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After finding some home comforts, Dragons now look to end away day woe
Western Mail
|January 23, 2026
DRAGONS seem to have turned their home fortunes around at Rodney Parade but ending their away drought will be a tougher ask.
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Dragons will be looking to Wales star Aaron Wainwright for inspiration in Cork
The Dragons have won four successive games on home soil - beating Lyon and Newcastle in the Challenge Cup and Connacht and Scarlets in the United Rugby Championship (URC) - but their away issues remain heading into tonight’s daunting URC trip to Munster.
A fortnight ago they were given an 11-try, 74-21 hammering by Benetton in the second-tier European tournament when head coach Filo Tiatia rotated his squad.
However, Dragons are at full strength to face the Irishmen in Cork with a XV that features Wales number eight Aaron Wainwright and lock Ben Carter fresh from their Six Nations call-ups.
They have not enjoyed an away success in the URC since beating Scarlets in April 2022, while their last league victory outside Wales was at Connacht in October 2021.
Dragons were the only side in the URC to go without a win on the road in 2025 and finish a 10-game block by travelling to Munster and Ospreys.
This story is from the January 23, 2026 edition of Western Mail.
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