Aneurin Owen calls on Dragons to move on from Scarlets defeat
Despite the return of co-captains Ben Carter and Angus O'Brien to the side after injury, Owen led the Men of Gwent at the Principality Stadium for the Judgement Day clash.
And the 24-year-old knows they need to learn the lessons from Saturday, when they squandered a 20-7 lead to lose 31-23 to the Scarlets.
'I thought we turned up physically," he said. "We spoke about it in the week ahead of the game and I felt our defence was a big improvement.
'We were physically there, but it was a result that sums our season up. Little mistakes and penalties have cost us games when we have been in games.
'We have got to finish chances and cut the mistakes out."
The Dragons are still without a win in the United Rugby Championship since the opening weekend of the season, when they beat the Ospreys 23-21 at Rodney Parade and they would love to seal a double over the their west Wales rivals this Saturday.
'We have got to pick ourselves back up, we have another derby to look forward to, and go again physically and are also mentally strong,' added Owen.
'We must turn up with that physicality every week. In terms of mindset, we are there, the boys are working extremely hard, but we must learn quicker to get rid of those costly small errors.
'Our discipline must be better. We take a foothold in a game like that (against Scarlets), get in the lead, but we are just not able to close it out.
'We have got another derby now and we have to go again and get up for it because it's another big game and another opportunity.'
Meanwhile, Wales women must also pick themselves off the canvas after a thumping 40-14 defeat by Ireland at Rodney Parade on Sunday.
Sean Lynn's side are still winless in the Women's Six Nations and must beat Italy in Parma this Saturday to have a chance of avoiding the wooden spoon.
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