{"id":404602,"date":"2026-01-10T18:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404602\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T18:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:01:16","slug":"challenge-cup-live-benetton-face-dragons-after-cardiff-beat-racing-92-listen-text-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404602\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge Cup LIVE: Benetton face Dragons after Cardiff beat Racing 92 – listen & text updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wainwright ruled out as Dyer returnspublished at 17:26 GMT<\/p>\n

17:26 GMT<\/p>\n

Benetton v Dragons (17.30 GMT)<\/p>\n

\"RioImage source, Huw Evans Picture Agency<\/p>\n

Dragons fans who were craving for Filo Tiatia to go full strength tonight may be disappointed. <\/p>\n

With the six-day turnaround to a home fixture against Newcastle in mind, he’s opted for a raft of changes to the XV that humbled Scarlets nine days ago.<\/p>\n

Full-back Angus O’Brien, centre Fine Inisi, scrum-half Che Hope, and lock Ben Carter have all been left in south Wales to rest up. Leicester-bound Wales international Aaron Wainwright and fellow back-row forward Harrison Keddie are not risked due to niggling injuries, with Shane Lewis-Hughes switching to number eight.<\/p>\n

However, there is a welcome return for winger Rio Dyer, who missed the Scarlets win with a hamstring problem, while hooker Brodie Coughlan returns to the bench having been out since injuring his hand for Wales against South Africa.<\/p>\n

In the front row, South African tight-head prop Cebo Dlamini makes his first start since joining from Currie Cup winners Griquas in December.<\/p>\n

Dragons: Anderson; E Rosser, Richards, Westwood, Dyer; de Beer, R Williams (capt); Martinez, Burrows, Dlamini, Douglas, Screech, Woodman, Beddall, Lewis-Hughes.<\/p>\n

Replacements: Coghlan, Morris, Hunt, Langton-Cryer, Young, M Lloyd, J Lloyd, Owen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wainwright ruled out as Dyer returnspublished at 17:26 GMT 17:26 GMT Benetton v Dragons (17.30 GMT) Image source,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-404602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}