Lee PadmoreThe Canterbury United Dragons face a difficult task first up when they visit defending champions Eastern Suburbs in the opening round of the national league on Sunday. The Dragons have been together for seven weeks and played one pre-season match against – a 2-1 win against Southern United. He believes character will be key for the Dragons this campaign and wants the side to epitomise Canterbury as a region with the way they play the game. Sunday’s match against Eastern Suburbs kicks off at 4pm and will be shown live on Sky Sport. Dragons squad – Eddie Ashton, Dan Terris, Benji Lapslie, Dan Schwarz, Tom Scott, George King, Luke Tongue, Haris Zeb, Reece Dalton, James Pendrigh, Juan Chang, Sean Liddicoat, Calum Ferguson, Cory Mitchell, Harrison Bowman, Aaron Clapham, Sam Field, Jacob Richards, Sam Lapslie, Danny Knight, Abdul Khalif.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 01, 2019 01:30 UTC