A Dragons’ victory at Murrayfield prevented Edinburgh from reclaiming the top spot of the Magners League after a game tarnished by torrential rain, which saw the hosts lose by a single point.

The Dragons started by playing basic but effective rugby in the first half while Edinburgh tried to adopt a more expansive style.

The dominance of the Welsh team was evident from the offset with Jason Tovey and Wayne Evans pinning Edinburgh back in their own half for much of the first 40 minutes of the game.

The hosts fell behind in the first half with three penalties from James Arlidge. The first of these came fifteen minutes into the half when Grant Webb, the Dragons’ number eight forced an Edinburgh offence and allowed Arlidge to make a simple penalty.

Arlidge took advantage of loose play in Edinburgh’s midfield, making another penalty after 21 minutes, putting his team 6-0 ahead.

The momentum continued with Arlidge scoring his third penalty after an Evans kick had John Houston in trouble and Alan Jacobsen was deemed to have offended.

To add to their problems, injury struck for the host as centre Ben Cairns limped off just before the break.

Despite entering the second half with a new-found determination, the Dragons’ defence was too strong for the home side.

Edinburgh finally picked up some points from a Roddy Grant penalty but the Dragons were still showing their dominance until the match exploded into life with just 14 minutes to go as Edinburgh roared back.

Visser managed to get away from Aled Brew, allowing him to set up good field position.

The ball was then shipped crossfield and Godman found Nick De Luca whose offload put Andy Turnbull over for a home try.

Godman missed the kick and in a frantic final 12 minutes, the game was up for grabs for both teams but Godman missed a straightforward drop goal and then, with just two minutes to go, Dragons’ Toby Falatau summed up the match by spilling the ball with the line at his mercy.

Dragons coach Paul Turner was happy with his team’s victory: "Given the circumstances, with Wales playing next week and losing two key players on top of our injuries, it was an excellent result,” he said. "I can't fault the effort and right until the end we sensed that the defence would hold out."