Dragons v Bayonne - Amlin Challenge Cup match preview
Dragons welcome back winger Tonderai Chavhanga for the Amlin Challenge Cup fixture against French club Bayonne.
Last Updated: 20/10/12 7:31pm
Chavhanga has not featured for the Welsh club in the past seven months after undergoing knee surgery in April, but came through a 20-minute cameo in the British & Irish Cup last weekend unscathed.
The Zimbabwe-born winger is joined in the back three by Tom Prydie, who starts at full-back in place of Dan Evans.
Centre Andy Tuilagi, scrum-half Jonathan Evans and hooker Steve Jones all return to the home side's starting line up following the 38-25 defeat to Wasps in the opening round of the competition.
Owen Evans makes his first Dragons start after coming on as a try-scoring replacement at Adams Park.
Bayonne have Wales international Mike Phillips back in their ranks to play alongside fly-half Benjamin Boyet.
The French club recorded their biggest ever win in Europe last time out, thrashing minnows Rugby Mogliano 71-7 on home soil.
They have lost their only two previous encounters against the Dragons though, including being hit for a half-century of points at Rodney Parade back in 2006.
Dragons: 15 Tom Prydie, 14 Will Harries, 13 Adam Hughes, 12 Andy Tuilagi, 11 Tonderai Chavhanga, 10 Lewis Robling, 9 Jonathan Evans, 1 Owen Evans, 2 Steve Jones, 3 Nathan Buck, 4 Ian Nimmo, 5 Rob Sidoli, 6 Tom Brown, 7 Lewis Evans (c), 8 Toby Faletau.
Replacements: Sam Parry, Nathan Williams, Dan Way, Adam Jones, Jevon Groves, Liam Davies, Steffan Jones, Pat Leach.
Bayonne: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Sam Gerber, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Gabi Lovobalavu, 11 Marvin O'Connor, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Mike Phillips; 1 Aretz Iguiniz, 2 David Roumieu, 3 Nemiah Tialata, 4 Abdellatif Boutaty, 5 Mark Chisholm, 6 Jean-Jo Marmouyet, 7 Dwayne Haare, 8 Julien Puricelli
Replacements:16 Francois Da Ros, 17 Pierre Philippe Lafond, 18 Vitolio Manukula, 19 Robin Linde, 20 Cedric Garcia, 21 Marc Baget, 22 Matthieu Ugalde, 23 Cedric Heymans