Cardiff beat Dragons in dramatic finale to ferocious Welsh derby

A last-gasp try from Corey Domachowski snatched victory for Cardiff against the Dragons in a pulsating and feisty Boxing Day derby at Rodney Parade.

The Dragons were hoping to end a run of 14 defeats to the Arms Park outfit and tries from Rio Dyer and Harrison Keddie appeared to have done that. But Cardiff, who had Tomos Williams and Josh Adams to thank for their earlier scores, stole victory at the death following Domachowski's dramatic late try.

For Dai Young's side, victory moves them up to fifth in the United Rugby Championship table, although it was tempered slightly by an injury to Wales wing Adams.

For much of the first-half, the scoreboard remarkably remained untroubled despite just about everything else happening.

There were missed opportunities, try-saving tackles and a healthy dollop of niggle between the two sides.

The dangerous Ashton Hewitt nearly broke the deadlock after 10 minutes as he broke away from the Cardiff defence, only for Taulupe Faletau to deny him with a last-ditch tackle.

Tensions between the two sides threatened to boil over throughout and Dragons hooker Bradley Roberts was the first guilty party - sin-binned for a trip on Thomas Young that sparked a coming together of the two sets of players. Young did well to avoid a similar fate for kicking out at Roberts and then throwing him to the ground.

When the Dragons were reduced to 14, they somehow found the way to turn pressure into points. Two penalties from JJ Hanrahan opened up a six-point lead that reflected their advantage in the territory and possession stakes.

However, Cardiff somehow pieced together a near-perfect few minutes to strike twice to turn the half on its head. First, a seemingly endless attacking set saw Cardiff build from