Humphreys salutes the Dragons

The Dragons battled their way to their fourth successive victory and came from behind for the third successive week as they really get into the winning habit.

The Dragons trailed 16-13 midway through the second half and seemed to be heading for trouble with Humphreys in fine form, but again they refused to submit and hit back to add two more tries to their previous one.

"The Dragons are a very good side, they simply did not allow us any space, their defence was very good," said the 64-times capped Humphreys.

"Look at Leinster last week, they tried to play rugby but they got hammered in midfield.

"We weren't going to allow that and we didn't in the first half, but they changed in the second half and didn't allow us to dominate, they didn't let us really get into the game.

"We have seen a lot of the Dragons this season, they have benefited more than many from the demise of the Celtic Warriors."

Dragons coach Chris Anderson explained the switch of tactics Humphreys was referring to.

"We realised they were woking us out with those long passes Ceri Sweeney throws out wide, so Ceri came inside in the second half which was a smart thing to do," he said.

"They put us under pressure and they made us work for it, but our forwards were relentless.

"We stayed in the battle, we talked about it at half-time and we felt it would come our way. We got good field positions and scored some good tries. "We were always the stronger side, but we hurt ourselves in the first half.

"Then we took our opportunities.

"Their number 10 kicked us back downfield but our defence was strong and they never looked like scoring. We did lose some ball in the first half but it was very dewy out there.

"We are still building, we've got good confidence from our winning run, but that means we've got to raise the bar again. We've still got a way to go."