NEWPORT Gwent Dragons claimed their biggest scalp of the season by ending their travel sickness in style, stunning RaboDirect Pro12 title hopefuls Glasgow on their own turf.

The hosts were looking to leapfrog leaders Munster with victory but instead it was Lyn Jones’ side that were celebrating at the final whistle despite having three men sent to the sin bin.

The four magnificent points lifts them to sixth and is a massive boost to the Dragons’ hopes of avoiding the ignominy of being the bottom Welsh region.

The Dragons have enjoyed great success at Rodney Parade this season but had failed to take that form on the road.

They had lost all five games and their last win away from Newport was back in February when they triumphed against Zebre in Parma.

But they stunned Glasgow at Scotstoun Stadium, their shock victory meaning that they have now beaten three of last season’s Pro12 semi-finalists following their September successes against Ulster and the Scarlets.

Last season the Dragons were drubbed 37-6 and 60-3 by the Glaswegians but they upset the odds thanks to tries by fly-half Jason Tovey, who also booted 13 points in a man of the match performance, and wing Will Harries.

Glasgow took an early lead through a try from Niko Matawalu but Dragons - despite having Pat Leach, Matt Pewtner and Netani Talei all spending time in the sin-bin at various points - proved to be the more cohesive side, well marshalled by scrum-half Richie Rees.

The game kicked off in decent - though arctic - conditions, and with 38 seconds on the clock one of the fastest ever sin-binnings occurred, as Dragons centre Pat Leach spear-tackled home flanker Rob Harley and received his temporary marching orders from referee Peter Fitzgibbon.

Glasgow wasted no time in making use of the numerical advantage. Centre DTH Van Der Merwe found a bit of space and the move ended with winger Matawalu touching down, but Henry Pyrgos was unable to convert.

However, before the Dragons had visited the Glasgow 22, they were ahead. Penalties, awarded at a line-out and then a scrum, were driven home by Tovey on seven and 11 minutes.

In the middle of the half Glasgow had possession and territory but failed to provide any fluency. A penalty attempt in the 20th minute by Scott Wight hit a post.

Dragons were looking the more composed side but their try six minutes before the interval came gift-wrapped from Matawalu, who turned from hero to villain.

Having apparently dealt with a kick that ran close to his goal-line, he tried to be too clever, lost possession and the alert Tovey dived through would-be tacklers to touch down, and proceeded to convert to get his team 13-5 up at the break.

A quick response from Glasgow saw them claw back a penalty from Pyrgos five minutes into the second half.

On 53 minutes referee Fitzgibbon produced his second yellow card, this time showing it to left winger Pewtner. Seven minutes later number eight Talei followed him.

However, in between, Dragons had moved further ahead, winger Harries touching down a cross kick by Tovey, who added the extras.

Glasgow threw everything at Dragons in the closing stages but a mixture of their own errors and stalwart defence meant it was the visitors' night.

Glasgow scorers: try – N Matawalu; penalty – H Pyrgos

Dragons scorers: tries – J Tovey, W Harries; conversions – J Tovey (2); penalties – J Tovey (2); drop goal – J Tovey