The Dragons host the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship in Newport on Friday, an opportunity for the Bulls to strengthen their hand in the composition of the play off places.
Dragons v Bulls, Friday 17th April, Newport, KO 20:45 (South African time)
Referee: tbc
Assistant Referees: tbc
TMO: tbc
Weather Forecast - Newport
Dragons:
The Dragons are second from bottom with a record of 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats for a total of 21 log point, the same number as the Scarlets, 9 shy of the Ospreys and the other Welsh side, Cardiff, have 41.
However despite their struggles in the URC the Dragons have made it through to the semi finals of the EPCR Challenge Cup, coming away from Stade Francais with a 36-31 victory in the Round of 16 and following up with a 35-32 victory over Zebre in Parma.
Prior to that the Dragons spent Rounds 13 and 14 of the URC in South Africa. They made the Stormers work harder than expected for victory in Cape Town, eventually going down 29-21 and then lost 42-26 to the Lions in Johannesburg.
One earlier match against South African opposition saw the Dragons draw a Round 2 home fixture against the Sharks 17-17.
Bulls:
The Bulls are in eighth position in the standings with 8 wins alongside 6 defeats and with 40 log points they are 1 point better off than ninth placed Connacht whilst looking up they have Munster, Cardiff and the Lions in range and they are 5 points shy of fourth placed Leinster.
Since their last URC action the Bulls travelled to Glasgow for a Round of 16 Champions Cup clash with the Warriors which they lost 25-21.
In recent URC matches the Bulls hosted Cardiff in Round 13 and they came through with a 40-7 bonus point win and they followed up by edging out Munster 34-31 in another home fixture.
One earlier match against Welsh opposition this season saw the Bulls beat the Ospreys 53-40 at Loftus in the opening round.
After this the Bulls visit the Scarlets before they finish up at home to Zebre and Benetton. In the outright betting to win the URC title the Bulls are 7/1 with Hollywoodbets
Team News
Dragons: tbc
Bulls: tbc
The Betting,
Average early show
Dragons +11.5 points at 9/10
Bulls -11.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Betting Angle
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