GREGOR TOWNSEND has urged Glasgow Warriors to douse the Welsh Dragons' fire this weekend - and complete the third leg of a Guinness Pro12 triple whammy revenge mission.

The high-flying Scotstoun side followed up their thrilling victory over defending Pro12 champions Leinster with a 33-12 win over Cardiff Blues on Sunday.

Now Townsend is hoping his players can maintain their early-season momentum by putting the Dragons to the sword this weekend.

Leinster, Cardiff and the Dragons all inflicted painful defeats on the Glasgow outfit last season, with the Irish loss coming in the Pro-12 final in Dublin.

But Townsend is hopeful those memories will provide the perfect spur to maintain his side's 100% start to the campaign when they head to Rodney Parade on Saturday.

He said: "We talked about how our opening three games were against teams who beat us lastseason and the Dragons beat us twice.

"I've watched quite a bit of them over the last couple of days and they are a tough team who really take the game to you and it's a difficult place to go to.

"It's important we recover well, see who's available for selection and really put in a good performance this week if we're going to keep the momentum going."

Townsend is still basking in the glow of Warriors' weekend win over Cardiff.

The only cloud was the second-half yellow card handed out to Gordon Reid which could have put the visitors on the back foot.

Rhys Patchell kicked the resulting penalty to move Cardiff to within a point of the visitors.

But the Warriors instantly regrouped thanks to substitute Niko Matawalu who scored with his first touch a minute later and the Warriors racked up 10 unanswered points in the period that they were a man down.

Townsend told glasgowwarriors.org: "It was always looking like a close game and it was close at half-time, although the try just before the break gave us a little bit of breathing space. Cardiff seemed to get the edge on the scrums at the beginning of the second half and we made a few errors which meant there were more scrums and then we had a yellow card so it looked like the momentum was with Cardiff.

"However, I thought the way the players responded to the yellow card, took their opportunities and kept their discipline was excellent.

"We looked really sharp going into the last 20 minutes and that is a big credit to the work the players have put in this summer."

Meanwhile, skipper Al Kellock is inching ever closer to a Warriors return after being sidelined with a shoulder injury.

The giant lock came through a weekend run-out with Glasgow Hawks unscathed and has set himself a target to get back in the Scotstoun frame.

He said: "I played for about 65 minutes so the lungs got stretched as well. That's tough rugby, physically hard and hard on the lungs.

"It was a fast game on a big pitch so there's probably not a better test. But my shoulder came through absolutely fine.

"I feel as if I'm ready and available now. Physically, it was fine. You are always a little bit rusty in your first game, but I felt good and I enjoyed it.

"I'll now continue my recovery and push as hard as I can for Glasgow."