryllium delighted pinch nan resilience of his broadside arsenic nan hosts secured their first opening time triumph since 2013.

His other number Toby Booth will beryllium distraught arsenic he embarked connected his 5th and last play arsenic Ospreys caput coach earlier leaving astatine nan extremity of nan campaign.

Mark Jones will measurement up from defence coach, a domiciled which will beryllium filled by Justin Tipuric erstwhile he retires astatine nan extremity of nan season.

Ospreys welcomed backmost fastener Adam Beard aft he missed nan extremity of past play and Wales' summertime because of an ankle problem.

Beard was joined successful nan starting broadside by chap Wales internationals Gareth Thomas, Dewi Lake, James Ratti and Owen Watkin, while erstwhile skipper Justin Tipuric packed down successful nan aforesaid backmost statement arsenic caller skipper Jac Morgan.

Dragons were missing 13 injured players including influential Wales trio Aaron Wainwright, Elliot Dee and Taine Basham and caller recruits Steve Cummins and Solomone Funaki.

The absence of Wainwright and Funaki meant Shane Lewis-Hughes made his first competitory Dragons quality astatine number 8 aft his move from Cardiff.

Fly-half Evans besides started pursuing his presence from Gloucester and opened nan scoring aft Ospreys were caught offside.

Edwards levelled earlier a well-worked move for nan opening effort for centre Williams, pursuing Lake's walk and Luke Morgan's burst.

Evans responded pinch his 2nd punishment earlier nan hosts created nan opening effort pinch their first existent onslaught which was initiated by nan lively Wales helping Rio Dyer and Aneurin Owen.

Lock Matthew Screech cleverly offloaded to nan rampaging flanker Keddie who cantered distant to people and springiness Dragons nan lead.

Edwards levelled nan scores aft he was taken retired by his other number Evans while his 3rd successful footwear nudged nan visitors successful front.

A brainless punishment conceded by Beard gave Dragons nan level to onslaught conscionable earlier half-time but nan visitors were indebted to a try-saving tackle from Conbeer connected location hooker Brodie Coughlan.

Ospreys squandered an early second-half effort aft a good break from Jack Walsh recovered centre Williams, but he was held up by Dragons duo Joe Westwood and Jared Rosser.

Some much Walsh magic paid disconnected arsenic he released Conbeer to people successful his first competitory crippled since leaving Scarlets.

With Dragons trailing by 8 points, they brought connected different caller subordinate pinch Australian centre Harry Wilson replacing Westwood.

Wales prop Leon Brown was replaced by nan hosts aft an encouraging hr connected nan section successful his first competitory crippled successful almost 9 months.

Former Ospreys flanker, Dan Lydiate, who has conscionable signed a caller Dragons player-coach woody was besides introduced from nan bench, while different location replacement James Benjamin was shown a yellowish paper for his team's persistent maul defence offending.

Wales skipper Lake was replaced and responded provocatively to nan raucous Rodney Parade crowd arsenic he walked backmost to nan bench.

That motion was to backfire spectacularly.

Dragons weathered nan Ospreys unit and Dyer conscionable grounded to capitalise connected an O'Brien transverse kick.

Evans gave nan hosts dream pinch a 3rd punishment earlier nan grandstand finish.

Replacement scrum-half Rhodri Williams made nan incisive break and nan hosts were diligent arsenic they searched for nan match-winning people which Yendle and Evans provided.

Ospreys players near nan section shellshocked and Lake was fixed nan predictable send-off from nan jubilant location fans.

Dragons: Angus O'Brien; Rio Dyer, Joe Westwood, Aneurin Owen, Jared Rosser; Lloyd Evans, Dane Blacker; Rodrigo Martinez, Brodie Coghlan, Leon Brown, Ben Carter (capt), Matthew Screech, Ryan Woodman, Harri Keddie, Shane Lewis-Hughes.

Replacements: James Benjamin, Rhodri Jones, Luke Yendle, George Nott, Dan Lydiate, Rhodri Williams, Harry Wilson, Ewan Rosser.

Sin-bin: Benjamin 69

Ospreys: Jack Walsh; Luke Morgan, Owen Watkin, Keiran Williams, Ryan Conbeer; Dan Edwards, Reuben Morgan-Williams; Gareth Thomas, Dewi Lake, Tom Botha, James Ratti, Adam Beard, Jac Morgan (capt), Justin Tipuric, Morgan Morris.

Replacements: Lewis Lloyd, Steffan Thomas, Math Iowerth-Scott, Huw Sutton, Harri Deaves, Luke Davies, Phil Cokanasiga, Max Nagy.

Referee: Ben Breakspear (WRU

Assistant referees: Mike English (WRU), Ben Connor (WRU)

TMO: Aled Griffiths (WRU)