Saturday's Anglo-Welsh teams: David Denton makes Bath return
Saturday 4 February 2017 15:38, UK
All the team announcements ahead of Saturday's Anglo-Welsh Cup action, including the return of Bath's David Denton.
The Scottish international, who has been sidelined since September with a hamstring injury, comes into the side at No 8, while Springbok Francois Hougaard makes his first appearance for Worcester since April last year.
Cardiff Blues v Worcester (3pm)
Cardiff Blues: 15 Aled Summerhill, 14 Teri Gee, 13 Cory Allen, 12 Garyn Smith, 11 Harri Millard, 10 Jarrod Evans, 9 Tomos Williams, 1 Marc Thomas, 2 Kirby Myhill, 3 Taufa'ao Filise, 4 Ben Edwards, 5 James Down, 6 Seb Davies, 7 Jake Thomas, 8 Cam Dolan.
Replacements: 16 Ethan Lewis, 17 Corey Domachowski, 18 Ben Leung, 19 Sion Bennett, 20 James Sheekey, 21 Pele Cowley, 22 Steve Shingler, 23 Gavin Dacey.
Worcester Warriors: 15 Josh Adams, 14 Bryce Heem, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Jackson Willison, 11 Dean Hammond, 10 Ryan Mills, 9 Francois Hougaard, 1 Val Rapava Ruskin, 2 Jack Singleton, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Darren Barry, 5 Will Spencer, 6 Chris Vui, 7 Sam Lewis, 8 Dewald Potgieter (c).
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Ryan Bower, 18 Biyi Alo, 19 Andrew Kitchener, 20 Alafoti Faosiliva, 21 Luke Baldwin, 22 Tom Heathcote, 23 Perry Humphreys.
Gloucester v Dragons (3pm)
Gloucester: 15 Mat Protheroe, 14 David Halaifonua, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Elliott Creed, 11 Tom Hudson, 10 Lloyd Evans, 9 Callum Braley (c); 1 Cameron Orr, 2 Motu Matu'u, 3 Salesi Ma'afu, 4 Joe Batley, 5 Tom Denton, 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 7 Dan Thomas, 8 Freddie Clarke.
Replacements: 16 Darren Dawidiuk, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Josh McNulty, 19 Joe Latta, 20 Charlie Beckett, 21 Ben Vellacott, 22 Henry Purdy, 23 Will Safe.
Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Tom Prydie, 10 Dorian Jones, 9 Charlie Davies; 1 Sam Hobbs, 2 Thomas Rhys Thomas (c), 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 4 Matthew Screech, 5 Ashley Sweet, 6 James Thomas, 7 Nic Cudd, 8 Nick Crosswell.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Thomas Davies, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Rynard Landman, 20 Robson Blake, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Angus O'Brien, 23 Sam Beard.
Newcastle v Bath (3pm)
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Mike Delany, 14 Zach Kibirige, 13 Nick Reynolds, 12 Fred Burdon (c), 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Craig Willis, 9 Michael Young, 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 Ben Sowrey, 3 Paddy Ryan, 4 Mouritz Botha, 5 Glen Young, 6 Harrison Orr, 7 Tyrone Holmes, 8 Opeti Fonua.
Replacements: 16 David Nelson, 17 Rob Vickers, 18 Andrew Foster, 19 Andrew Davidson, 20 Nili Latu, 21 Sam Egerton, 22 Dan Marshall, 23 Tom Penny.
Bath: 15 Harry Davies, 14 Jeff Williams, 13 Max Clark, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Jack Wilson, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Chris Cook, 1 Beno Obano, 2 Jack Walker, 3 Shaun Knight, 4 Levi Douglas, 5 Tom Ellis, 6 David Sisi, 7 Guy Mercer (c), 8 David Denton.
Replacements: 16 Michael van Vuuren, 17 Darryl Marfo, 18 Sam Nixon, 19 Elliott Stooke, 20 Paul Grant, 21 Will Homer, 22 Darren Atkins, 23 Tom Homer.
