CENTRE Adam Warren says there is no better time or place for Newport Gwent Dragons to start turning their near misses into victories than this Saturday at the home of Welsh rugby.

The Principality Stadium hosts the eagerly anticipated Judgement Day IV double-header, with the Dragons taking on the Scarlets, Warren’s former region, after Cardiff Blues face the Ospreys.

A win for the Dragons would not only end their eight-match losing streak in the Guinness Pro12 – six of those defeats have been by six points or less – but also dent the Scarlets’ play-off hopes.

And Warren will be hoping things go better for the Dragons this time around compared to last October when the Scarlets won the reverse fixture 25-15.

That was the first game back at Parc y Scarlets for one-cap Warren following his move to Rodney Parade from West Wales in June 2015.

“We’ve only got two games left now and we want to show that if we get some of the smaller details right, keep improving our wide game, keep the defence as solid as it has been, we should be moving forward,” said Warren.

“Because we’ve lost so many games in the league this year with a bonus point, and in big games like last weekend where we were so close, we’re just looking for that one game that’s going to turn things around for us.

“We need to start winning some of these narrow games and the weekend is a good place to start, and it’s against my former club as well, so we’ll look to put it right and move on.

“They’re obviously still in with a chance of the top four in the league and should finish in the top six to get into Europe.”

On playing against a former club, he added: “You’ve just got to play smart rugby. It does make you try a bit harder but you give your all in every game.”

Warren also feels the Dragons’ high-profile games this season will stand the region’s younger players in good stead when they walk onto the hallowed Principality Stadium turf.

“We’ve played over in France in Europe and the Irish teams get decent crowds, and some of our bigger derbies have had good crowds this year,” he said.

“With a young squad, everyone has started to enjoy that side of things as well.

“We’ve risen to the occasion before and if we step up to it again we should be alright.”