But Smith said soft wasn't his experience of the Dragons.
"Especially when they play us it's always been a very physical game," Smith said.
"Possibly because there's a lot of history between the two clubs and both teams never hold back when they play each other, they've never been too soft with us."
Found this portion of the story enlightening. I never really perceived our forwards as "soft" per se, which seems to be the pervading perception - just inconsistent. The comment by Smith highlights this.