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Having been hammered by Leinster last weekend, the Newport Gwent Dragons gained some revenge on the newly crowned Magners League champions by running five tries past them for a 31-26 win at Rodney Parade on Friday.

The result secured eighth spot for the Welshmen in the final league table.

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The scorers:

Newport Gwent Dragons:
Tries: Jones, Evans, Gustafson, Dollman, Black
Cons: Tovey 2, Sweeney

Leinster:
Tries: Berne 2, Dempsey
Con: Sexton
Pens: Sexton 3

Yellow cards: James Harris (Newport Gwent Dragons, 79), Adam Jones (Newport Gwent Dragons, 68)

The teams:

Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Kevin Morgan, 14 Gareth Wyatt, 13 Rhodri Gomer-Davies, 12 Phillip Dollman, 11 Richard Fussell, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Joe Bearman, 7 James Harris, 6 Colin Charvis (captain), 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Andy Hall, 3 Patrick Palmer, 2 Steve Jones, 1 Hugh Gustafson.
Replacements: 16 Ben Daly, 17 Adam Black, 18 Adam Jones, 19 Lewis Evans, 20 Paul Emerick, 21 Ceri Sweeney, 22 Alex Walker.

Leinster: 15 Girvan Dempsey, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Brian O'Driscoll (captain), 12 Michael Berne, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Chris Keane, 8 Stephen Keogh, 7 Kevin McLaughlin, 6 Cameron Jowitt, 5 Devin Toner, 4 Trevor Hogan, 3 Stephen Knoop, 2 Brian Blaney, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Bernard Jackman, 17 Ronan McCormack, 18 Malcolm O'Kelly, 19 Richie Leyden, 20 Chris Whitaker, 21 Christian Warner, 22 Gary Brown.

Referee: Peter Allan (SRU)
Touch judges: James Jones (WRU), Gwyn Morris (WRU)
TMO: Huw Lewis (WRU)

With thanks to magnersleague.com