THAT wasn’t good enough, complained Newport Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner after his side failed to follow up their epic victory over the Ospreys.
Glasgow put a big dent in the their Magners League play-off hopes at Firhill yesterday, though the Dragons remain ten points clear of the Scarlets in the race for automatic Heineken Cup qualification.
The Dragons, though without several leading players and losing Wales lock Luke Charteris to a neck injury at half-time, ran out of luck at the ground where they had won their previous five league matches.
“It wasn’t good enough, we made a poor start after we talked about not doing that here,” said a disappointed Turner. “We were beaten in the contact area and everything we did to the Ospreys they did to us.
“But I was pleased with young guys like Toby Faletau as well as Andrew Coombs, but you’ve got to question some of the senior players.
“We were building towards a bonus point, but we coughed the ball up and then conceded a try at the other end.
“We know what we’ve got to do now and that’s beat Edinburgh at home in our next game (April 18).
“Our ambition for the season had always been to qualify for Europe, though it had taken a different turn in recent weeks with the play-offs a possibility.
“The Scarlets will have played the Blues by the time we face Edinburgh so we'll know what we’ve got to do.
“We’ve got to get that consistency into our game, which is what Warren Gatland said last week.
“We let in too many soft tries but had a lot of key players injured, and guys like Dan Lydiate, Aled Brew and Joe Bearman and are key to our efforts.
“But players have still got to back up their form from week to week, it’s no good having a lull or they won’t get into the Wales squad.”
The Dragons will have Ashley Smith back against Edinburgh and there is a chance of Joe Bearman returning from his long absence while Lewis Evans could make it.
But Lydiate and Adam Jones are out for the season and Brew could miss the remaining three matches as well.
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