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Article: Borders consumed by Dragon fire

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January 3, 2004
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Borders 15 Gwent 38 Referee: S McDowell (Ire). Attendance: 2,150

THE Borders provided another worrying glimpse of life with meagre resources when they lost heavily to the Dragons from Gwent last night.

Having lost Gregor Townsend to the Super 12 and Tanner Vili, albeit temporarily, to injury and with Gary Armstrong, Doddie Weir and George Graham all now on the sidelines, the experience vital to competing at this level is incredibly scarce.

Semo Sititi, the Samoan No8, provided his usual stirring lead, Gareth Morton and Jono Stuart fought hard to make inroads into a formidable Dragons defence, but the hosts' inability to protect the ball ensured they never built up sufficient threat to ...

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