Cooper magic seals victory

That was how he described last night's 14-6 victory over bottom team Borders at Galashiels when the Dragons were clinging to a one point lead deep into injury time.

Then came the decisive moment when Wales scrum half Gareth Cooper ran brilliantly to score the match winning try.

Earlier Ben Breeze had scored his first try of the season in his first start for the Dragons.

Anderson acknowledged the team's streaky performance and the closeness of the result.

"We just didn't turn up to play, but you get games like that," he said. "It was a struggle from start to finish, it was winning ugly.

"Sometimes the better you prepare the harder it is to fire especially against a side who have not won this season.

"There was no focus and no urgency, but it was a good lesson for us. "The Borders were fired up and we gave them the opportunities, but we hung in there and the only good thing about our game was the defence. "But at the end of the season people will only remember the points we gained up here not the actual game."

Anderson confessed that the team's indifferent performance was as much down to him as the team and he blamed himself.

"We are all in this together and it was as much my fault as the players. I didn't preare them well enough, they were not up for it," he said.

"When you're on a winning streak things like this can happen, it's sport." Hero Cooper admitted, "It could have gone either way, it was not the best but the weather was bad and they defended well.

"Maybe it was the kick up the backside we needed, but it was still a win and it's not easy up here.

"I felt relieved at the end, Monty went one away and Ceri another which left me a hole and I was lucky to see it and score."

Skipper Jason Forster was harsh about his team when he said: "It was the worst game of rugby I've played in my life, the only good thing about it was that we won.

"It was just the kick up the backside we needed."