The Dragons opening weekend extravaganza had been disrupted by the postponement of Saturday's fixture against London Lions II, due to a minor Covid outbreak amongst the students at the Barking Academy, home of the Lions.
Despite a poor start to the season, the Dragons have been boosted recently by a run of four successive victories, broken only last week by defeat at current league leaders Solent Kestrels, In which a strong Dragons performance pushed the Kestrels all the way.
The Rockets, who are one of the longest established clubs in the English game and regular challengers at the business end of the season had also experienced a mixed start to the current campaign, sitting just two points above their Yorkshire hosts in the league table.
Still smarting from their L Lynch Trophy semi-final defeat, against Newcastle the previous evening, Reading were in mean mood when they arrived in West Yorkshire, taking a quick lead through Lewis Champion. Meshack Lufile then added a single from the line before American Power Forward, Ricky Fetske put the first points on the board for the Dragons.