Heineken Cup

Newport Gwent Dragons claimed the final place in the 2009/10 Heineken Cup tournament when they beat Calvisano in the 24th -lace play-off match at Centro Sportivo San Michele on Friday.

The Welsh region outscored the Italian club six tries to two to book their place in European club competition's 15th season.

Calvisano will play in the 2009/10 European Challenge Cup.

Scorers:

Calvisano:
Tries: Garcie, Bernabo
Cons: Fraser, Raineri
Pen: Fraser

Newport Gwent Dragons:
Tries: Black 2, Fussell, Charteris, Smith, Sidey
Cons: Arlidge 6

Teams:

Calvisano: 15 Luke Mclean, 14 Winston Mafi, 13 Matteo Pratichetti, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Ludovico Nitoglia, 10 Gerard Fraser, 9 Paul Griffen, 8 Alistair Mckenzie, 7 Leonardo Ghiraldini (captain), 6 Hoani Tui, 5 Piero Sidoli, 4 Cameron Treloar, 3 David Dal Maso, 2 Aaron Persico, 1 Alessandro Zanni.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Evans, 17 Tommaso D'Apice, 18 Valerio Bernabo, 19 Nicola Cattina, 20 Pino Patelli, 21 Giovanni Raineri, 22 Paolo Buso

Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Jason Tovey, 14 Gareth Wyatt, 13 Rory Sidey, 12 Ashley Smith, 11 Richard Fussell, 10 James Arlidge, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Adam Black, 7 Tom Willis (captain), 6 Rhys Thomas, 5 Hoani MacDonald, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Dan Lydiate, 2 Craig Hill, 1 Lewis Evans
Replacements: 16 Steve Jones, 17 Nigel Hall, 18 Grant Webb, 19 Andrew Hall, 20 Alex Walker, 21 Aled Brew, 22 Martyn Thomas