Griffiths extends his stay at Dragons

Dragons have confirmed that flanker Ollie Griffiths has committed his future to the Region.

Griffiths is set to lead out the Men of Gwent on Friday night against Enisei-STM in the European Rugby Challenge Cup and make his 50^th appearance for the Dragons. The 22-year-old admits that playing alongside a talented group of young Welsh players who are also his friends will only spur him on to progress further.

Prior to his time with the Dragons, flanker Griffiths was named Newport RFC Captain for their 2014/15 campaign and is currently their youngest skipper in history. Newbridge born, he made over 30 appearances for the Black and Ambers resulting in a call up into the Wales U20s squad. The youngster went on to Captain the Wales U20s squad against Scotland U20s in their Six Nations campaign and was named in the 2015 World Rugby U20s Championship Squad.

Following this Griffiths earned his first professional contract with the Dragons and most recently was named in the 2016 Wales Summer Tour squad of Tonga & Samoa and won his first cap for Wales against Tonga.

Griffiths is the latest player to extend his stay with the Region joining Welsh Internationals Elliot Dee and Leon Brown, as well as youngsters Jack Dixon and Joe Davies. These five put pen to paper as well as the announcement of newcomers British and Irish Lion Ross Moriarty and scrum-half Rhodri Williams.