PERCY Montgomery urges the Welsh Rugby Union to allow Tony Brown to run Newport Gwent Dragons, and he commits his future to the Dragons just days away from his return to rugby.

His six-month ban for pushing a touchjudge over at Swansea in May ends next Wednesday, and he is expected to feature in the home Heineken Cup clash against Ulster a week Sunday.

"I can't wait to get some game time, it's been very frustrating. I just want to get on the field and started again," he said.

"I just hope Tony Brown takes over and runs the whole thing. It's a three or four year process to build a team and that's the reason I came here. I just hope they sort it out.

"The off-the-field problems are a bit unsettling, but they shouldn't be mentioned at all.

These niggles have got to be sorted out, and it's got to be done professionally."

Montgomery, the fourth highest capped player in South African history with 50, has been linked with a move to English giants Leicester while he has been sidelined, but he insists he is going nowhere.

"They have not spoken to me, there's nothing in it," he said. "I just want to stay at Newport, I signed a three-year contract, I'm pretty much settled here and I don't want to move anywhere.

"The team is playing well at the moment, it's a completely new side and the guys are doing really well. Mike Ruddock and Clive Griffiths have done a great job and hopefully it will click from here on in.

"The Heineken Cup is a completely different ball game, but you can't change a winning team and I don't expect to start. Maybe I'll start back on the bench, but I just want to be part of the team."

Montgomery says he has learnt his lesson from the Swansea match and the incident which got him banned.

"I could write a book about it, but there's no hard feelings," he said. "I suppose one lesson is you just don't push officials.

"Six months has been a long time, but now I've got to get on with the game and carry on with my career. The incident happened a long time ago, and I've got to move on."

Montgomery believes the returning World Cup players can only be good for Welsh rugby," he said.

"It was good to see the guys putting their hands up and the players showing what they can do," he said.

"Wales played very well. I was quite surprised. They closed down England's space and attacked, taking the game to them.

"So many players coming back will help any team, but it's all about the squad and, most of all, being consistent.

"I hate to say it, but England deserved to win the World Cup, they were the only team that kept their squad together. I played against Martin Johnson and Lawrence Dallaglio in 1998 when Jonny Wilkinson was just coming through, but they've kept the whole squad together.

"Clive Woodward has done a fantastic job, they've blended youngsters with senior players. England deserved it."