NEWPORT Gwent Dragons dared to dream in Glasgow but in the end it was a familiar tale of woe on the road in the Guinness PRO12.

With a quarter gone at Scotstoun Stadium the men from Rodney Parade were in front 10-0 and thinking of a shock win to end a near two-year wait for an away win in the league.

Alas, the Warriors were sparked into life and bossed matters to not only win at a canter but had their bonus point in the bag with half an hour left.

After the eight tries scored by Leinster last weekend, Glasgow went over for seven in a hammering that didn’t look possible after the opening exchanges.

The 2015 champions dominated possession after their wake-up call and cut holes in the Dragons defence at will on the rapid plastic pitch, scoring 47 unanswered points until a ‘consolation’ by Wales centre Tyler Morgan with the clock in the red.

For all the visitors’ endeavour – and their usual suspects of flankers Ollie Griffiths and Nic Cudd plus hooker Elliot Dee tried heartily – they were comprehensively beaten for the second week on the spin.

They had hoped to respond to their 54-22 home humbling by Leinster but instead heads dropped after their impressive start and they must lick their wounds for a fortnight while the Anglo-Welsh Cup is played.

It has turned into another chastening season but the Dragons, who sit in 10th and are point back on Edinburgh, need a strong end to the campaign because they cannot afford to still be talking about an away hoodoo come September.

The Dragons made a shaky start, conceding a penalty inside the first half for holding on that was missed from long range by Olympic silver medallist Mark Bennett, but settled and posed plenty of questions on the fast track.

They were also defending well, filling in to stop Glasgow’s offloading game, and it remained scoreless until the 15th minute when visiting fly-half Angus O’Brien booted a penalty after an attack sparked by fast hands and a burst by Sam Beard.

The Welsh-qualified former Edinburgh centre had started excellently on his return to Scotland while O’Brien, who has Scottish heritage, was pulling the strings nicely.

The fly-half from Caerleon set up a big chance after 22 minutes when his chip over the top was carried over for a five-metre scrum… and, unlike so often this season, the Dragons took it.

Wing Adam Warren carried hard off his wing, captain Lewis Evans did likewise from the ruck and then lock Rynard Landman sneaked over with the TMO giving the green light after referee Andrew Brace asked “is there any reason not to award the try?”.

O’Brien converted and the Dragons were in dreamland but their glee didn’t last long, the old adage of a side being most vulnerable after scoring ringing true.

Glasgow were parked into life and responded in kind with their own grubber through forcing centre Tyler Morgan to concede a five-metre scrum.

They put the squeeze on before centre Nick Grigg cut a nice line to spin over the line despite the best efforts of flanker Ollie Griffiths, the conversion by Peter Horne cutting the Dragons’ lead to three points with half an hour gone.

And the visitors were trailing as they headed to their changing room after a try in the 38th minute following a lengthy attack.

The Dragons were unable to disrupt the Warriors ball at the breakdown and eventually Grigg went past a trio of South Africans – prop Brok Harris and Landman in the line then wing Pat Howard, who had an impossible covering task – for a try that Horne converted for 14-10.

Jones would have been frustrated at his charges letting their lead slip but would have spent the break encouraging them; they needed to start the second half in a similar fashion the way that they had come out of the blocks in the first.

Instead they were chasing the game after shipping a third try after less than three minutes when wing Rory Hughes burst through a big hole in midfield before finishing powerfully by the posts to give Horne a simple kick.

At 21-10 the Warriors were ebullient and they had their bonus point in the bag with half an hour left when Grigg burst through and former All Black Cory Flynn was denied by a high tackle by wing Pat Howard. No matter, Horne found Ratu Tagive unmarked on the left wing for the simplest of touchdowns.

Suddenly, with the scoreboard reading 28-10, it was a test of the Dragons’ spirit… and soon it was 33-10 with right winger Lee Jones going over from close range.

The tries kept coming with Glasgow taking their chances – Bennett and Horne exploiting porous defence – while the Dragons failed to grasp their openings.

They did have the final say when centre Tyler Morgan pounced on a loose ball with the clock in the red but what had started in such promising fashion turned into yet another miserable game on the road.

Glasgow: P Murchie, L Jones, M Bennett (B Thomson 67), N Grigg (M Bennett 70), R Hughes (R Tagive 43), P Horne, H Pyrgos (captain, N Kenatale 64), A Allan (J Bhatti 51), C Flynn (P MacArthur 51), D Rae (S Puafisi 51), T Swinson, B Alainu’uese, R Harley, S Favaro (C Fusaro 67), R Vernon (S Cummings 38).

Scorers: tries – N Grigg (2), R Hughes, R Tagive, L Jones, M Bennett, P Horne; conversions – P Horne (5)

Dragons: T Prydie, P Howard (W Talbot-Davies 54), T Morgan, S Beard, A Warren, A O’Brien (D Jones 68), S Pretorius (C Davies 58), S Hobbs (T Davies 58), E Dee, B Harris (L Fairbrother 58), J Thomas (M Screech 70), R Landman, O Griffiths, N Cudd, L Evans (captain, H Keddie 58).

Scorers: tries – R Landman, T Morgan; conversions – A O’Brien, D Jones; penalty – A O’Brien

Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Attendance: 7,096