Dragons RFC are one of the four professional rugby union regional teams in Wales. They are owned by the Welsh Rugby Union and play their home games at Rodney Parade, Newport and at other grounds around the region. They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup/European Rugby Challenge Cup. The region they represent covers an area of southeast Wales including Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen with a total population approaching 600,000 and they are affiliated with a number of semi-professional and amateur clubs throughout the area, including Pontypool RFC, Caerphilly RFC, Cross Keys RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC and Newport RFC.
Gavin Lloyd Henson is a Welsh former professional rugby union player, who played as a fly-half, fullback and inside centre.
Gareth Cooper is a former Wales international rugby union player who played in the scrum-half position.
Ceri Sweeney is a rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Pontypridd RFC and Wales.
Aled Brew is a former Wales international rugby union player who played as a winger. He made his debut for the Wales national rugby union team against Ireland in the 2007 Six Nations Championship. In his career, as well as playing for Biarritz Olympique and Bath Rugby, he is one of only a handful of players to have played for all four top-level regional teams in Wales.
Taliesin Selley is a Welsh former rugby union footballer, who played either at centre or on the wing.
Richie Rees is a former Wales international professional rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half. He is now the attack coach for the Cardiff Blues.
Richard Mustoe is a former Welsh rugby union footballer. A winger, he played for Bridgend, Celtic Warriors, Ospreys and the Cardiff Blues. In July 2007 he joined Newport Gwent Dragons on a one-season loan from the Ospreys, making 20 appearances and scoring 15 points for the Dragons. After returning from his loan deal at the Dragons he moved to Cardiff in 2008.
Jason Tovey is a retired Welsh rugby union player who played at fly-half. He has represented the Wales under-20.
Robert Lewis is a Welsh rugby union player.
Tavis Knoyle is a Wales international rugby union footballer who plays at scrum-half.
Jevon Groves is a rugby union player. His usual position is back row forward.
Hallam Benjamen Amos is a former Welsh rugby union player who played for Cardiff Rugby and Newport Gwent Dragons. He mostly played as a wing, but he was also capable of playing at fullback and as a centre. Born in Stockport, England, he came through the Newport Gwent Dragons academy and made his professional debut for the region in October 2011 at the age of 17 years and 28 days, briefly making him the youngest player to appear for one of the four Welsh regional sides. After eight years with the Dragons, during which time he made 115 appearances, he moved to the Cardiff Blues in 2019.
Ieuan Jones is a Welsh rugby union player. A back row forward he played for Newport Gwent Dragons before joining Cardiff Blues at the end of the 2013–14 season.
Judgement Day is an annual Welsh Rugby Union event that takes place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and is part of the Pro14 competition. The four regions – Cardiff Blues, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets – join with the Welsh Rugby Union in organising a double-header fixture at the Millennium Stadium. The annual derby day clash will be repeated for the foreseeable future with the two east Wales regions taking on the two west Wales regions. In 2020, the two matches were held on consecutive days at Rodney Parade due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing a change to the format of the 2019–20 season and the Millennium Stadium being unavailable due to it being used as the Dragon's Heart Hospital.
