Rugby evening headlines as Welsh boss slams 'moments of madness' and England making Six Nations 'boring'

Here are the most recent rugby headlines on the evening of Sunday, May 1

Dean Ryan has hit out at the two “moments of madness” which saw his Dragons humiliated by Italian minnows Zebre.

The Dragons' woeful season continued when the rock-bottom Italians won 23-18 - their first victory of the season. Ryan's side were leading 18-11 heading into the last 20 minutes, only for No.10 Sam Davies and wing Jared Rosser to receive yellow cards.

And boss Ryan wasn't holding back in his criticism as he surveyed the wreckage afterwards. “We go from a situation where we are in the lead to suddenly being down to 13 men and we are under the pump. It’s another game that we get into a position where we have got control, but then we have moments of madness,” said Ryan.

“Then 10 minutes of that game drifts away until we can get back organisation wise. We have got to take responsibility for what happened. The players have got to take responsibility for being a situation where we are in control of a game to suddenly having to spend ten minutes with 13 men."

The Dragons wind up a torrid season by meeting the Ospreys away, before finishing with Rodney Parade clashes against Cardiff and South African side the Lions.

Scarlets boss Dwayne Peel is demanding his players go guns blazing in their final match to pip the Ospreys for a Welsh Champions Cup berth.

The Ospreys threw the battle wide open with the 56-34 destruction of their Welsh rivals on Saturday, a game Peel said his side were their own worst enemies in. The result means the Scarlets can't finish above Edinburgh or Glasgow in eighth place, meaning there will be no Welsh representation in the United Rugby Championship play-offs.

It leaves the Scarlets and Ospreys battling it out to finish