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Amos ready for Warriors clash

Amos ready for Warriors clash

Newport Gwent Dragons star Hallam Amos is hoping to match the rapid rise of Glasgow Warriors ahead of their Guinness PRO12 clash on Saturday.

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The new-look Rodney Parade region have narrowly missed out on victory in their opening two matches whereas Gregor Townsend’s Warriors still have their 100 percent record intact.

But Amos is hoping his side can learn from the Scots’, who have finished in the play-off positions for the last three seasons, having finished 11th back in 2011.

He said: “They’ve become much stronger in the last few years and hopefully we can push to do that as well.  There was a lot of talk about how well this season was going to go with our new faces but we are a new team and we are gelling more and more each week so hopefully we can emulate Glasgow.

“We got a really good win against them last season when they were flying-high at the top of the league, so hopefully we can match that.”

The Dragons had a try disallowed in their 16-11 defeat at the hands of Connacht before a win against the Ospreys drifted away with Angus O’Brien’s missed drop-goal. And Amos is determined to be on the right side of a tight result after doing the double over Glasgow last season.
 
He said: “We’re disappointed with our first two games and we’re always looking to improve. We felt really positive coming into the season having made some big new signings, we thought we could get off to a good start, the games have been close but a defeat is a defeat and we’ve had two now. We’re looking to comeback strong this weekend and hopefully we can record our first win.”

Lyn and Kingsley Jones’ men will have to keep a watchful eye on opposition scrum-half Niko Matawalu, who scored two tries from the bench against Cardiff Blues last weekend. But Amos is confident of stifling the Fijian’s potent attacking threat having learnt their lesson two seasons ago.

He said: “He’s one of those players who can win you a game or lose you a game. We’ve been doing a lot of analysis on him and he’s definitely one we’ll have to watch. He’s a really exciting player and he ripped us to shreds two years ago, and I’m sure we’ll handle him well.”

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