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Newport Gwent Dragons secured only their third win in all competitions this season as they survived a second-half comeback from PRO12 champions Connacht to claim a 21-16 victory at Rodney Parade.It was a first league win for the Welsh region in six attempts, while Connacht went home with a losing bonus point for their efforts.Wing Ashton Hewitt scored both of the Dragons tries while outside-half Angus OBrien kicked 11 points via a penalty, two drop goals and a conversion.Fly-half Jack Carty booted three Connacht penalties and converted their only try through wing Niyi Adeolokun.The highlight of an average first half was Hewitts electrifying touchdown that has to be in contention for the try of the season.It came 13 minutes into the match when scrum-half Sarel Pretorious found a gap on the right and surged over the halfway line.The ball was spun swiftly across the home back division through centres Jack Dixon and Sam Beard as the Connacht backs spread wide to cover.Hewitt took the pass 30 metres out on the left touchline and raced past the desperate cover to run to the corner, with OBrien converting.OBriens boot increased the Dragons lead to 10 points with a straightforward 25-metre penalty but when they infringed 40 metres from their own line, Carty was on hand to get Connacht off the mark with a booming penalty.The Dragons retaliated as they put pressure inside the Irishmens 22 for Pretorious to send a pass into the pocket for OBrien to land a 30-metre drop-goal that restored the 10-point advantage.Connacht hardly came close to the home try line in the first half and posed little threat in attack but they managed to pull back the deficit two minutes before the break when the Dragons were penalised 30 metres out and Carty made no mistake.Connacht came out with more purpose in the second half, with scrum-half Caolin Blade like a terrier around the base of the breakdowns.But handling errors were Connachts biggest headache, and, when the league champions tried to get something going, they were reined back.And, when Hewitt beat the covering defence to the ball as Beards long grubber kick down the left touchline drifted into the in-goal area, the Dragons were closing in on revenge after Connacht did the double over them on their way to last years title.OBrien sank his second drop-goal of the night after 52 minutes to put his side 15 points ahead, although Carty kicked his third penalty five minutes later.Centre Bundee Aki was a thorn in the Dragons side most of the night but the home defence looked to be standing up to the visitors pressure until they were caught napping as Adeolokun stormed over on the right for a neat try that Carty converted.That took the Irishmen to within one try of levelling the match during a tense final 10 minutes but the Welshmen held out for victory.C.J. 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Matt Thomas Raptors Jersey .C. -- Chris Thorburn thinks one of the reasons the Winnipeg Jets have been successful under new coach Paul Maurice is that theyre playing together as a team.With friends like Brisbane, North Queensland sure dont need enemies.The Broncos insist respect - not revenge - will be the motivating factor in Friday nights NRL grand final re-match in Townsville.But Brisbane fullback Darius Boyd on Monday wasted little time messing with the Cowboys minds, saying all the pressure was on North Queensland in their sudden death semi-final.This week we are the underdogs and the Cowboys have everything to lose playing in their hometown, Boyd said.They are playing at home in front of all their fans and we dont want our season to end.On paper Brisbane dont look like underdogs.They are on a six-game winning run.Defending champions North Queensland have lost four of their last seven.Still, Boyd insisted the Cowboys would be the ones feeling the heat on Friday night - a sensation he admitted Brisbane were all too familiar with.Boyd said Brisbane had been expected to brush everyone aside in the fortnight since their shock round 25 win in Melbourne.Instead they faltered.The Broncos still somehow hung on to clinch wins in those two weeks against the Sydney Roosters and the Gold Coast in last weeks qualifying final.Its hard when you are expected to win games, Boyd said.Against Melbourne we were up for it and did a ggood job.dddddddddddd.But against the Roosters and Titans we were expected to win and it was tough.The last three Queensland derbies have been decided by one point - including the Cowboys famous 17-16 premiership-deciding triumph last year.And another classic looms on Friday night, according to Boyd.The Brisbane custodian insisted friendships forged in State of Origin were the reason why no derby was dull.It will be a case of mate against mate when a Brisbane side boasting six Queensland State of Origin stars line up against four Maroons teammates in Cowboys colours in the sudden-death semi-final.It brings the best out of you. When you play your mates you want to get one up on them, Boyd said of the close derbies.Its the respect between the two teams.Asked if ending the Cowboys title defence would provide a measure of revenge after last years grand final heartache, Boyd said: I dont know about revenge but it would be nice.Any time you beat a quality side at their home ground its great to get one up on them.Weve had some classic clashes the last 12 months with the Cowboys and I expect this to be no different. ' ' '