Former Wales Under-20s captain Harry Beddall is punching above his weight for Dragons after impressively making the step up to the United Rugby Championship (URC). The open-side flanker arrived at Rodney Parade last summer from Leicester and the initial plan was to bed him in gently in Super Rygbi Cymru with Ebbw Vale. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementHowever, the 21-year-old from Cardiff has made seven senior outings, five of them starts, and produced a remarkable defensive display at Munster last weekend. He topped the tournament tackle chart with 109 in five fixtures, including 34 in the backs-to-the-wall win against Ireland in the Rodney Parade rain. The flanker is proving to be cut from the same cloth as Rodney Parade cult hero Nic Cudd, another 5ft 10in (1.78m) open-side that mixed it with the heavy hitters.