Dragons have had a busy couple of weeks on and off the sphere, with chair David Buttress saying he’s stepping down and Rhys Blumberg appointed as chief government.
They’ve additionally lastly appointed a defence coach in former Ospreys and New Zealand quantity eight Filo Tiatia, whereas there was a busy recruitment drive for subsequent season.
Wales ahead Shane Lewis-Hughes, Tonga quantity eight Solomone Funaki, Australian lock Steve Cumming and Aussie centre Harry Wilson have agreed strikes.
Ex-Stormers wing Chris Hollis made his Dragons debut towards his former membership after becoming a member of the Welsh area on trial.
Stormers, who received the URC in 2022 and had been runners-up final season, included Springboks World Cup winners Frans Malherbe and Libbok of their ranks.
Dragons’ early assaults had been rewarded with a Reed penalty, a lead elevated as flanker Keddie was pushed over from a line-out earlier than Reed once more hit the goal to take the result in 11 factors.
Stormers responded with a Libbok penalty and took benefit of successful the aerial battle with an opportunistic attempt.
Spectacular full-back Warrick Gelant glided by way of the Dragons defence and his intelligent kick was gathered by Davids to attain.
Libbok transformed to carry Stormers to inside one level at half-time in a gap 40 minutes largely dominated by the hosts.
Former Dragons prop Brok Harris got here off the Stormers replacements bench for the second half and the 39-year-old helped win a scrum penalty which Libbok slotted over to present the guests the lead for the primary time.
Reed virtually instantly restored the Dragons benefit and the guests needed to be content material with a 3rd Libbok penalty as their scrum began to dominate.
Dragons introduced on fly-half Angus O’Brien for his a centesimal league look and he was concerned and added the conversion to the second attempt scored by Wainwright.
That restored the Dragons lead, however Stormers responded with a second Davids attempt that levelled the scores earlier than a Libbok touchline conversion.
O’Brien was compelled off injured which compelled 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 quantity 9 Morgan Lloyd making his senior debut.
Alternative prop Martinez was proven a yellow card for persistent scrum penalties and Stormers made made their numbers inform with three tries within the final eight minutes.
Quantity eight Roos was pushed over earlier than alternative wing Feinberg-Mngomezulu crossed for 2 late tries.