The Guinness PRO14 returns for Round 4 this weekend, with three matches apiece on Sunday and Monday.
A trio of Irish sides – Leinster, Munster and Ulster – are looking to maintain their unbeaten starts while Zebre, Benetton and Edinburgh are still in search of their first victories of 2020/21.
Round 3 brought plenty of excitement and this weekend is set to be no different, with Glasgow Warriors the latest team to try and end Leinster’s winning streak, which now stands at 22 matches.
There are three cracking contests in store in Wales, with two of them at Rodney Parade as Dragons host Munster on Sunday before Cardiff Blues welcome Ulster a day later.
At Parc y Scarlets, meanwhile, the hosts are looking to build on their first win of the season as they entertain Edinburgh.
Dragons v Munster – Match Preview
Fresh from holding off Cardiff Blues on Monday Night Rugby, Johann van Graan’s Munster take on another Welsh outfit as they look to extend their winning start to the campaign.
The victory over Blues was Munster’s 12th in succession against Welsh regions and they also have fond recent memories of Rodney Parade, where they have won on four of their last five visits.
For Dragons, this is the latest tough assignment in a fixture list which has also handed them games against Leinster and Ulster in the opening weeks of the season.
Dean Ryan’s men have not beaten Munster since December 2015 and have scored just a solitary try in the last three meetings between the sides.
Location:
At Rodney Parade, Newport – 2pm kick-off
Officials:
Referee: Ben Blain (SRU, 7th competition game), Assistant Referees: Dan Jones, Aled Evans (both WRU), TMO: Jon Mason (WRU)
Overall Guinness PRO14 head to head record:
Played 31, Dragons won 8, Munster won 23.
Did you know?
- Dragons only victory in their last six Guinness PRO14 fixtures was 26-18 at home to Zebre in Round 2.
- The Welshmen have lost just twice at Rodney Parade in any tournament since last November, both in the PRO14 to Benetton and Scarlets.
- Munster are one of only three sides to have begun the season with three successive victories, the others being fellow Irish provinces Leinster and Ulster.
- The Munstermen have won their last 12 encounters with Welsh regions in all competitions since their reversal at Scarlets in March 2019.
- The Irishmen have not been defeated by Dragons since a visit to Rodney Parade in December 2015 and have won on four of their last five visits to Newport.
