Treviso v Dragons: Teams

Dragons and Wales lock Luke Charteris will celebrate his 50th start for the region when the Welsh region meets Benetton Treviso in Saturday's vital Heineken Cup clash at Stadio Comunale di Monigo.

Charteris won his seventh Wales cap in the Test against South Africa last month and brings a massive six-foot nine-inch presence to the Dragons line-out.

He joins team-mates Michael Owen, Ceri Sweeney and Gareth Wyatt among those to receive a 50th cap for the region.

Colin Charvis, who became the world's leading Test try scoring forward when he crossed for his 22nd Wales try against the Springboks, returns from the Wales camp to captain the team.

The Welsh region, on one tournament point, sit third of Pool One after suffering two defeats to Perpignan and London Irish and need to put points on the board quickly to reach the last eight for the first time.

The Italians pushed Perpignan all the way three weeks ago and coach Franco Smith will send his ever-improving men out looking to achieve their first home win in the Heineken Cup since May 2005 against Bourgoin.

Benetton Treviso: 15 Brendan Williams, 14 Lucas Borges, 13 Michael Horak, 12 Marius Goosen (capt), 11 Alberto Sgarbi; 10 Andrea Marcato, 9 Fabio Semenzato; 1 Nicolas De Gregori, 2 Franco Sbaraglini, 3 Salvatore Costanzo, 4 Antonio Pavanello, 5 Cornelius Van Zyl, 6 Robert Barbieri, 7 Hottie Louw, 8 Dion Kingi.

Replacements: 16 Diego Vidal, 17 Michael Barbieri, 18 Silvio Orlando, 19 Will Johnson, 20 Scott Palmer, 21 Simon Picone, 22 Nathan Mauger.

Dragons: 15 Kevin Morgan, 14 Martyn Thomas, 13 Paul Emerick, 12 Rhodri Gomer-Davies, 11 Richard Mustoe, 10 Ceri Sweeney, 9 Andy Williams, 8 Michael Owen, 7 Richard Parks, 6 Colin Charvis (capt), 5 Adam Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Rhys Thomas, 2 Steve Jones, 1 Adam Black.

Replacements: 16 Ben Daly, 17 Huw Gustafson, 18 Joe Bearman, 19 Jamie Ringer, 20 Wayne Evans, 21 Aled Thomas, 22 Ashley Smith.