Newport Gwent Dragons have named a 25 man squad to travel to Edinburgh for the RaboDirect PRO12 match at Murrayfield on Friday night (7:30pm).
The Dragons have a number of players returning to the squad, including Welsh Grand Slam winner Luke Charteris who is named in the squad for only the second time this season after recovering from injury.
Back row Andrew Coombs rejoins the squad having recovered from a pectoral injury sustained away at the Scarlets in November, as does Pat Leach after a hand injury picked up in January against the Ospreys.
Newport’s Hywel Stoddart remains with the squad and could make his debut for the Dragons after being an unused replacement in last week’s game with Cardiff Blues.
STATS
• The last time the sides met, at Rodney Parade earlier in the season, the Dragons won by 21-10.
• Newport Gwent Dragons’ only defeat in their last four PRO12 encounters came at home to Munster on 3 March.
• Dragons won their most recent away game, 10-9 in Aironi.
• Edinburgh’s only win in their last five clashes with Dragons was 27-15 at Murrayfield in this equivalent fixture last season.
Newport Gwent Dragons Squad
Martyn Thomas, Will Harries, Tonderai Chavhanga, Aled Brew, Pat Leach, Adam Hughes, Ashley Smith, Lewis Robling, Steffan Jones, Joe Bedford, Wayne Evans, Tom Brown, Hywel Stoddart, Darren Waters, Lewis Evans, Jevon Groves, Andrew Coombs, Luke Charteris, Rob Sidoli, Dan Way, Nathan Buck, Nathan Williams, Phil Price, Steve Jones, Sam Parry.
