Victory over Bristol City meant that although other teams have games in hand, Dragons cannot be overhauled at the top of Division 1. Bristol City can finish level on points by winning their remaining games, but would lose out on head-to-head record - just as they did last year.
With the seconds clinching their title on Monday, it’s been a great week for the club. Big congratulations to all the players who made it all happen.
13-7 Joey Niblett (4), Remco Broekhuis (4), Angharad Morgan (2), Lee O’Sullivan (2), Chris Gubby (1), Helen Gubby, Rachel Knight, Sian Hunt
As in the previous season, Bristol City had lost early on to Dragons and then won every match thereafter, leaving Dragons needing to beat them again in order to retain the title. A draw or even a defeat could still allow Dragons to sneak the league, but they’d be relying on a sequence of other results going their way. Both sides were at full strength, with Bristol City having the confidence of victories in their last 6 matches, but knowing that they were yet to beat Dragons in 3 previous meetings.
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10-3 Gareth Thomas (3), Josh Cockburn (3), James Frost (2), Amy Shillabeer (1), Pete Obee (1), Alex Thomas, Caroline Lowdon, Chrissy Rowlatt, Gwenno Jones, Julie Saunders, Magnus Dons
Despite much compaints about having to start a game at 9.30 am (just wait till the summer tournaments, guys!) Dragons managed a bumper squad of 11 players for this game. Given that they had to get up an hour earlier, Bristol City had done well to bring along a full team too. (more…)
