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The Men of Gwent were beaten 24-15 by Edinburgh in Newport
The Dragons couldn’t hand Aaron Wainwright the perfect Rodney Parade farewell after they were beaten 24-15 by Edinburgh in Newport.
Wales No. 8 Wainwright was making his final home appearance for the Dragons ahead of a move to Leicester Tigers. However, it wasn’t to be his night as Scotland international Duhan van Merwe scored twice in the second-half to seal victory for the visitors.
The Dragons had lost prop Rodrigo Martinez to a head injury early on, but they were able to open the scoring thanks to an Angus O’Brien penalty.
Edinburgh forged ahead, with hooker Ewan Ashman scoring from close range.
Wales prop Dillon Lewis moved the Dragons back in front from a driving maul.
The Dragons then thought they had moved further ahead just before half-time, after Rio Dyer picked up a loose ball to race 80 metres to the tryline.
However, the TMO intervened to chalk the try off for a knock-on.
That proved crucial as Edinburgh went on to score shortly after, with Tom Currie powering over following some concerted pressure.
The second-half started with the Dragons producing a fine score.
Thomas Young set the platform with a powerful run from deep, before Dyer latched onto Tinus de Beer’s grubber.
The Wales wing then combined with Rhodri Williams, who then gave the scoring pass to flanker Keddie to score.
However, Edinburgh would hit back – with Lions winger van der Merwe crossing from a neat blind-side move.
The Dragons kept pushing, with Edinburgh losing both Dylan Richardson and Boan Venter to the sin-bin.
The home side once again had a try chalked off by the TMO, with Elliot Dee’s score ruled out for an earlier knock-on.
While still down to 14 with Venter’s yellow card, Edinburgh sealed victory as van der Merwe shook off a handful of tackles to grab his second.
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