I was going to make the same case for Raaadge.
Pretty sure most of us here could kick the ball straight a long way and have it keep bouncing on. Good vision, but as you say, better vision would have seen the guys outside.
And the main reason it ended up being such a gain was the Dragons were incredibly lazy getting back and their 13 shanked that one nastily enough.
So, uhm, not terribly impressed.
PD, where did you get your stats on tackles Jones vs Cole?
Plus Kidney's far from that mental. Conor George should basically be ignored.
It was 5 on 3 (Newport winger is hard to spot against the stand in his dark shirt but he is there). It would have either required Jones throwing a long pass, which in those conditions was a terrible idea, or taking the ball up himself, and he's not exactly known for his pace.
Given the way the Dragons had been kicking all game (i.e. poorly), and the conditions, a kick was a fairly good choice.