Newport Gwent Dragons v Edinburgh: Guinness PRO12 preview
By Robert Mulhern
Last Updated: 27/03/16 2:32pm
Taulupe Faletau and Hallam Amos return for Dragons against Edinburgh on Sunday as Wales centre Tyler Morgan makes his first start of the season.
Morgan has not played since suffering a shoulder injury for Wales in the 2015 World Cup.
Edinburgh make five changes to their starting line-up with centres Michael Allen and Sam Beard returning.
Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford and WP Nel form a new front row with Ford as captain, and scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne makes his 50th appearance.
Fellow Scotland internationals Stuart McInally and Rory Sutherland return on the bench.
The Dragons only victory in their last nine encounters with Scottish opponents in all competitions was 19-5 against Edinburgh in Newport in the PRO12 in May 2015.
Edinburgh's only victory in their last six matches in all tournaments was 24-23 at home to Scarlets on 28 February.
Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Ashton Hewitt, 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Adam Warren, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Dorian Jones, 9 Sarel Pretorius; 1 Phil Price, 2 Thomas Rhys Thomas (c), 3 Brok Harris, 4 Cory Hill, 5 Rynard Landman, 6 Lewis Evans, 7 Nic Cudd, 8 Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: 16 Hugh Gustafson, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Ed Jackson, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Angus O'Brien, 23 Adam Hughes.
Edinburgh:15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Damien Hoyland, 13 Michael Allen, 12 Sam Beard, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Phil Burleigh, 9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne; 1 Alasdair Dickinson, 2 Ross Ford (c), 3 WP Nel, 4 Anton Bresler, 5 Ben Toolis, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Cornell Du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 John Andress, 19 Alex Toolis, 20 Magnus Bradbury, 21 Sean Kennedy, 22 Chris Dean, 23 Dougie Fife.