IT’S easy to get distracted by the twinkle toes of Jordan Williams, while the full-back was weaving his way to the try line at the Royal Dublin Society last Saturday Adam Warren was on the floor.

The Dragons centre had done his job, taking the ball close to the line and earning the attention of Robbie Henshaw. The fractionally late attention of Robbie Henshaw.

The Ireland centre had committed an act that was similar, if rather more subtle, to one by Ross Moriarty in the first half that led to a mightily impressive Leinster side turning pressure into lots of points.

It was 10-0 on the brink of half-time when the Wales and Lions number eight put his shoulder into Jonathan Sexton after his fellow Lions tourist had passed the ball to his left.

The Ireland playmaker was smart in continuing his run to legally block the effort to be a cover defender.

He was savvy, Moriarty was daft.

Play went on before the TMO got involved, deemed it was a cheap shot and the Dragons’ stellar summer signing was sent for a 10-minute break When he returned Leinster led 31-3 and had found their groove.

Penalty? Probably. Foolish? Definitely. Yellow card? Absolutely not.

This was not a game-changing moment – the champions were always going to win handsomely – but one hopes it isn’t a sign of officials taking reputation into account when dealing with a player who is pivotal to the Dragons making strides.

The region are looking for Moriarty to be a leader after committing a hefty percentage of their £4.5million budget to secure his services.

The early signs are promising, the 24-year-old is said to be a strong figure in the camp in Ystrad Mynach while there have been glimpses of his talent in his displays against the Southern Kings and Leinster.

But a recent habit for irritating the officials, with a red card and a yellow in his last three games for reckless acts, has to be nipped in the bud.

Against Argentina in June he lost his head and attempted to take off Nicolas Sanchez’s, putting the Puma in a choke-hold that led to a four-week suspension, then there was the needless nudge on Sexton.

One has to ask whether the latter would have led to a sin binning had it been Nic Cudd rather than Moriarty, whose genetics and confrontational on-field approach have led to a hardman status.

The number eight is undoubtedly a player with an edge, a scary sight when on the charge or launching into a tackle. Moriarty makes a mockery of those that suggest ‘the game has gone soft’.

That abrasive edge is why the Dragons pushed the boat out but his tough-guy reputation has been earned while maintaining discipline.

Moriarty has had some flashpoints – the red in Argentina, a dismissal for a shocking dump tackle on Ireland’s Luke McGrath when playing for England Under-20s in 2013 – but on the whole has a good record for someone who is in the thick of the action.

Moriarty made 51 appearances in the Premiership for Gloucester and was yellow-carded just twice, for collapsing a maul against Harlequins in 2015 and for slowing down the ball against Worcester in 2016.

In Europe he enjoyed 23 outings for the Cherry and Whites with a solitary sin bin against Edinburgh in the Challenge Cup final of 2015, admittedly for a daft knee in the back at a ruck.

In 23 Tests (plus a solitary tour appearance for the Lions), Moriarty has seen yellow just once – on debut for a swinging arm tackle against Simon Zebo in 2015.

His tally in senior professional rugby is now 100 games and five yellow cards; not great but not the worst.

Some cautions you accept such as taking one for the team by lying on the ball under your posts, an instinctive one-handed knock-on or a prop who is just having a tough afternoon at the set piece.

It’s the daft ones that hurt and Moriarty is unfortunately susceptible to them through reputation rather than the deed itself.

Opponents will know this and the back rower has to be whiter than white if he is to avoid being given more cheap yellows.

THOSE calling for the head of Bernard Jackman will be empowered if the Dragons fail to record a second win of the season against Zebre on Saturday.

It's madness to suggest a coach is under pressure in September but that is partly due to the Irishman's frequent statements in 2017/18 of it being about laying foundations for the current campaign.

Fingers crossed a victory this weekend will calm things down but now is not the time for panicking; nothing is to be gained from being reactionary.

If things are not right as we head towards 2019 then the discussion can take place, but not now.

But talk of Jackman feeling the heat is made to look reasonable by some chat from the capital, albeit much of it online and therefore needing to be taken with a ladle of salt.

Cardiff Blues could have been sitting pretty with three wins but instead have endured a trio of losing bonuses at the start of John Mulvihill's reign.

It's not the start that the Challenge Cup winners would have wanted after Danny Wilson's reign ended so well but rushing to make judgements about a new regime has the potential to make critics look daft, although they will probably just hit delete on their social media posts.