Ospreys kept alive their hopes of winning the Welsh Shield with a 37-18 bonus-point win over ill-disciplined Dragons.
BKT United Rugby Championship leaders Leinster had too much for an industrious Dragons side in a 43-14 bonus point win at the RDS.
Wales lock Will Rowlands is set to leave the Dragons at the end of the season and has agreed terms with a club outside of Wales from the beginning of the 2023/24 season.
The Welsh regions have responded to reports that there could be an exodus of players from the regional sides if a continued freeze on contract negotiations continues.
The Sharks overturned a 13-point deficit in the second half to beat Dragons 20-19 in the BKT United Rugby Championship.
The struggling Gwent region have enlisted highly-rated young Welsh coach Dai Flanagan to breathe fire into a squad struggling for confidence
Jason Tovey has seen it all in a 16-year career in Wales and Scotland and he lifts the lid on the roller-coaster of professional rugby
