United Rugby Championship: Dragons 48 Connacht 28Connacht will head into Christmas and two tough derby games on the back of one of their worst defeats in years after going down to a Dragons side who had gone 23 games in the URC without winning a match. Angus O’Brien landed his third conversion from the right to make it 21-7 eight minutes from the break. Scorers for Dragons: Tries: C Hope (2), O Burrows, J Rosser, R Dyer, penalty try. Scorers for Connacht: Tries: C Prendergast (2), S Gilbert, S Jansen. CONNACHT: S Gilbert; C Mullins, C Forde, B Aki, S Bolton (H Gavin 6); J Ioane (J Carty 68), C Blade (B Murphy half-time); J Duggan (D Buckley half-time), D Heffernan (D Tierney-Martin 63), S Illo (F Bealham half-time); D Murray, N Murray (J Murphy half-time); C Prendergast, S O’Brien (S Jansen 54), P Boyle.

Source: Irish Examiner December 21, 2025 02:30 UTC