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Dragons have had a busy couple of weeks on and off the field, with chair David Buttress announcing he is stepping down and Rhys Blumberg appointed as chief executive.<\/p>\n
They have also finally appointed a defence coach in former Ospreys and New Zealand number eight Filo Tiatia, while there has been a busy recruitment drive for next season.<\/p>\n
Wales forward Shane Lewis-Hughes, Tonga number eight Solomone Funaki, Australian lock Steve Cumming and Aussie centre Harry Wilson have agreed moves.<\/p>\n
Ex-Stormers wing Chris Hollis made his Dragons debut against his former club after joining the Welsh region on trial.<\/p>\n
Stormers, who won the URC in 2022 and were runners-up last season, included Springboks World Cup winners Frans Malherbe and Libbok in their ranks.<\/p>\n
Dragons’ early attacks were rewarded with a Reed penalty, a lead increased as flanker Keddie was driven over from a line-out before Reed again hit the target to take the lead to 11 points.<\/p>\n
After Dragons captain Steff Hughes had a try disallowed, Stormers responded with a Libbok penalty and took advantage of their aerial battle dominance with an opportunistic try.<\/p>\n
Impressive full-back Warrick Gelant glided through the Dragons defence and his clever kick was gathered by Davids to score.<\/p>\n
Libbok converted to bring Stormers to within one point at half-time in an opening 40 minutes largely dominated by the hosts.<\/p>\n
Former Dragons prop Brok Harris came off the Stormers replacements bench for the second half and the 39-year-old helped win a scrum penalty which Libbok slotted over to give the visitors the lead for the first time.<\/p>\n
Reed almost immediately restored the Dragons advantage and the visitors had to be content with a third Libbok penalty as their scrum started to dominate.<\/p>\n
Dragons brought on fly-half Angus O’Brien for his 100th league appearance and he was involved and added the conversion to the second try scored by Wainwright.<\/p>\n
That restored the Dragons lead, but Stormers responded with a second Davids try that levelled the scores before a Libbok touchline conversion.<\/p>\n
O’Brien was forced off injured which forced a backline reshuffle as centre Hughes slotted in at fly-half, Sio Tomkinson moved into the midfield with scrum-half Blacker switching to the wing and number nine Morgan Lloyd making his senior debut.<\/p>\n
Replacement prop Martinez was shown a yellow card for persistent scrum penalties and Stormers made made their numbers tell with three tries in the last eight minutes.<\/p>\n
Number eight Roos was driven over before replacement wing Feinberg-Mngomezulu crossed for two late tries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n