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Perpignan silence Dragons at Rodney Parade

Newport Gwent Dragons	0 - 25	Perpignan
Rodney Parade, Newport Att: 5,496
Referee: Rob Debney
Saturday 19th January 2008, 13:30
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Nathin Hines carries the ball for Perpignan

Match report

Perpignan made sure of their place in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals with a workmanlike win at a rain sodden Rodney Parade.

The French side were much the better team throughout and were good value for their 25-0 victory.

The win put Perpignan second in Pool 1 behind London Irish, but as one of the two best runners-up. Irish won the Pool by two points thanks to their bonus point grabbing win in Italy.

Percy Montgomery, a former Rodney Parade hero put over one of two early penalties from 22 metres and, after 28 minutes, Montgomery's quick hands put in Jean-Philippe Grandclaude to
touchdown for a score that Montgomery converted.

A second Montgomery penalty on the resumption eased Perpignan into a 13-0 lead and that seemed to be that given the scoring chances the Dragons had to that point.

The Welsh region found some fighting spirit but still could not get any points on the board by the hour mark.

Centre Phil Dollman could not ground the ball when put under the posts by Sweeney.

As the Dragons pack rumbled around the fringes of a rolling maul they could not quite find the gaps to go over.

Replacement scrum-half Andy Williams put through a dangerous grubber kick that Perpignan just managed to get safe.

The Dragons' afternoon was summed up as Marty intercepted a lazy pass on halfway by flanker Joe Bearman to stretch his legs and go over from 50 metres.

With the final move of the match Perpignan rounded things off with a third try as winger Adrian Plante went over in the corner for Montgomery to convert.

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Newport Gwent Dragons

Perpignan

Pos

Player

Pos

Aled Thomas

Percy Montgomery

Gareth Wyatt

Christophe Manas

Paul Emerick

David Marty

Phil Dollman

Jean-Philippe Grandclaude

Richard Fussell

Adrien Plante

Ceri Sweeney

Nicolas Laharrague

Wayne Evans

Nicolas Durand

Adam Black

Perry Freshwater (capt)

Ben Daly

Guilhem Guirado

Rhys Thomas

Nicolas Mas

Adam Jones

Rimas Alvarez Kairelis

Peter Sidoli

Nathan Hines

Joe Bearman

Viliami Vaki

Colin Charvis (capt)

Damien Chouly

Michael Owen

Henry Tuilagi

Replacements

Kieran Crawford

Marius Tincu

Hugh Gustafson

Kisi Pulu

Gethin Robinson

Gerrie Britz

Andrew Hall

Ovidiu Tonita

Lewis Evans

Chris Cusiter

Andy Williams

Federico Martin Aramburu

Alex Walker

Jean-Pierre Perez

Penalty Tries

First half timeline
3	Newport Gwent Dragons	Miss Pen: P Montgomery
11	Perpignan	Penalty kick - P Montgomery
19	Newport Gwent Dragons	Substitution - L Evans on for C Charvis
20	Newport Gwent Dragons	Blood sub - H Gustafson on for A Black
27	Newport Gwent Dragons	Substitution - A Black on for H Gustafson
29	Perpignan	Try - J Grandclaude
30	Perpignan	Conversion - P Montgomery
Second half timeline
41	Perpignan	Substitution - C Cusiter on for N Durand
45	Newport Gwent Dragons	Substitution - G Robinson on for R Thomas
46	Perpignan	Penalty kick - P Montgomery
46	Perpignan	Substitution - M Tincu on for G Guirado
50	Newport Gwent Dragons	Substitution - A Williams on for W Evans
56	Perpignan	Substitution - K Pulu on for N Mas
60	Perpignan	Substitution - J Perez on for H Tuilagi
60	Perpignan	Substitution - G Britz on for R Alvarez Kairelis
63	Newport Gwent Dragons	Substitution - A Hall on for P Sidoli
69	Newport Gwent Dragons	Substitution - K Crawford on for B Daly
69	Newport Gwent Dragons	Substitution - H Gustafson on for A Black
71	Perpignan	Substitution - V Vaki on for O Tonita
72	Perpignan	Missed pen: Montgomery
75	Perpignan	Try - D Marty
75	Perpignan	Missed con: Montgomery
80 +3	Perpignan	Try - A Plante
80 +4	Perpignan	Conversion - P Montgomery

Results so far

Newport Gwent Dragons

Date	Stage	Opposition	Score
19/1/08	Pool 1	Perpignan	L 0-25
12/1/08	Pool 1	London Irish	L 24-41
15/12/07	Pool 1	Benetton Treviso	L 22-24
8/12/07	Pool 1	Benetton Treviso	W 35-33
17/11/07	Pool 1	London Irish	L 17-45
9/11/07	Pool 1	Perpignan	L 19-23

Perpignan

Date	Stage	Opposition	Score
5/4/08	Quarter Finals	London Irish	L 9-20
19/1/08	Pool 1	Newport Gwent Dragons	W 25-0
12/1/08	Pool 1	Benetton Treviso	W 55-13
15/12/07	Pool 1	London Irish	W 23-6
9/12/07	Pool 1	London Irish	L 16-24
17/11/07	Pool 1	Benetton Treviso	W 29-17
9/11/07	Pool 1	Newport Gwent Dragons	W 23-19

Previous Heineken Cup meetings

Date	Stage	Home	Score	Away
Sat 19th Jan 08	Pool 1	Newport Gwent Dragons	0 - 25	Perpignan
Fri 9th Nov 07	Pool 1	Perpignan	23 - 19	Newport Gwent Dragons
Sat 11th Dec 04	Pool 5	Perpignan	32 - 9	Newport Gwent Dragons
Sat 4th Dec 04	Pool 5	Newport Gwent Dragons	27 - 14	Perpignan

Heineken CupHistory

Newport Gwent Dragons

2009/10 - Pool 2

2008/09 - Pool 5

2007/08 - Pool 1

2005/06 - Pool 1

2004/05 - Pool 5

2003/04 - Pool 1

Perpignan

2009/10 - Pool 1

2008/09 - Pool 3

2007/08 - Quarter Finals

2006/07 - Pool 1

2005/06 - Quarter Finals

2004/05 - Pool 5

2003/04 - Pool 6

2002/03 - Runners up

2001/02 - Pool 1

1998/99 - Semi Finals

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