Dragons have a home now

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city's leading clubs had shared the same venue. Meaning away games were usually no different to home games.</p> <p>Dubai Dragons, however, broke with tradition at the start of this season, by moving from The Sevens to a new venue at the Jebel Ali Centre of Excellence.</p> <p>When they host Muscat in the UAE Premiership this afternoon, the Dragons players will have a place they can call their own.</p> <p>"I don't think it was healthy all the Dubai clubs playing their home games [at The Sevens]," Dan Heal, the Dragons captain, said. "Your away games are there as well, so every week you are going there. Jebel Ali is something new and exciting, and a good place to be."</p> <p>Options have been thin since the old Dubai Exiles ground in Al Awir, and the neighbouring Country Club, were consumed by the Meydan project at the end of 2007.</p> <p>The replacement rugby headquarters, The Sevens, immediately delivered on its promise of providing top-class facilities for sport.</p> <p>However, members of the rugby community voiced concerns about the extra distance they would need to travel, with it being 20 minutes further into the desert than the former site.</p> <p>The fears were unfounded, judging by the number of people still playing rugby here. 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"Travelling out there for training sessions two nights a week and a match on a Friday was asking a lot of the players.</p> <p>"Most of our players live at the Marina end of Dubai, so their journey time has been cut in half, at least. The second driver was the fact we never really had a rugby club feeling. Now we have our own, small club-house with shirts and trophies up on the wall and a real rugby atmosphere after the game."</p> <p>Heal says his club will also be better off financially at Jebel Ali, which also has a noted football academy that has played host to training camps for a variety of top football teams in the past.</p> <p>The Hurricanes, their city rivals, recently penned a three-year deal with Emirates, the owners of The Sevens. 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