A YEAR after enjoying a memorable win in Ireland, back row forward Harri Keddie hopes to repeat the trick by helping Newport Gwent Dragons end their Guinness PRO12 away losing streak in Cork tomorrow, writes Chris Kirwan.

The Dragons haven’t triumphed away from Rodney Parade in the league since beating Treviso in March 2015, a streak of 20 games.

Kingsley Jones’ side are yet to break their duck outside of Newport this season, meaning that 20-year-old Keddie has never tasted victory in the seven of his 13 regional appearances that have been played on the road.

Curing that travel sickness is a necessity ahead of a block of fixtures that pits them against Munster (kick-off 7.35pm) then Connacht and Glasgow either side of a home encounter with Leinster.

Keddie was a member of the Wales Under-20s side that triumphed in Dublin on their way to a Grand Slam in 2016 while he has also beaten Connacht Eagles in Galway with the Dragons Premiership Select.

“We’ve got nine league games left and now it’s about maintaining the home record while getting our away form up and running,” said the strong-running back rower from Llanvaches.

“There’s no better month to do it than with the challenges that we’ve got. We will be looking to cause trouble for the teams out there.

“We are not sure why it has happened but we want to put it right as soon as possible. We always give teams a hard game at Rodney Parade so it’s transferring that across.”

Keddie has slowly been introduced into the fray by head coach Jones but his progress is likely to speed up courtesy of Ed Jackson’s shoulder injury.

The 20-year-old missed last weekend’s loss at Gloucester in the Anglo-Welsh Cup because of a cut on the webbing of his hand but will look to build on his performance in the Newport mudbath against Newcastle.

“In the past Kingsley has said that I need to learn the nuts and bolts and it was one of those games where I had to try and put that to use,” he said.

“There was a lot of technical stuff in the mauls and, looking back, I need to improve. It was a different game to what I have been used to and a good one to look at the minor details. It was another big learning experience for me.”

The Dragons name their team at midday.